April Update

House sitting: We have been house sitting at Sarahs for the past week looking after the dogs and the students. One of her students, Kim from Germany, leaves in a couple of weeks when they get a guy from Vietnam.

Unfortunately we had a couple of plans for when we were there -going to the pictures and seeing the Shapeshifter display - but we forgot both. Probably a bit busy. Met Sarah etc in Wellington tonight and they arrive home tomorrow while Brian and Valerie head to Auckland by train before returning to the UK in a few days time.

Weather: Getting colder but still not much rain.

Quiz: Without Joe & Sarah we finished LAST. I couldn't believe it but we did poorly in the Bonus round and of course music. Even if they had been there I don't think we would have made the top 3 unless we had picked a different Bonus.

Positive: I see the great tennis star Martina Navaratilova has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The crazy thing is that when told they said that her results has been positive! She was relieved but the idiots meant that they were positive in showing that cancer was present.

Smoking: Why we allow our prisoners to smoke is a mystery. You can't smoke in hospital. I read that about 50% of all US prisons are smoke free. Probably here they use it as a controlling measure.

TV3 Breakfast Show: They have decided to can it. We always watch TV1 as we like the polarising figure of Paul Henry.