Call me a leftist radical but I don’t think the problem in EDs is the signage.

Hey don’t forget to turn your alarm off for tomorrow if you have the day off and if you don’t, hey thanks for turning up

Real keen to find a job where I can be suspended on full pay for 5 years tbh

What do we reckon the Ross Taylor savvy b will be like wine and/or cricket fans?

What kai are you planning for Puanga/Matariki?

Nobody makes soup in a cup like Continental cup a soup

I’m so sick of only being able to afford chicken breasts as protein.

9 hours is more than “several” hours by the way

Tropical 1° this morning after two days of starting in the negatives.

We’ve made it to the end of term, team.

I’m going to go out a limb here and say the Michelin star situation which “changed NZ hospo forever” probably won’t change much for me.

This Gloriavale doco is cooked, mate.

Happy 2026/2027 to my local government brothers and sisters and friends beyond the binary.

My 16 year old cradle Catholic got confirmed today and it was the sweetest most faith and life affirming thing and kids these days are the absolute best

You and me babe, how about it?

Spilled a whole glass of wine on the couch which really is like a symbol of how my whole day has gone

I have as much confidence in the police commissioner as I do in the rest of the government and you can interpret that as you will

Boy did it turn miserable quick this afternoon. Proper winter, this.

Still mad about the email describing my kid’s attendance as “worrying”. What’s worrying is the ambulance taking 90 minutes to come, what’s worrying is the overworked ED doctor who recorded the wrong birth date on the ACC form, what’s worrying is we still don’t know if he will need surgery.

Got the email about school attendance cos of the school my kid had missed this week due to a pretty serious injury. Can’t wait to be fined.

The rugby season is so long now we’ve really narrowed our interest level and mostly ignore super rugby but had a look to see what it would cost to watch tonight $29.99 😂 tell ‘em they’re dreamin’

Foodstuffs Club+ is number one on my hit list today, thanks for making me do all your work for you.

Let me tell you what you don’t want to have happen when you’re already up in the air with what next with an injury. You don’t want the wrong date of birth entered on your ACC form.

Turns out a 16 year old with a dislocated knee is much trickier to manage than other injuries we’ve had. Please tell me your inspirational recovery stories or give me a reality check about how long this will take.

Well turns out the Tiny Terrorist can still give us a run for our money with a middle of the night ambulance ride and trip to A&E with a dancing related dislocation.

😭 just got a text describing the Tiny Terrorist as polite and kind so well done long haulers who remember what that child put me through

Mr R went to a leaving lunch for a colleague today who has worked at the same company for FORTY SEVEN YEARS.

I also sent an email that said Wednesday 12 June so my relationship to numbers did not improve over the day.

Then wrote the date as 10th June 2028

Brains are so fucking weird. I just filled in a form for work and wrote down my childhood landline number instead of my work number. I’ve worked here for 14 years 😂

I do hope that being able to say hey sorry I was a bit overwhelmed when I got home, I didn’t mean to be like that etc means I don’t get voted off the island

Anyway I came home and snapped at everyone and the middle child had to be sent in as official mother peacemaker

I try and be a real cool Mom but man, I am so sick of thinking for other people but I know with neurodiverse situations it’s hard to get a vague instruction like “light the fire if it’s cold”

I didn’t have Mr Beast x James Patterson on my book ordering bingo

If National gets back in, I reckon we will see a million NZers living in Australia by the end of the decade

If you can breathe through your nose today, I encourage you to take a moment of gratitude on behalf of those of us who are currently mouth breathers only.

They can blather all they want about curriculum and assessment but all I want is a fucking report that shows the teacher is aware the kid exists beyond a dot on a graph. One sentence per subject, that’s all I want. A pleasure to have in class. Only comes to school to eat his lunch. A smiley face.

I presumed uni kids would be bed bound until lunch time but turns out everyone wants to vibe by the fire

We had a heavy rain watch last weekend which came to nothing but doesn’t look like we’re skipping it today

If you have thunder and heavy rain in your forecast your reporter in Taranaki can confirm both of those things exist here today.

Kids home for semester break so the kitchen pumping out vast quantities of food, the fire has been going all day and I’m already thinking about tomorrows dinner and the next days dinner

What if I just unfollowed everyone who is at the radio and podcast awards? I had no idea my algo was so radio and podcast heavy

The youths outside the library are very high spirited today.

I am all out of executive functioning for today. Pizza for dinner.

This BSA statement tho

Such a trip watching skifield owners salivate over snow machines instead of crying about climatic changes but have a good weekend I guess

Productive lil day where I washed some couch covers, went to the supermarket, cooked some meals for camp to go in the freezer until camp, did some washing, watered some plants

Reached into pantry for baking soda and came up with this.

Sent my uni student some $ today and the reply was “Thank you very much for your kind financial support as I endure the emotional cost of looking at this godforsaken budget” 😭

Coupla days in Pōneke seeing &Juliet and Marlon Williams plus my uni kids and the entire Highlanders squad in my hotel