Happy Birthday Mum!

I am so pleased that while I am across the other side of the world, in this day and age I can just pick up the telephone (providing I have one of my funky cards) and ring my MUM! So love and best wishes to her on her special day. No doubt chocolate will be consumed in true family fashion.

February 6 also marks our national day — Waitangi day and how strange it was to, well, not mark it at all! Just went to work as usual. (The Aussies at school got hassles on Australia day — but I guess we kiwis are not quite so famous or loud?) However it was a very interesting and at times sobering experience to view One Network News reports from the internet from New Zealand this week — I think it was easier when I had no idea what was going on at home. Now there are a number of things to worry about if I had worry space!

God defend New Zealand. Haere ra from the Babbage wahine.