Marooned

at home this morning,

cut adrift from going to work

but not from working.

Tomorrow is the start of the

World Young Shepherd Challenge.

Yes hard on the heels of

THE RUGBY WORLD CUP

is the world cup of shepherds.

That can be in lower case

because we own the trademark and logos

and probably won't get too upset if you use them in relation to our event

however should you decide to organise your own

young shepherd oriented type event with teams from around the world

I suggest you come up with your own name.

Please note: Americans, a world event is

one where there more than one country participating

unlike baseball's world series.

Anyway I was meant to go down to Oamaru

tomorrow at the crack of dawn

which I quite like cause it would be just be me and the trucks on the road

but I need to pick up Bevan

who is the The Contest Committee Chairman

from the airport so

I'm at home,

 a little disorganised

by that I mean I have lots of jeans packed and no tops,

I'm still in my jamas needing a shower

and for some reason my wireless internet is not working.

But I'll get it together,

I always do.

Next couple of days are going to be awesome.

It's Rozzy's swan song as Contest Manager,

Hills takes over on the 15th,

(I don't actually know Hills

other than by reputation but she will be a welcome asset to NZYF

as she has been President back in the day...

not really that far back only about 10 years ago

and I suspect she shares my healthy attitude towards unions.)

We have 11 teams from around the world,

an excess of Argentines teams for some reason,

maybe they travel in packs.

I'll take lots of photos so you can enjoy the fun and games.

Turns out we will be at Totara Park only one afternoon,

the afternoon I have to leave earlyish to take Bevan back to the airport.

Actually I think my whole responsibility is to drive Bevan around!

Home on Wednesday

and back to Oamaru on Friday

for a black tie dinner.

The thing that will preoccupy for the next couple of days will be

should I wear the little black dress with the belt

or the one without.... hmmmm????