My week of nights

So the week begun with me on nights. Luckily due to the job I'm currently doing, (elective surgery in a separate unit) they are generally quiet with the opportunity to get between 4 and 6 hours sleep a night.
Saturday afternoon, after grabbing a couple of hours sleep we decided to go and get a bit of exercise and headed over to the tennis court where James has joined the club. James has certainly improved his game and was passing on a few tips to me. That evening we chilled out with a BBQ before I headed out to work. On the Sunday we had our first trip out to Piha. Piha is the beautiful surf beach 45mins away from Auckland with a large rocky out crop in the middle of the beach known as Lion rock. We spent the day walking along the beach and exploring the local area.
A few of my nights were busier than others and I spent a few days chilling at home and catching up on some sleep whilst James was at work.
On Wednesday as Sal had the day off work and James had to be down in Hamilton that day for a meeting I headed down to Sal & Si's straight from work. (Actually took about the same time as it would to get home due to the terrible traffic entering Auckland at 8am) Soon after grabbing breakfast in Hamilton we headed out to Raglan to catch some surf. We had recently picked up my beautiful new surf board from the surf shop (Early birthday present from James) so it was amazing to go out and give it a go. We spent a couple of hours out in the water catching a few waves before heading in to town for a wander round the shops and ice cream before heading back to Hamilton for Si to start work at 4pm. Around 4.30 James arrived at Sal and Si's flat and we grabbed a coffee together before heading back up to Auckland. Not bad way to spend nights!
Thursday was a more exciting day for James than it was for me. Ever since we talked about moving to NZ James had set his sights on a new rifle. (apparently the barnard action which is made in NZ is the best action in the world) He almost had his hopes of a new rifle shattered when we went and spoke to the guy who makes them who said due to the short supply of stocks (the wooden handle bit) the waiting list for a rifle would be over 1 year. They had recently made a rifle for a British women who was supposed to be coming over to shoot in the NZ national championships -Luckily (or unluckily for me - however you see it!) she never turned up, so the rifle went to James! I picked him up straight from work and drove him along to the warehouse where Barnard rifles are made to pick up his new rifle. (even I can admit that it is a thing of beauty - even if it made James into a bit of a geek for the evening!)