The Ups and Downs of the Weekend...

The weekend just past was one of ups and downs, some more major than others. Some of the 'ups' included:

• Friday night is always a highlight!
• Not getting wet while working on Saturday
• Hearing the news that Australia had lost to England in the World Cup... Yay!!!
• Buying new net curtains and discovering that it was the last day for the 'special'
• Going to the 'Irish Rovers' concert at the Regent
• Finally catching up with Karen by phone after trying all weekend
• Cup of coffee with Nui on a sunny afternoon

Some of the 'downs' were pretty down!!! but others weren't so bad. These are in no particular order:

• The LOSS BY THE ALL BLACKS to France!!!!!! (we didn't listen to the radio all day yesterday so that we could avoid the worst of the country's collective depression)
• Murray walked into the open back hatch of his car which I was about to close, and cut his head spectacularly - blood everywhere...
• Returning to the car after the Irish Rover's concert late last night and finding it covered in pigeon shit (like polka dots) - we had to put the hose over it as soon as we got home, but even then it had set like concrete!!!
• Discovering the cherry blossom in the Esplanade had all but disappeared already thanks to the week's winds
• Finding that I will have to take one of my new curtains (the longest one!) up by 5cm
• Taking Nui for a drive and hearing 30,000,000 x how 'turned around' she was by it....!
• Missing 'Kath and Kim' on tv

But things aren't so bad after all. Today is Monday and I didn't get the early phone call. I have a day off to hang my curtains (once I've hemmed them).