Interesting Wildlife

We had an Anax Imperator appear in our conservatory this lunchtime - a female Emperor Dragonfly in real money. Whacking great beastie at 4 inches long. Needless to say Freya was sure it was trying to "get" her. As I pointed out I have trouble picking Freya up these days, so there was no way a bug was going to fly off with her, even a big one like that. Children have such illogical fears. I guess that's what makes them kids. Adults have much more logical concerns - like are we doing the right thing vanishing to the other side of the planet? As it gets closer and closer I get more excited and also more nervous.

Tomorrow is a day of note since I pack my job in. It's going to be rather strange after 13 years, I shall miss it a little I guess, but only because it's like an old well worn jacket. I also won't know what to do with myself, not being one to sit idly and veg. At least I can listen to TMS and the Edgbaston test progress to a draw (on account of the rain).

Diane has been shopping around for mobile phones, and has for sometime been using a Motorola something or other. It's one she got off fleabay and it's unlocked and thus works nicely with the new NZ Vodafone SIM card she just received (also from fleabay). The phone now seems to have a split personality, displaying both the Vodafone UL and Vodafone NZ banners. The main reason for all of the shenanigans was so that we can provide PSS with an NZ phone number. I'm gradually coming round to the idea of a new phone. My trusty Nokia 3410 is locked to Virgin and while I'm not interested in a phone that takes pictures, one that makes phone calls down under seems like a good plan. Researching methods of unlocking give all sorts of confusing results. Some claim that there are four unlock codes and the online generators don't produce more than two and even after using these it refuses to work with anything except a Virgin SIM. The solution is therefore to buy an unlocked 3410 off fleabay, as they are going for virtually nothing - less than having it unlocked.