Hi All,
I hope
you are all fit & healthy. We are off to Wellington today to see Charles,
Tanja & Lars & catch up with the rest of the family. It is a lovely day
here, so hopefully Wellington will also be kind to us.
Jan's
trip to hospital was fairly uneventful. However, he had a bad night last night
with spitting up some blood clots & will need a nap this afternoon to be
able to get through the family functions planned. He has been taking things
very easy thus far, so having to be up all day and catch a flight will be hard
work without having had a bad night before.
We had a
great walk into the Abel Tasman on March 26th to celebrate Frits Hofman's 50th
birthday - the weather was just lovely. And Frits was completely surprised -
was not expecting three sets of friends to turn up. We finished the day with an
Indian takeaway at the Hofman's place.
Well, the
triathlon the week after was pretty OK. Karen & I completed it in an
unofficial 'Jan time' of 1.25, which was about three quarters of an hour
shorter time than we were worried we might do (photos posted alongside). Then,
as Kathleen had completed the event as well, we all retired back to our place
for a birthday lunch, chocolate and some Moet. Lovely!
We had
Karen here for a week & had a great time slothing about, watching movies,
eating more Rosy Glow chocolate (it was Easter after all), sampling wines &
catching up with friends who hadn't seen Karen in a while (like Dawn, Julie,
Murray, Sari & Neil & Gilbert & Letitia). Mind you, it wasn't all
relaxing. We also went for a run every morning, went biking, played tennis and
went for a couple of good long walks. It was great to have her here. We didn't
get up Mount Arthur - yet again - as Jan hurt his knee!
Jan has
had the results back of his second Strategic Management assignment, where he
was marked at 100% yet again. He has also handed in his first large assignment,
which he should get the mark back for next term. He is not very happy with that
assignment though; he doesn't think he delivered what the tutor was wanting.
Adam
Saleem has been getting pretty active too - he has completed a half marathon at
Silverstone in the UK and is planning on running the London Marathon. You can
sponsor him at www.justgiving.com/adamsaleem.
Max has
cracked his elbow on a 12 hour mountain bike endurance race, held the day
before Karen & I did the Triathlon. He is recovering OK, but is definitely
still feeling the break. Karen B's team won the Women's section, which is
pretty awesome.
Our next
trip away will be sometime in May to Hanmer for a luxury weekend, which we won
at the Orbit Quiz night last December. Then on June 15-17 we are in Chch for
the for UWH Secondary School Regional Champs.
After
that, I would imagine Jan will have an exam for his course, and then have to
start planning what course to do next.
Look
after yourselves, everyone. Alles liebe :-)
Sam & Jan
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