Day Off
January 1st 2007 09:24
Being New Year's Day, we went to the Waikouaiti races with two of my daughters and their children. Funny sort of weather, with alternate hot patches (though cloudy) and an unpleasant little drizzling rain than was chilly.
Made about as much as I lost, so I guess that was okay! Had a picnic on the grass within a few feet of the finishing post, so periodically horses raced past to mixed enthusiasm from the crowd. We looked at our betting slips
and either threw them back in own pockets or considered which horses we could spend the less-than-enormous winnings on.
By the fifth race we were all worn out, so we packed it in and came home. And slept. Because last night we not only stayed up and watched the fireworks in the Octagon, but then came home and did other things for another hour or more. We're going to have to get back to normal hours soon, or else we'll spend all day sleeping and all night awake. It's the problem of having a wife on holiday...
Made about as much as I lost, so I guess that was okay! Had a picnic on the grass within a few feet of the finishing post, so periodically horses raced past to mixed enthusiasm from the crowd. We looked at our betting slips
Horses racing, obviously
By the fifth race we were all worn out, so we packed it in and came home. And slept. Because last night we not only stayed up and watched the fireworks in the Octagon, but then came home and did other things for another hour or more. We're going to have to get back to normal hours soon, or else we'll spend all day sleeping and all night awake. It's the problem of having a wife on holiday...
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