Age is slowly creeeping up on me, well actually I wouldn't mind if it was slowly but it seems to be accelerating ever faster these days! (doesn't accelerate mean to go even faster?) Anyway.... I lay in bed the other night and said to Eric in despair, "I am really worried. I am going blind, deaf and losing my memory". To which Eric replied in true sympathetic tones, "Well at least you won't remember you're going blind and deaf". I knew I shouldn't have married a younger man, how can he possibly sympathise with my approaching 50th when he has only just hit 40??!!!!
A teacher comment on Harriette's English homework recently (they had an assignment on protest poetry) "A powerful, relevant and vivid collection of ideas, imagery and personal comments. This was griping, intersting and insightful Harriette - and overall, an absolute credit to you! I look forward to reading your published work one day. Excellent work". If only she could apply herself so diligently to washing up and keeping her room even vaguely tidy!!!!
Went to Thames yesterday to teach on a vaccinator update from 5- 9pm. All went well. I passed through Paeroa to get there but didn't stop in on Mom and Daddy as I had a nurse with me and we were a bit pushed for time.
The sun has come out. We have had 3 bitter cold days and our first frost of the year. I had to pick the aubergenes, peppers and last of the courgettes from the veg plot this morning. But yesterday and today we have been back up to 16 degrees, gloriuos sunshine and bright blue skies. I am taking it easy today as I worked 12 hours yesterday and have read a bit and weed sprayed the drive in preparation for Eric doing something about grading it when he finished his course. 5 and a half days left!!!!! The boys had disappeared down to the tree in the back paddock and were reluctant to come back this morning so I wandered down to check they didn't have a dead sheep there, only to be waved Hello to by Shirley and Ian who were feeding out next door. All rather embarrassing as it was about 9.30am and I was in my gummies and dressing gown!! Don't know what had got their attention there as there was nothibng dead that I could see. As I walked by the gate by the pond the cows came hurtling down the hill obviously thinking I was going to open it and let them in the next paddock. On actually looking at the grass I realised they must be hungry and decided to move them into the front paddock. Managerial decision making on my part! Hope the boss doesn't mind when he gets in. Whenever I do such a thing it is usually wrong as Eric has hatched some new scheme for paddock rotation or there was some good reason why he half starving the beasts!!!
Oh well I guess I had better go and do some work.
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