On Dec 8th Paulie and Stephen headed to Auckland. Stephen had a number of meetings and in between joined Paulie, clan Turnbull, and "the girls". On the 10th Paulie headed to Margot and Bill's whilst Stephen headed to Christchurch. Paulie headed home on the 12th. Stephen narrowly avoided Saturday morning spin class with Robyn (he has been with her a few times) , but did have time for more pleasurable interactions with Zol and Robyn. The interactions were distracting enough to make Stephen miss his flight home so he ended up getting home via the Gold Coast.