The past few weeks have gone by like a marble shot from a catapult. There's been family birthdays; lots of revision; exams; GCSE science; more birthdays; Scouts; homework for everyone in the family; and the odd time to relax - along with the obligatory mechanical breakdown, of course - the oven this time - nice!
But we're still breathing - only just though - since breaking up for the halfterm hols, all kids have had temperatures and colds and I've almost forgotten what it's like to spend quality time outside of the house. We did manage a trip to Larkfield leisure pool yesterday which was great fun and Caitlin swam her first few metres unaided too - well done, girlie-girl!
So, it has been busy. Jess is still reeling from all the extra work she has to do as a full-time teacher, what with evening work, etc. Joel's had a great start to secondary school - including a certificate for getting over 25 merits in his first few weeks - ata boy!
Chris had a glowing 'consultation' from his new teacher and is working hard.
As for me, my Science GCSE class is fun, hard, weird and rewarding all at the same time - thankfully there are a few others my age there and we're all in the same boat. It is great, however, to realise that I've learnt more about science since leaving school than I did when I was there - the highlight so far being when I corrected the lecturer for getting a mathematical question wrong when he was calculating the amount of kWh used by a household item!
Scouts is challenging at the moment. If I'm honest, if it wasn't for the fact that Joel is now a Scout, I may have jacked it in earlier, but I'll soldier in - even if it's just until next February when Bill and I head to the Cairngorms for 8 days of snow-caving, ice-wall climbing and general mucking about in snow at high altitude for a Scout-based adventure.
Chill Bill - I'm kiddin'!
Chill Bill - I'm kiddin'!And as for the exam part? Well, I have officially done enough for a basic degree (if I pass my last course that is!), but I am doing another final course to try and get an honours degree - thanks Jess darling for talking me into that, so it's still head-in-the-book time.
As for the next few weeks - well it's almost time to get the Christmas tunes on, don't you think?
