STUCK IN FIRST GEAR

Another low key week here in Takapuna. Plenty of work at the office.  The silly new matter this week was from Kiribati.  A mission assistant and his companion stopped by a little cinderblock hole in the wall restaurant for lunch somewhere in the boonies.  It was a typical tropical hot day.  So the MA went outside to start the car and turn on the A/C, then he started to get out of the vehicle to return to his lunch.  Unfortunately the car wasn’t in park like he thought but was in 1^st gear instead, so it went through the wall of the café.  Fortunately no one was injured.  I got Risk Management involved and we’ll see what it costs to compensate the restaurant owner as well as the building owner.  Also appears that my case in Pu’a Pu’a Samoa has settled, opposing counsel claims she is going to be dismissing the case this coming week, another title dispute on a property our church house sits on.

Friday evening after work Alisa and I drove into the city to have dinner at Sails restaurant, down by the marina.  This was a place she had been wanting to go since her Aunt Brenda had eaten there years ago.  It was a fancy place, but over priced.  I enjoyed my battered snapper (fish and chips).

Saturday morning I rode my bicycle around Lake Pupuke 2 times for a total of about 10 miles, for the exercise.  I’m still jogging and playing pickleball and doing calisthentics on a regular basis and am enjoying excellent health, not even a cold or flu bug since we’ve been here.  Then Alisa and I drove to the Otara farmer’s market again since we didn’t have anything else planned.  We enjoyed walking around and doing a little bartering for fruits and vegetables, not quite the good selection as before since we’re in the middle of winter here.  At least winter is half over.  We continue to get regular rain sprinkles.  In the afternoon I took a nap and read a novel.  In the evening the senior couples got together in the Area offices’ cafeteria for a pot luck and games to celebrate Pioneer Day.

Called my brother Leron this morning for his 69^th birthday.