Well my son’s gone off on a school trip for twelve days around four of the Canary Islands. It’s a bit nerve-wracking letting him loose, but it’s time for him to stretch his wings a bit. And you know, it’s rather niceto tidy up the living room and expect it to stay tidy.
Early tomorrow morning my son goes on his end-of-primary-school trip. He’s going to Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuertaventura, La Graciosa, and Tenerife – all in 12 days. He should have a great time. (He’d better! It’s good value for money, but it’s still not cheap.) The trouble is, he doesn’t have all that many clothes because he grows out of things in three months. And this trip means he’ll be away…
Friday is Canary Day. It’s a big thing here, and the celebrations have started already. Early this evening, I went into town with my son to sort out some paperwork and a birthday present, and we found they had bouncy castles in the port car park. So of course we stayed for a while. We were both wondering what the nozzle was for. And then they started squirting foam out…
It’s getting busy around here. On Friday, my son leaves on a 12-day trip round four of the Canary Islands to mark the end of primary school. Since he’s just grown out of all his clothes again, this meant a frantic shopping spree. And since he doesn’t have all that many clothes that fit him, the ones he’¡s got all have to be washed and ironed. Last night we took…
I can’t believe I got everything done yesterday. I took Julio to school and little Sam to nursery and got home about 9 a.m. That gave me just under two hours at home to mop the kitchen and utility room floors, have a shower and read email. then I took Lou to the doctor, to get the official letter to say her foot’s still in plaster. They were a little…
Tomorrow is my first day of the summer, tour guiding at the British telescopes, and I want to look respectable. After all, I’ll be representing the British Telescopes to nearly fifty people. So I got out my tour guide outfit and checked that it still fits, and found matching shoes, and so on. I also dyed my hair, because the roots were getting very noticeable. Now I used the same…