RiceBag et al

A (much-needed) good weekend all round, including:

• dinner with Neil, Josepha, Wailoni and the good Fathers from Neil's seminary on Friday night at the Crowne Plaza - an expensive night out but well worth it for the seafood buffet and sparkling company;
• hanging out with Heidi on Saturday, including dilvulging all kinds of secrets usually reserved for late at night after a bottle or two of red, and checking up on Nev and the pool to make sure both are still functioning properly without our beloved Lea;
• a quiet Saturday night enjoying the company of Xena and Gabrielle - Pia had gone out for the weekend so the show missed some of the added flavour her (just occasionally inane)questions and side-comments usually lend to the viewing experience, but a chuckle all the same;
• a great Sunday in town with IslandBaby and her mates - secondhand shops, yum cha, mango-baseball, and checking out the rugby union boys - what more could you ask for? (answer: to have met her at the start of the year, not the end when she's about to leave for Lae and I'm about to leave for Sydney)(and for her to get back to work on that blog of hers - can't leave your fans hanging that way, girl)

All up, just what I needed before heading back to that staffroom and IT lab that sadly have become places more of dread than fun the last week or so. Here's hoping for an improvement this week...