Last weekend, the engineer and I drove 5 hours to New Plymouth to help celebrate a significant birthday of my old university friend, Gillian. She had orginally decided to ignore the birthday and do nothing, against all her friends’ advice. However, once we told her we were making the trip, she and partner, Reeve made rapid plans and organised a catered dinner for 20. We had a great time, cuminating in a few speeches and toasts!

Toasting Gillian on her big birthday!