It's Friday and I've been away from work with a dry cough and sore head.  Belinda convinced me to take a walk up to the mini-mart to clear my head and get out of the house.  We needed 4 boring groceries things and the trip would take about half an hour.

Ended up being quite the social Friday night.

To start with, there's this short cut.  Goes up to a little residential road and makes the trip to the shop much more of a straight line.  The short cut path turned into a plantation which turned into a residence (read collection of open sided fale's) which I was feeling awkward about.  Then I see Aunuu who I know who tells me its fine to go through his place and gives me a lesson in sharpening bush knives.

I get to the shop and run into a new friend who is a lawyer married to a Samoan.  We have a long chat about the mobile phone and how they are changing the world.

I walk the long way back for a change and run into a bunch of labourers and drivers I know who are tucking into the vodka.  I gave one of them a worm tablet for his puppy a week ago and he insists I have 3 vodkas on him  before I leave.  We chat about dairy cows and other things that guys drinking vodka like to talk about.

I come home to be presented with a fantastic drawing of a ute from Riley, and two new cartoon characters from Justus (see below).

Time for a movie with my lovely wife and an early night.

Not bad for a sick day.