04:42 - It is night. Moths pollinate garden flowers. Rattus rattus scurry around the port. The lights of Aotea Quay are reflected in the slow, black-backed-seagull-bobbing sea.
07:00 - Breakfast: I eat peaches and bananas with my weetbix and milk, not bad for midwinter. I clean up, tossing scraps into the overflowing bin.
07:30 - I throw the washing in the dryer and rush upstairs to do my makeup. Where is the time going?
08:42 - I guide my vehicle, containing 650 kgs of steel to a stop outside Northland School. My children climb out. A minute later, I am finding it hard to re-enter the unbroken line of city bound traffic on Glenmore Street. Another working week begins.
10:42 - On a quick break between meetings, I pickup a flat white to takeaway from the local café. Ahhh - the sweet sound of milk frothing and the smell of freshly ground beans. I'm happy to live in a city of coffee aficionados.
13:30 - I meet my husband for lunch. Walking past the shops I notice images of beautiful tanned young things in gorgeous dresses. I'd like one of those, although it probably wouldn't look good on me. I should go to the gym. In a discount store, I pass a rack of tops made from spun, woven and dyed cotton fibres. What a bargain! I now consider buying three.
14:42 - From my 14 storied reinforced concrete office block, a mouse-click buys me a flight to Auckland for a meeting next week. A very cheap flight to Auckland too, that new airline is great.
15:42 - I open a box and remove the impossibly small cell phone. I throw my old one in the rubbish bin. Crack! Its innards spill out.
17:45 - The horrors of after work supermarket shopping, I can hardly get my trolley through the fruit and vege section. Wow, chicken is cheap. I'll grab a couple. At the checkout I hurry to pack everything into the plastic bags and get out of there.
19:42 - I am serving dinner. Lemon Broiled Orange Roughy. My guests show delight at the sight of the deep-sea fish. Desert is rich chocolate roulade made of 72% cocoa chocolate. M-mmm.
22:22 - Guests gone, I open my laptop and check my emails, then settle down to watch the late news on our new flatscreen tv. More war, more climate change, same same. I'm exhausted, so pretty soon head to bed. Only four more days till the weekend.
23:42 - It is night. Erinaceus europaeus snouts around for worms and pet cats continue their nocturnal hunting. In Karori, a kiwi calls.