s e v e n i s a j o u r n e y

You can tell that you have had a “proper” three-day weekend when you feel like you need another immediate weekend just to recover.

Tam spent the weekend (along with Jenny and Kerry) at the Folk Music Festival, over in Wainuiomata. For the first time in 5 years it did not bucket down rain! Long days listening to live music performances, followed by late nights participating in sing-circles, results in a fun time, but in little sleep.

Meanwhile Zane and I were moving his household from Tawa to Trentham. Having a Ute and a big braked twin-axel trailer makes me very popular when it is time for people to move house! In theory I could move up to 2.5 tons of stuff per load, though we ran into volume/packing limits long before the weight limit became an issue.

By my reckoning we spent 24 hours over the 3 days loading, transporting and unloading (with help from Stefano on Sat/Mon, Richard on Monday, and Tam/Jenny/Kerry on Monday after they got back from the music festival). And Zane of course was working before I arrived and after I left, packing, cleaning and preparing. I can only expect he is extra-super-tired this morning.

One more trip will be required some evening later this week (when it is not hosing down with rain) to move the fridge, washing machine, and industrial sewing machine.