Helloooooo.
Last Tuesday (my Sunday, remember) 'twas a beautiful day so Adrian and I went to Staglands Animal Farm north of Upper Hutt. It was spring time so I was hoping there would be cute springtime things there. As soon as we paid and walked in we saw a mother hen with about 8 chicks. I was very excited! Adrian was the camera man with my new camera. MotherHen let me pick her chicks up so I cuddled a couple of them. They were all brown/white except for one which was yellow! How sweet they were. I wanted to put one in my pocket and bring it home. Then we saw ducklings (also, I could have brought one home, although they are a little harder to catch... but it would have been an extra cool bath buddy), lambs, a 2-month-old goat and baby guinea pigs. The guinea pig enclosure was cool, you could actually step up into it. Oh, and piglets, we saw Auckland Island piglets, one black and one pink. I love the noises they make when you give them a good back scratch.
After that paragraph of (literally) fluffly ducks, it's time for a little rant. I have a certain cousin, who I'm pretty certain doesn't read this blog, but actually I don't really mind if she does. Here goes. So, before we sent wedding invitations out but had pretty much decided who we were going to invite, I got an email from said cousin (who, FYI, I was still deciding whether I needed to invite or not, but was most probably going to) practically inviting her and her partner to the wedding. Ok, Claire is a little annoyed [have we noticed how Claire talks in third person when she's ranting?] but since I was going to probably invite her it wasn't too big a deal. Then a few weeks later an email arrives saying "what date is the wedding, cos Mum would like to start planning her trip". You wouldn't think it would be a problem for me to invite my (very liked) auntie to my wedding would you? Except that she is divorced from my Dad's brother and the terms of the current relationship would make the two of them being there potentially very awkward. So, yay, now cousin has invited herself, her partner and her mother. I need to make an incredibly awkward and apologetic phone call to said auntie and explain that even though I like her very much and would love her to be there, I also need to invite my blood-uncle, and it could be awkward if they were both there.
OK, so I'm over that conversation now, even though it makes me feel stink when I think about it. Meanwhile, I get an email from another cousin (who I hadn't planned on inviting, simply because I haven't seen him for ages) saying "HI, when's the wedding? I'm expecting an invite in the mail!" WTF? Another cousin who's invited themselves? Ok, so I send another email to say yeah sure, what's your address and I'll send an invite. I couldn't exactly say no, could I?
That done and after all the effort and self-inviting, I would have appreciated it if original said cousin could make the effort to actually come. BUT NO! Mum has received an email saying sorry, we can't come. Again, WTF? What's more, she said "By the way, I've emailed [said cousin #2] and told him about the wedding - I hope that's ok".
O. My. God.
Can you believe that?
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4 comments:
isn't it fabulous when people invite themselves to your wedding? it happened 3 times to me and it was super-awkward. well, they asked if they were invited, but STILL! who does that? anyway, yeah, it's annoying. hope it works out okay. i got your letter and loved it!! (-:
Hey guys, my measurements are as follows (coincidentally the same as the ideal human form)
Neck 40
Chest 92
Shoulder width 52
Waist 80
Jacket length 63
Arm length 70
Trouser waist 84
Seat 99
Inside leg 88
Outside leg 115
Crotch 62
Thigh 50
Knee 40
Waistcoat 57
I´m 197cm tall and 83kg so they get an idea of my build. You probably won´t need all the measurements but thought I´d throw them in there anyway.
Claudia is still sick but seems to be improving, scan in 1.5 weeks, will send photos of our little sprog.
Lots of love.
Colin.
i'm feeling for you claire.... why are guest lists such a drama!?! I will be so glad when we finally get our invites out and stop thinking of people we have to add to the list!
Hi! In regards to your most recent comment, I agree with you...I was just saying that people in my class were flabbergasted...my point was that it's our responsibility to tell people about God if we so strongly believe in him. I wouldn't necessarily expect a Hindu or Buddhist to recognize Jesus on the cross, nor should anyone else.
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