Heading up to the farm shortly and meeting my darling daughter and her very unproblematic and pleasant partner there. We shall turn over the tent and do some gardening. It’s looking great up there. I’ll try and do a little video, not that much (any) of my content ever blows up or even makes it to most people’s feeds these days (thanks boring pay to play algorithms… fuckers…)

It’s going to be a busy month. I’ve been doing my best to mo the shit out of the kids when they are with us, and for the most part these efforts have been noticed and appreciated. My daughter is particularly pleased with me momming the fuck up and being a consistent and authentic force in her whirlwind busy life. That girl is a force of nature. She works nearly full time and pulls top grades while maintaining what appears to be a healthy functional first romantic relationship and close social ties. Basically, the girl has eclipsed her mother as a functioning human on most measures and that’s fine by me. Very proud of our brilliantly bossy princess. She suffers no fools and knows what she wants. I only figured that shit out after 40. Sigh.

Darling daughter and the rest of the kids are due back at the city house for their fortnightly rotation with Damon and I from Saturday this weekend. We, however, will be in the South Island with Jamie for his annual adventure into nature.

So my fierce and fabulous stepdaughter Niko will be moving in with the big kids from the weekend through until the Friday we return from our South Island adventures.

Today, though, it is all about Steph.

We are going to garden and enjoy the farm. I will share our adventures probably.