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Final push

4 more days to go - almost there! This weekend we have mostly been drinking tea and catching up with family. On Friday we snuck the girls out early from school and headed to Taunton for Christmas Part 1. Of course the girls couldn't imagine seeing Christmas presents with their names on them without asking in a range of endearing ways if they could open "just one". And of course, when one is opened it's fair game and they want to do the lot. As far as I'm concerned I would rather they open presents over the course of a few occasions - at least this way there is a small chance they pause and reflect on what they've been give and by whom. The theme was very appropriately a mox of babies and horses - perfect for our two.

While we concentrated on catching up with everyone and quick site visits to see what home improvements have been completed in the last 6 months (all looking very smart), Glenn ventured out on the Tri Ride which we used to do every Saturday morning, followed by an evening out on the town. Bike ride done with no loss of face and thank goodness not being the one taken off in an ambulance with broken collarbone, he headed out the door with best t-shirt for curry and beers. Despite vowing he's be back before bedtime he rolled in at 01:45 this morning, very chatty and not ready for sleep, so proceeded to talk about all kinds of things before suddenly crashing out, leaving me wide awake and struggling to get back to sleep - just typical! I may have been a bit tired this morning, but not a jot on how Glenn felt - he even suggested I drive home at one point (shock, horror), but sanity prevailed and he got into the driving seat.

This afternoon it was all about the admin before the final few days of school and work. I'm flat out until Thursday pm, then Izzy and I are off to Lapland - woo hoo! We spent some time today getting clothes sorted and thinking about what we need. Basically I'm assuming it's going to be coats and sallopettes in the day, jeans and jumpers in the evening. Anything more than this and we will have to ad lib. Izzy spent most of the afternoon in her full outdoor outfit, despite being just a bit warm. I think she's found her new favourite hanging out outfit - base layers. What's not to like about warm comfy clothes? She'd have gone to bed in them if I'd let her!

Abi is looking forward to a few days with Glenn and her babies (Scoobs and Bertie). She's mushed a few times about the fact we've had to spend some time sorting ourselves out, but still doesn't appear to be bothered about not going - funny girl. Izzy can't wait - she's looking forward to sleeping with me as well - can't say I share that. Abi is a great bed fellow - warm and still. Izzy hasn't been trained properly and wriggles like a snake. Maybe I can train her to be still this weekend! Roll on Thursday evening...

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