After finally gaining entrance to the apartment, we set out with Littlemave and the Tinymaves for the first conference session of the day – a flashmob at the Opera House. We were running late, so caught a train down to the harbour (and I released The Secret Hide-Out by John Peterson on the platform), and…
We were running a bit late, so littlemave suggested that instead of the others waiting for us, they should set out, and we’d head them off at the pass (for once I could see the value of cellphones!). [And now I illustrate the danger of leaving writing your diary for a couple of weeks, because…
1:00 pm, NZ Time: Lytteltonwitch and her son picked me up to go to the airport. We got there nice and early for check-in, so were able to get good seats, and also ask the person at the check-in desk whether the books would cause a problem with security (we’d heard that books can look…
The taxi dropped us off a few doors away from the pub, and Hawkette and I struggled to carry our own heavy bags, plus Lytteltonwitch’s bag of books (Lytteltonwitch was under strict instructions from her doctor not to carry any heavy bags this weekend, so I’d promised to play pack horse for her), plus the…
Got everything packed tonight so I don’t have to rush around in a panic tomorrow morning. The only things left to pack are my toothbrush and the spare batteries for my camera (which are busy recharging at the moment). The bag in the photo, which I’ll be checking in, is completely full of books –…
Only 1 day and 18 hours to go until we leave for Sydney!!! Had a very small meetup tonight, probably because we changed the day and confused everyone. Only me, Lytteltonwitch, and Awhina, but we shared a very nice pizza, and followed by cake (Awhina was going off to meet some friends for dessert to…
Just to prove that you should never give up on hearing from a released book: In April, MrPloppy, ORNOT, and I spent a few days travelling around the bottom half of the South Island, stopping off at various points of interest along the way, and releasing books as we went (from memory, I think we…
We went to see Terry Pratchett last night, which was a highly entertaining evening. We skipped the free wine (I don’t like drinking when I’ve got to get up for work in the morning, and MrPloppy isn’t supposed to drink with the pills he’s on anyway), and the woman from The Press doing the interview…
After my exam yesterday (which wasn’t too horrible, but I don’t think I did as well as I could have), I decided to have a nice relaxing afternoon (sensibly, I’d taken the whole day off work), so I walked to a cafe and had a very nice lunch, then went to Jelly Park, where I’d…
Our regular last Sunday of the month Breakfast Meetup was this morning. As usual, we met at Trattorie, where Libragirl has set up an OCZ. Not a huge turnout today, just me, Lytteltonwitch, her ex-husband (who’s acting as her chauffeur at the moment), and Awhina, but we had a nice breakfast, swapped a few books,…