It's Mr 9 yr olds day to make dinner. He takes a can of baked beans out puts them into a bowl and puts them in the microwave to warm them. Mum comes along " that's not enough dinner for everyone Mr 9" so Mr 9 goes to the freezer and gets out some frankfurters and puts them in a pot of water. While he's doing this Mr 6 comes along finds the baked beans and eats them. Meanwhile Mr 9 puts the hot frankfurters in a bowl to cool while he gets some buns out to cut open to put them in. Miss 5 comes along, finds the frankfurters and eats 3 of them. Dad comes home - not much for dinner tonight Dad lol.
I am in Auckland, Auckland is in Lockdown Level 3 and has been for 3 months because of Covid 19 which has only mostly been in this area for that time. The rest of the country is in Level 2 which is much like normal life but with wearing masks when out and distancing from each other. A month ago I moved to Auckland to stay with my daughter and her 4 children - 9, 6, 5, and 3 month old baby - to help. I came up in my small motorhome and am parked next to their large bus motorhome. The bus has more space and a large bed with a comfy mattress but no lighting, no hot water and (as of today) no fridge. My camper is great but is very compact. Between the two I have everything I need including my own space.
Today, Saturday, the bus needs to be taken for a CoF (Certificate of Fitness) so that it can be used legally on the roads over the summer. Son-in-law spends the morning doing this and that to make sure it will pass this test. Finally at around 11.30 am he heads off with 3 children on board to get the test. Minutes later a phone call and I have to jump in the car and take some containers to them as they have run out of gas about 5 km down the road. Off I go, hop on the bus while S-i-l takes the car and containers to fill them. Back, fill and start (always a problem to restart when no fuel in the lines so I sit in the bus and pump the throttle whilst turning the ignition, whoops there I am pumping the brake pedal instead! It started though... haha). I jump back in the car and they head on. I look at the seat next to me and there is S-i-l's phone with his creditcards etc in it. I race off ater him tooting and waving the phone but he doesn't notice and I follow him all the way to the CoF centre where we arrive just in time to see them pull down the doors - They're closed
