I'm Baaaaaaaccckkk.

And very tired. It has been both a physically and mentally draining week. On Friday my mum had her 50th birthday party which was a lot of fun. Then I spent Saturday afternoon organising group photos around Upper Hutt (even though we all live in town now) for Michelle's leaving gift and then printing them and getting them into some sort of order for an album. Theeeenn we actually went to Michelle's party(got there late in the end) and stayed until 3.30 in the morning. Then on Sunday it was back into Upper Hutt (the 5th trip between Wellington and Upper Hutt that weekend) for birthday dinner for mum.

Then on Monday after work we went to see Michelle off. It is a hard thing to see your best friend leave and know you will not see them for at least two years. Stupid New Zealand for being so far away. Stupid Costi for leaving. Stupid me for not going too.

On Tuesday (yesterday, wow it feels like this week as gone on forever) our cat Doug disappeared. He reappeared again 24 hours later, but I was very upset.

Today I spent 3 hours out in the cold playing 'spot the tosser' with a rotation of 600 students. There is a sensible explanation for that last sentence, but I think I'd rather leave it like that.

So now, after I finish marking damn essays I'm going to eat, read and sleep. Three of the great pleasures in life.