I was up at the crack of dawn and showered, house sorted to go away and I was at the kennels with Totty by 8.00. As usual she didn't want to leave the car and so had to be carried again.
I arrived at the hospital for my appointment at 8.20 and spoke to Chris, the nice lady I spoke to last week and she told me to take a seat and she would have a word with Lucy the nurse. I was called in quickly and taken in to see the consultant and had a smear and the colposcopy examination followed by a chat and some explanations and was out of the door by 9.00. Pretty good when you consider the secretary told me she couldn't help. I think the chocolates for Chris and Lucy might have helped as they were very grateful.
I was so relieved all was well and nothing more to do for three months I went and had a nice coffee in the cafe at the hospital.
As I had so much time I went into Tauragna and bought a short sleeved cardigan as it was feeling very damp and I only have heavy cardigans or jackets. I then went across to the x-ray people for collect our results. Surprise, surprise they won't be ready till tomorrow so they will have to wait till Saturday when we get back.
I now had lots of time to spare before my flight so went home and pottered.
I left to catch my flight feeling very happy about things and the flight was on time, very quick, 20 minutes and not bumpy at all. So when I landed I was feeling really happy that things had gone so well.
I walked across to international departures and met Jon. We checked in and he told me a message had been left on his mobile for me to ring the doctor about my blood test results. Major panic set in as I was thinking it was serious. I managed to speak to the nurse who told me not to worry it was just my cholesterol was a little high but nothing serious and so I made an appointment to see the doctor on Tuesday.
Fortunately nothing else went wrong and after a bite to eat in the lounge our flight was called on time.
Air New Zealand are now trying to compete with the low cost airlines and it is not working so well. We had paid for an extra seat next to us so we would have more space, we should also have had the full movie pack and all meals and bar. First of all they sat a really huge lady next to Jon as she was sitting near an exit and they said she should not be there for take off. She was sooooo big and overflowed onto Jon and he couldn't even see the arm of his seat let alone put the headphones in. They hadn't allocated the full movies to us and so the whole system had to be re booted so no film during take off. As it was a bit bumpy the seat belt sign stayed on and so the fat lady could not move - nor could Jon!!! After 30 minutes into the flight he got cross. Finally the stewardess understood what he was saying about us paying for the extra seat and eventually they moved her. The food was awful and the drinks didn't come round till we had finished our meal. All in all a disaster and they need to get their act together. We have always enjoyed Air NZ and were prepared to pay the extra for the service but we won't in future. The only consolation was we were given a express ticket to get through immigration and customs at Sydney and it worked and we were out in double quick time. Not sure where the fat lady sat for landing but it was not next to us. I am sure she must have felt so embarrassed about it all having to move as she was so big and use a seat belt extension - it might make her go on a diet or at least tell the truth when you book your seat online and say you are able to sit at an exit.
We got a taxi and went straight to the apartment. It was really hot and humid so after a quick shower we went out to Darling Harbour and had dinner. When we went with Jane and Heather they wanted burgers and we always said no burger bars. Tonight we went to a bar and had the biggest burgers ever as they smelt so good and tasted even better.
There is a two hour time difference in Sydney to NZ so by the time we got to bed we were very tired.
WEATHER
Cloudy with drizzle 24 degrees humid. Sydney hot and humid.
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