Too much of a week.

 I was right.  It went badly.

On Tuesday I got out of bed and was suddenly on the floor.  It was into the afternoon before I could properly stand without my legs giving out.  And the pain lasted days more.

But it did rain on my old office computer and thus is was very wet before anyone would have stolen it, and thus they didn't.

On Tuesday evening I went out for dinner with an almost friend who I catch up with maybe once a year.  Was nice.

Wednesday.... happened.  Will have to think for a sec and work out what happened.  I know my plans for the day cancelled slightly too late to not be irksome.  I think I must have mostly just been dusting Lego.  I really recall nothing.

Thursday, after much Lego cleaning I went for dinner at Speights with Firmin now that it is safe.  I had shanks and did nothing to tip off the kitchen staff who know me that was was there.  It was nice.  Firmin is always good company.

Then I got home and had a night where I entirely failed to sleep.  At all.

So Friday me was FUNCTIONAL.............

Saturday I had managed a little sleep, and then it was off to my grandmother's memorial service in Harwood.  Throwing handfuls of rose petals onto the tidal mud flats while my mother played slightly cheesy music and everyone avoided sharing memories of the departed.

Then a big lunch with family, two of my grandmother's friends and some of my mother's friends that she claimed my grandmother had liked (there is limited truth, my mother never pays much attention to what other people think if it disagrees with the narrative she is telling herself about the situation - this was especially true with her mother).  Mum had had candles made of my grandmothers teacup sets, and gave one to every woman there except my sister - who she is still not acknowledging as a woman where possible.  Because trans fun times.  And I found out my mother's old house recently sold for about four times what she sold it to her boyfriend for only a few years ago.  That may have also left me a bit cranky.

After the lunch I hung out with my cousin (technically first cousin once removed) Breffni for a bit.  She is pretty awesome, and has always been one of my favourite relatives.

Sunday I dusted Lego until dinner time with my dad and sister.  Dad had planned the trip and come down, so far as I can tell, purely in response to my having mentioned Speights was safe now. So to Speights I went for the second time in this entry.  This time I had the ribs.  Then we got vegan gelato from the place in the Octagon.

Today, I walked 13.8km if my phone is to be trusted.  I walked in the mist to the gardens.  Met up with someone who was looking to make new friends, so then walked around the garden for well over an hour with a very pleasant man who is working out what to do with his life now that his kids are grown.  I am getting to the age where people not much older than me have grown kids.  It was all pretty nice.  I might actually have made a new friend.  Then I walked home through town.  By the time I was walking home it upgrade from mist to full drizzle.  I was a damp Matthew.

And for dinner I got delivereasy of the Taiwanese market gardener's place's soup because I had exhausted myself and my D&D game which is now moved to Monday was cancelled on its first Monday - partially because of the COVID alert rising again last night.  Stupid Auckland having people who have germs again.