new arrival

We had a new arrival today.

I am told by Bronwyn that Stephanie (her sister) says I've been dropping little hints here and there on the blog about upcoming announcements and things that are on the way, so that some people may have gotten the wrong idea. Well, I can't clear absolutely all of that up today, but let me make a start. There is still only two of us in this family: (#1) Bronwyn, and (#2) Me. That's not two-point-something either.

Apparently our announcement ten days ago that we were returning to New Zealand was not sufficient to explain all the subterfuge. You could just put it all down to my desire to be an International Man of Mystery. (As a compromise, I will settle for any two out of the three... As long as one of them is “Man”.) Or you could put it down to me also referring to our new arrival, which finally new-arrivaled today. From China, I am reliably informed.

Unfortunately, my sanity advisor (Bronwyn) tells me I am not allowed to tell you what this is, or at least not quite yet. It's for highly mundane reasons... Just give me a day or so. But I will say this: this is my (primary) Christmas present this year, but it was too big/good a present for me to wait until Christmas Day to be allowed to play with it. I considered coming home, cooking dinner, eating dinner, rinsing the dishes, and even waiting for Nick and Hayley to wash the dishes, to be quite a long enough wait. Practically equivalent to actually waiting to Christmas.

This is the best Christmas present I have ever got, bar none. (And Mum and Dad, I am even including that long holiday to New Zealand from Australia when I was six.) It is so coooooool!

But OK, I will say this: a relevant question for you to ask me when you see it might be: “Ohhhh, cool. Does it have Bluetooth?”   : )