Despite having a LOVELY cold and feeling really yuck. I arrived at the airport in time to check in and board my flight scheduled to leave at 6am. 6am came and went (but the fog did not) - First Delay notice beeped on my phone, followed by an announcement over the loud speaker. 6:30 came and went, another announcement ... followed my another and other. I logged onto my computer and started revisiting my moonshot and by 9am I was still stuck in Kerikeri Airport. After messaging Dorothy, and Anne I decided to follow the document by tethering to my phone. This was definitely not the same as being there in person. 10am came and went, along with a bus load of people sceduled to board the 7 am and 8 am flights. I was beginning to think I was completely bonkers for even being at the airport, but instead of going home I popped another pill (or 2), and waited for yet another delay. Finally rang Dorothy again (only to be put on loud speaker for everyone in Auckland to hear) and it was decided that I would still catch the plane, then a taxi to KPMG headquarters to touch base for a few hours. So off I go, across the tarmac and onto the plane.
Flight down was BEAUTIFUL, with very little cloud and lots of viability. My tissue box and Vics vapour drops were my friend, the entire flight. LOL.
Arriving at the airport, I excited the Domestic terminal and hailed my very first taxi (I had only ever been on one before and that had been about a month ago with Heather from MIT- when we were heading off to the Coromandal Hui). Again Tissue box was my friend.
On arriving at KPMG we all briefly caught up before continuing on with the days program (of which I was feeling substantially behind in). The next thing on the agenda was to discuss the EdTech Summit in Sydney (in July this year). We all started working on a shared document to outline what our proposals were so we could support each other in this process. Love how people from different teaching positions, levels, experiences and parts of NZ can work so collaboratively. Then it was Lunch time.
Following lunch we had a guided tour of the ______ building including its creative spaces and nooks and crannies ... Very exciting BUT OOOOOOOOHHHHHH so quiet!
After the guided tour it was back at it and as I had missed the mornings session Ann whisked me away for some 1:1 catch up! Although I still had a foggy head as I was unwell, and my ears made me feel like I was in a underwater bubble, this was totally worth my time, and I came away with ideas swirling around.
More delays when heading home (due to the earlier delays in the day). So I had time to catch up and do some more editing of my prototype offline. lucky it wasn't delayed as long this time!
Note for next time: Don't joke on Friday afternoon that it your flight will get delayed (or stay the night before hand).
