The Barmy Army have arrived. They have hired 1700 campervans and are going to moving around en masse for the next 8 weeks. The general advice is 'stay off State Highway 1 for the next 2 months. Campervans are plentiful here and always occupied by middle aged couples. All the ones I've seen in the last few days have 2 blokes in the front and they always have beaming smiles on their faces. Everyone here is very hyped up about the tour. I can only imagine how these guys who have saved for years some of them, saved annual leave, and travelled from the other side of the world must feel (apart from kn---ered that is). May the best teams win, and please God let it be The Lions. This weekend we have The Probables vs. The Possibles tonight, The BoP vs. Lions tomorrow night and at 6.30 on Sunday MORNING (!) the Martin Johnson Testimonial match. Thank heavens it's a long weekend.
What else to report. Nothing I think. It feels like winter at the moment with squally rain. Still not very cold though except the present winds which are coming up from the South.
Robyn's birthday was on Wednesday and we went round there for pizzas in the evening. I made a self saucing chocolate pudding which was a tad dry. Robyn's response was 'What did you leave out' !! It still got finished, well almost. Robyns Mom Isobel, and Richards parents were also there and all in fine fettle.
Alice had a bad day at school yesterday and was sobbing her heart out when she came home. It was the usual arguments over a game called 4 square. She didn't think she was out, the other (apparently more popular girls) said she was, and they ended up yelling at her and gave her a headache. She distanced herself from them and was then accused of being a bad looser. They are at that age where they are always falling out with each other and she is part of a crowd rather than having one particular close friend. I'm not suggesting Alice is not to blame, I know how stubborn she can be, but being overweight I think she often gets to be the one left out, something I can relate to from my school days. I know there is nothing I can do about it but it broke my heart to listen to her pouring out her tales of woe out between huge sobs. It is compounded by the fact that one of her 'best' friends has a birthday soon and can invite 3 friends on a trip, needless to say the other 2 in their 'group' have been invited and Alice hasn't, in favour of another child. I'm not suggesting that Alice should be invited, the child can invite who she wants to her birthday, but I do feel for Alice being left out. My poor baby.
A run of the mill week otherwise.
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