Today was my son’s first day back at school. He wasn’t at all keen to go, because last year he had a personality clash with his teacher, and in Spainish primary schools, you keep the same teacher for two years at a time. But this year he’s been moved, oficially to even up class numbers. But I suspect that I’m not the only one who felt a change would benefit…
Up in the clouds again
I thought the guiding work had dried up, but I was asked to show the Herschel to a group of German amateur astronomers on Saturday. To begin with, it was embarassing. They already had a guide with them who a) spoke German and b) had guided people around telescopes in Hawaii and Chile and c) had done a heck of a lot of homework on the Internet. So I welcomed…
Happy Birthday (part 2)
Wednesday was my son’s birthday. He’d already had the official party at the swimming pool, but for the day itself I took him and a bunch of his older cousins up to the Roque to see telescopes. I had hoped to show them the Herschel and maybe GranTeCan, but neither was possible. But I did manage to get them into the MAGIC telescope and then the Galileo.
Happy birthday!
Yesterday we held my son’s birthday party. It’s a bad time of year to get hold of school friends, and he’s not all that popular (and neither was I, or most of my friends come to that) so in the past we’ve had very small parties but had fun anyway. This year we went to the local swimming pool with 6 kids. I took charge of the girls in the…
This week disappeared fast. I took my son to the dentist, and he needs to wear his brace a lot more. So I’ve spent a lot of time standing over him, nagging. We also went to the optician, which was very fast, but he needed new glasses. Apart from that I’ve just got on with assorted projects and housework. Boring week, boring post. But the next one should be better…
Yesterday I hiked up the hill to see my friend Norma for lunch. She lives just above Santa Cruz, but you can only drive to the bottom of the steep hill — then it’s time for about fifteen minutes of nice healthy exercise. I’m sure it did me good. And leaving the family behind for some me time did even more good. It was great. We talked about music, books,…