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Revolving doors!

This weekend has mostly been about trying to work out who needs dropping off  / picking up next - its been a constant revolving door of one in and then one out. It has made for a busy if peaceful weekend given one or other of them has been somewhere pretty much all the time. It basically went like this: Eloise and REmma back after school on Friday while Izzy went to Amber's. Saturday Abi went off to town with Issy and Eleni came over to see our Izzy. Eleni's couple of hours turned into a sleep over (of course), Abi came home. Sunday morning Abi has a party so we all go to Basingstoke and she goes one way while Izzy and Eleni go another. I gather them all up to come home, dropping Eleni in a layby on the way (to her parents) and immediately Abi calls Olivia and I'm required to drop her over there. She comes home at 7:30pm and basically its a quick catch up before they both head upstairs to bed. All this in 30+ degrees - we are melting!


As Abi got into bed tonight she said "I'm willing it to rain - will it never be cold again?" Goodness knows but I feel the same - the garden looks like a scorched patch, the dogs spend their time looking for a cold bit of floor and I've had enough. I couldn't live in a hot country - I like the changes in temperature and this no longer feels special. It just feels hot!


This is their last week at school and it's fair to say they are now even beyond making excuses for the absence of work. It's a normal day on Monday (well, clearing desks out), Tuesday is sports day, Wed is normal games oriented, Thursday is the year 5 play Founders Day tea (one to skip!) and Friday is speech day (we nevcer win anything) before an early finish. Where has this school year gone. I cannot believe that Izzy will be year 6 in a few months time and Abi year 7. Mind you, that means Ben year 9 and Laurie year 8 which is even more scary!


I just need to get through this week. There are definite advantages to being on a flexible working allowance. There are all manner of last minute panics at this time of year and with a holiday only a week away and a full schedule already I have felt quite in m y rights to say no to all the requests of "could you just..." This included could I just come along to a workshop in Warwick on Tuesday morning at 8am (NO), could I just step in and host another workshop (NO) and would I like to be in a hastily arramged last minute session in London on Friday (def NO, NO, NO!). Mainly I just dont wamt to go to London - the trains are completely up the creek, the air conditioning is non-existant and everybody is grumpy. Roll on the summer months and minimal London days - woo hoo!!

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