It’s been a stretch today. The second day in a row when I’ve had to be up and out; suited and booted ready to work. I can tell you it’s been a bit of a shock to the system. I may now have a grain more sympathy for MT every morning. I caused... Today I feel like I’ve been living in a surreal world. I’m leading a two day strategy and team building event for a Government communications department and whilst I’ve lived and breathed public sector communications most of my working life I feel... There are few times in my life I have felt quite so rough as I did three years ago today.This was the day I arrived in New Zealand. I hot footed off a plane where I’d languished for 26 hours with a bad back, sleep deprivation and the woes and stresses of packing... For the last 24 hours we’ve been having what I can only describe as packamac weather. The sort of weather that it might rain, might not rain but when it ranges from a misty drizzle to a deluge. Whatever the type of rain there is one thing you can be sure... When I got up and about this morning I just knew it was going to be one of those days. After all, I was faced with this. So what’s new you might think. This is a regular view. And you’d be right. This is really what caught my eye as I let the dogs... 