A picture of ADNZ Raven lying with her feet in front of her head lower, mid frame. To the left lies a stuff green hippo. Between her feet is a brown Nylabone, to the right of her feet are a tennis ball and the body of a stuffed pink flamingo, with Raven resting her head on the flamingo looking at camera. To the right of Raven is the neck and head of the flamingo and her stuffed Llama. A rope toy can also be seen in the background.

September Stumbled Along…

Antnz on October 3, 2021

This year we started September in Level 4 Covid19 lockdown, which means keep your butt at home unless you are going out for essential items, medical treatment or for a short period of activities in the area local (walking distance) to your home. No “fast food”, no going to the gym, no gatherings, online school, work from home if you are not an essential worker, no funerals or tangihanga (funeral directors still operate but no gatherings), keep to your bubble, physical distancing and masks if out. My region moved down to Level 3 at mid-night of the 31st of August, which a “softer” lockdown; work from home, no seated dining, limited movement (stay local), gatherings of no more than 10 for funerals or tangihanga, weddings, church, non-contact customer pick-up or delivery, stay local. This was just in time for my birthday, after a couple of weeks without being able to have any form of take-aways I was craving Chinese food, so we made use of delivery food. My birthday was spent watching the Paralympics, not checking emails, eating junk food, Chinese food for dinner and cheesecake for dessert.

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A picture of a tui sitting in fuchsia tree. The tui is looking straight down the lens. The background is grayscale.

Mid-Year months of Madness!

Antnz on August 19, 2021

June kicked off with a hiss and a roar! I kicked the month off with another “Intro to Enabling Good Lives (EGL)” down in Wellington with Imagine Better for District Health Board (DHB) staff. We had a good cross-section of Children’s Hospital staff; including, OTs, physios, nurses, and a paediatrician. We also had a handful of social workers, OTs, physios, Allied Health Aids and a couple of Team Leads. The day after I was off to the Mid-Central Leadership Group meeting. By the time I had travelled to Wellington, delivered a training, driven home and a full-day meeting, I was beat.

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A pink sun rise lights the sky, with the brightest part of the sunrise in the middle of the frame near the bottom. The left and right are framed by silhouetted trees

May as well make the most of it?!?!?

Antnz on May 28, 2021

All of a sudden we’re almost halfway through the year, and this month hasn’t exactly gone to plan. In the end, despite a horrific head cold that had me laid out for a week, May hasn’t been too bad; just a little different than anticipated. Once again I remind myself that “life is indeed an adventure” if we look at it from an etymological (background of words) basis. Webster’s dictionary defines risk as:

1a: an undertaking usually involving danger and unknown risks. //a book recounting his many bold adventures b: the encountering of risks. //the spirit of adventure. 2: an exciting or remarkable experience. //an adventure in exotic dining they were looking for adventure. 3: an enterprise involving financial risk. //she wanted to pay off her debts before embarking on any new financial adventures.

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