Work, work and more work.

Raglan

This was were I worked yesterday. OK, so I was stuck in a surgery for best part of the day doing clinical assessments but I knew that this was outside the door and I sat and looked at it while I ate my late lunch before tottling home. Raglan is a little coastal town that has been discovered by real estate agents. It has not lost any of it's charm or been over developed but properties prices there have increased about 400% in recent years. I drove up one of the hills and was surprised how expansive the place was. But sooooo pretty.

Am a bit brain dead at the moment. Have spent all day planning a 2 hour lecture for nursing students. I kept changing my mind as to what to include and have not got a very good brief on what is required. I tried to contact the tutor today to no avail so I hope what I have planned is what she wanted.

Had a heated discussion with H yesterday as she announced she was not going on camp in October. There are 3 classes from her year going to somewhere south of Auckland. I would have taken leave and volunteered myself as a parent helper but it clashes with my 2 days of training in Auckland so can't. She got herself into a right tizz about it. Basically she was scared of the physical stuff she'll be required to do and has this aweful separation anxiety. I told her she was going and that I would talk to her teacher and left her in tears - God I'm an awful mother. Anyway she came home from school today and said she'd been thinking about it and had decided to go. I was so relieved, and proud of her for making the decision on her own. I did speak to Jenny, her teacher, and she will discuss with H tomorrow. I will pop in and see her one evening when I am up there. I hope she has a total ball and develops some confidence whilst she's there.

Alice had her second riding lesson - and fell off! Unfortunately Eric had taken her so I dread to think how hard he laughed when she probably needed a bit of consoling! Carol don't laugh! Again no photgraphic evidence as E did not take the camera.

We are going to R and R's tomorrow to choose calves for the girls for calf club. They have been warned that THEY WILL get up and feed their calves in the morning!!! Spoke to Robyn yesterday and they are seriously busy. Apart from tomorrow we won't be catching up with them until next weekend, hopefully (by hopefully I mean I hope we do get to see them then and not I hope we don't see them before then!!).

Alice had 7-a-side day yesterday. They play rugby, netball, hockey football etc for the day. Neither of us went so I don't know how she played. Trying to get how they played out of Alice is so complicated I'll just wait for the fortnightly newsletter!

Harriette spent today having stories, learning marae etiquette and Maori songs. And I thought she was in for an acaedemically challenging year. Alice had Miwa in hysterics this evening with her version of the haka.

Off to bed. Night night all.