I woke up to a grim text from Joanne (Rowan’s mum), his grandad is in hospital and she will keep us updated. We spent Tuesday running around Albany picking up gear and returning faulty gear. There is a need for a suit with a pink bow tie! Hallenstiens has cheap $199 suits which will work. We have needed to get a different size in from another store and wait for it to arrive. Over the road to the mall we go to the pharmacy for a special request from Australia of hand cream. The lady was most unhelpful so I ordered it online, hopefully it arrives before we jet off. Heading to Kmart for some more bottles but alas there is none on the shelf. I wanted to go to Specsavers to adjust my glasses and Rowan’s name gets called out. Who on earth would know Rowan? Well here we are again third time bumping into the lovely Mark from Mangawhai. Hilarious we keep bumping into him. I head in the wrong direction but eventually get to specsavers where I am told to wait for an unreasonable amount of time so we leave. We continue our jobs in Silverdale, then kill some time op shopping until the car goes in for a warrant. Back at the Woolf’s I get a chance to tackle a pile of mess in the flat. Rowan’s mum is wanting Rowan to pop over early to Australia so will see if we can get him on a flight.

It takes all day to organise Rowan’s flight to Australia. Getting through on the phone was impossible so we jump into the car and go to the store. The lady tells us it will take some time and to go home and wait for a phone call. We get back to my Grandparents and we get a phone call so we turn around and go back. We decide not to leave until it is sorted. Flight centre said the airline needed a letter from his Grandads GP to say it was a medical emergency. Joanne Rowan’s mum was on her own flight and we waited for her to land, told her what we need. Luckily the thought to go to his GP rather than attemp a doctor at the hospital. Around 1pm it was finally sorted. We had about 45min to get back to Tindalls Bay, pack his bags. Then rushed off to the airport to get his flight. If anything is forgotten I can bring it on Monday.