The 3 sets of parents (Kylie went back to Japan where she is on a year long exchange) went to the airport at 5.30am (!!) to form a reception committee and in the afternoon the team was welcomed back to the school at a school assembly where the kids gave them raptuous applause. Again the parents all went to watch.
We let Harriette bask in the limelight for a week but told her last night that life gets back to normal now and she can start but by stacking the woodpile which is severely depleted!!! To add to her success she got her final philosophy essay back this week - A+!!! That's an A-, an A and an A+ for the 3 assignments. I think it's safe to say she passed the paper. Not bad for a 16 yr old. Oh, and the mooting finals did not go Matamata College's way, they came second but the advantage is that the 2nd prize is book vouchers. First prise was scholarships to do law at Waikato uni - which none of the 3 team members was planning to do.
Alice's life is, of course, domintated by her hectic social life. She is off to Kent's school ball tonight. I have been trying to get hold of our local seamstress but I think she has gone away so I am going to have to make some alterations to her dress today. It just needs some darts putting in as she does not have the assets to fill the top of the dress :-)
The turbo on the Mistral went last week which means Eric has had his head buried under the bonnet for 2 weekends now so the second coat of paint in the kitchen is on hold. Harriette is not impressed as she uses that car. We sooo need to replace the Mistral but just cannot afford to at the moment. Actually putting food on the table is becoming a struggle but everyone assumes that if you are a law firm partner you must be well off. So, sods law says if you have no money everything breaks. The turbo, the water pump on the bore last weekend (a 5 hour call-out on a Sunday afternoon!!), the kettle died and, you should see the bill from the plumbers. They seem to think we are going to pay for the installation of each of the 3 water cylinders! They are in for a surprise. I may even have to discuss with my lawyer.
We've had a busy week and next week will be the same. Alice had her year 11 dance evening. The classes have to put on a dance as part of phys ed. It forms part of their assessments. As they do so much preparation the school has them perform for the parents and public. It was a good evening with a variety of skill levels on show. Needless to say the music was too modern for the grumpy old man I took with me. Alices class got second place, only 3 marks off first. She really enjoyed dance and I would encourage her to take it up but she is so busy with her music stuff.
We also had WYMA special general meeting last night (I chair and Eric is secretary) and next week we have our formal Rotary changeover (I am MC-ing and have been very involved in organising) and I have a Victim Support meeting.
I have a new challenge at work. Our organisation provides a newsletter to professionals on a quarterly basis and I have been asked to be the editor. Although only a small publication the articles have to be exactly right and everything goes through 3 layers of checking and proofing. I am really enjoying it. It is very time consuming at the moment as I am setting up project management stuff that was lacking.
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