Saturday, January 13, 2007

Humid weather must be good for socialising

It is Saturday here and we are at the tail end (we hope!) of a humid week of wet, warm weather. It has been raining and cloudy and hot all week, unusual, we’re told, for summers and for Nelson. The “regulars” are perplexed, but give it about two seconds’ thought and then move on with the positive and do what they want regardless. We, however, are baffled by the weather—not to mention hot and sweaty as we’re used to a dry climate—and we talk about it everywhere! I guess we need to start getting over it.

The best way to get over it, and of course the kiwis are a step ahead of us as usual, is to head to the beach later in the day around 5-7pm and take a dip to cool down. Driving by there yesterday I noticed it was packed as can be, everyone in on the town’s worst kept secret but us!

Unfortunately we’re very busy socially this weekend and simply cannot fit in the time for an evening dip! I had a wonderful time out last night with some girlfriends, a “girls night out” with my friend Jade from work and some of her friends. They are so nice, people are just naturally lovely, warm and genuine here. It was easy to be myself and not feel like the “new girl” in the bunch. We had a blast at a Mexican restaurant owned and operated by a French family that served what they thought was Spanish food (like paella). Uh, not really, in fact, not at all. The food was decent in and of itself, but in no way Mexican and their knowledge of the few brands of tequila they did have available was terrible—I served as hostess and lady Mexicana for our table, doing interpretations, pronunciations, and all tequila selections. Everyone had a smashing good time!

Tonight we are meeting a new couple, Wayne and his wife, for dinner. Don met Wayne recently through work and they’ve been cycling together for the past month or so on Thursday afternoons. He and his wife are sans children this weekend and asked us to join them for dinner. Wayne is a kiwi but new to Nelson from Auckland where he owned his own business doing some sort of carpentry work. So usually, we have absolutely nothing to do but the random meeting up with people/friends—which is just the way we like it, un-busy and un-hurried--but this weekend we are all booked!!

1 Comments:

At Sun Jan 14, 09:59:00 am NZDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

What fun, despite the heat & humidity. Here in Colorado, we could use a little of that heat right now. Love, Mom & Dad

 

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