Moving on. Typing this in a music room in a college in Hamilton while about 20 teenagers practice. I have bought Harriette and Sarah in to suss out the Waikato Band. Harri was a bit reluctant to come as she is planning to change to oboe next year and thought it wouldn’t be worth it and I was worried they (well Harriette) wouldn’t be good enough but the conductor is sooo enthusiastic, they are now joining in. We’ll see how it goes. Alice has started additional private clarinet lessons to complement her itinerant lessons at school. She is thoroughly enjoying it.
Had a meeting with Alice’s teacher last week as we get the impression that Alice is struggling. The teacher agreed and we talked about Alice not being in the accelerate class next year. Had a tearful discussion with Alice over this and she seems to be accepting of the idea now. Then today she got her Australian English results back and got a distinction (one of only 4 in her class of 38)!
Had a busy weekend. Both girls won their netball on Saturday and the girls got to watch their film. I caught up and had a coffee with Mandy and her new man (not sure if I liked him). Sunday Mom and Daddy came down. The plan was, that Daddy would help Eric take the diesel pump out the Safari and us girls (including R+R’s daughter Sarah) would go to Putaruru to watch a Russian concert pianist who was performing in the Timber Mill Museum!! As it was they couldn’t remove the pump (didn’t have a particular tool they needed) so Daddy came with us and Eric split wood (he had borrowed (a neighbour) Basil’s tractor while he was away selling a horse on the South Island). The concert was so interesting. The pianist was unbelievably talented and played some incredibly difficult pieces. I was just wishing he would play something I was familiar with when he did. The setting was just like a village hall and it was strange to think here was this pianist more used to playing in the Albert Hall playing here!! So kiwi! Afterwards we took Sarah home and Mom and Daddy came with us to see the calves. They are in the second half of calving and I think have about 200 calvings. Sarah and Katherine couldn’t understand why Mom and Daddy would want to go up to their farm to look at cows! They see them everyday, year in year out and cannot understand that most of the world has never been on a dairy farm during calving and it is therefore a novelty to them. I was planning to do dinner at about 5pm but we ended up eating at 8pm and Mom and Daddy didn’t leave until 10pm. I was very glad to see my bed that night.
All else is well here. Eric is busy working his notice, well trying not to be busy. The girls have 1 week of netball left and I am plodding on. I have several trips up to Auckland over the next few weeks, I have a conference and a symposium to attend and I have been asked to do some orientation with a new facilitator up there. So looks like I’ll be keeping busy.
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