I’ve been trying to manifest abundance and the universe gave me delicious hāngi for dinner 🍽️ grateful for the kai, grateful for the community, grateful my family got a nourishing dinner, grateful there is enough to take some to my Mum tomorrow.

If you were getting a loan today to help you pay for a really big bill, would you fix rate for 2 years?

The exceedingly determined pōtiki (we’re talking physio says he’s made 12 weeks of progress in 7 weeks with his knee because he is determined) has seen fit to finally don a school jersey today. So we are talking cold.

I pride myself on not using any heating other than the fire for some puritanical or whatever reason but I’ve gone in on a heater in my bedroom tonight. Apols to the national grid.

Man how nice is it to watch the news and not need to bleach my brain because it’s just snow

Definitely trying its hardest to snow

It snowed on my babies up at campus in Kelburn ❄️

I’ve been alone for like 8 hours which basically never happens ever and the house is so quiet I can hear the crackling of the wooden wick in a candle in another room

You guys I finally put away my summer clothes into the thing I bought to put my summer clothes at Ikea in May. Now I can put clothes in my drawer.

Meanwhile Mr R is doing a there and back trip to Palmerston North for PalmyGeddon for the pōtiki because even one fucking night is out of our budget currently but I’m not bitter at all

Wow Rarotonga had a VERY effective campaign this year didn’t they. Never in my life have I ever known so many people just back from/currently in/heading to

Someone very wise (it was @cathsheard.bsky.social ) said to me really early on in my leadership journey that the standard I walked past was the standard I accepted.

But what he can't credibly do is say "this is not the standard of conduct I expect from ministers in my government" because, objectively, this is the standard that he is willing to accept from ministers in his government As indeed it has been his only standard all term: none

I can’t even tell you the number for the rest of the power situation but let’s just say I’ve spoken to the bank today 😭

Glen Hansard has kept me company through some of sad and lonely times and the world will be sadder and lonelier now.

First bill in for the power situation. $3083 for the subcontractor. The main contractor did say the subcontractor would be “conservatively” $3000 so they were bang on.

Ice cream headache from being alive this morning

Good news everyone, my house has a lil electrical code of compliance now 😍 ⚡️ we are still not talking about the bill

Just googled “is it a full moon?” so that’s how my day is going.

I really love condiments and I’d love your relish recommendations.

Big slip at Awakino moments after big earthquake so lucky I didn’t make an impulse decision to go to Auckland this weekend

Ok so we’re not sleeping that seems cool

Ok I might have chilled out enough to have a go at sleeping again

Brief family meeting in the hallway.

That was deeply uncool.

Jesus we ok fam?

I saw the thing about the Salvation Army food bank hangers in store but I didn’t expect to have the offer to make a donation on the machine at the self checkout. I don’t understand how that is allowed.

We have power. At what cost? No idea.

Current six people working on the electricity issue.

Well me and the pōtiki are now at a motel because this is a big big problem 😭