... tired...
Couldn't sleep last night. Finally dropped off around 5 am: Ken woke me at ¼ to 8.
bleurgh...
But yesterday was very successful. Kai opened his presents before school -
Incredibles,
Shaun of the Dead (which he hurried home to watch after school!), and
Tremors DVDs, and a microscope from us, amongst other bits, and an amazing book on trains from Carol and Adrian (and many thanks for the cash too: he hasn't quite decided what he's buying yet, although I know he fancies a Hornby EWS locomotive, and given how well he did for money, all told, he can certainly afford one!) - and wore his '11 Today' badge all day. (Apparently we've been a bit remiss on that front, as all the other sprogs always wear badges on their birthdays but we've never bought one for Kai. Cue Ken diving out to the Post Office to find one before they closed!)
I went into town and raided
Hawkin's Bazaar for bits and pieces for the Treasure Hunt. It was all very successful: picked up 3 lots of everything for prizes and treats for each of eleven clues, nothing over 99p (and most under 75p). That shop is just wonderful for this sort of thing! More details on Sunday when the Hunt is over, however...
Kai, it seems, had an absolutely brilliant day - except for the afternoon, but then, he had PE, and he doesn't like PE. Mostly, anyway. He was alright when they were doing gymnastics and dance, last term, but hated rugby and isn't particularly enjoying tennis. (Which is interesting, because tennis is one of the (pitifully few) sports I actually enjoyed.) Still, he had a favourite dinner when he got home - pork chops with lemon and coriander couscous - and opened the rest of his cards (our post usually arrives about 11 - 11.30, so he had a handful of things to open in the evening too, including your card Wendy - and thank you very much for the enclosure!)
This morning his welcome letter arrived from John Cabot: the Meet the Tutor evening is scheduled for June 14th, and there are four 'uniform sales' days at the College (new, not second hand) in April and May, ready for collection at the meeting.
April and May? That's a lot of bloody use! Kai always shoots up over the summer holiday: I'm going to have to guestimate by how much and hope I don't get it wrong...
They also included the term dates for the next year and half, which unfortunately don't go quite far enough and tell me when they break up for the summer in 2007. The following school year starts on August 28
th though, and this year they break up on the 20
th of July, so we're looking at the very end of July and most of August 2007 for the Australia trip. I'm still wondering if we could afford two stopovers on the way: a recent holiday programme went into the possibilities and Kai and I both thought the idea of a
Red Desert Tour (in Dubai) sounded fantastic! I wouldn't be averse to a night in Hong Kong or Singapore either. Eh well, it all depends on the money. We'll have to wait and see.
I'm flagging - eyes don't want to stay open, and I'm nowhere near composted enough to actually get anything sensible (
i.e. creative) done right now. Think I'd better get some sleep. Then I can write tonight!
Later!
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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