School's over

School is finally over - what a relief, no lies in yet though, I'm still waiting for  a free day !!

The school reports were in and even better than last time. Tallulah had all A's and B's except for a C in Japanese and a C in Sport (C is what is expected of them, anything above is awesome) and Nakita had mainly C's which was really good for her. They get marked on their behaviours too and Tallulah had top scores in all but one and Nakita had top scores in a lot too. Once again I am very proud of them both. Unfortunately Tallulah did not make school councillor which she was very upset about. It wasn't helped by the fact that the girls that did make it were the 'popular' girls all from the same class (where the teacher was picking). Considering that there are three year 6 classes it was pretty obviously a set up even to the untrained eye. She can reapply for the next Semester (there are two per year) but, currently, she says she won't as 'there's no point they already know who they are going to pick', probably true but that's life !

This week has also seen the pool fence going up. It just needs a little bit of finishing off which they are, supposedly, doing tomorrow. It's about the only part of the pool build which has gone smoothly so I'd recommend the company Dura-fenz any time. So that was a step closer to the pool being finished but also another chunk of money we had to find. Pauls work finished again on Friday and he is now unemployed for at least another three weeks. It would appear that it's the same WA over but, whilst we all seem to know it's political, no one knows for sure why. Paul is now looking into the mines for a job, it's long hours, away from home, high temps, dusty crappy work but pays the bills and that's what we need right now. It does seem to be difficult to get in though.

We did manage to get out this week and met up with some fellow Body Shop consultants and their families for Christmas drinks. It was nice to put faces to names although I had met quite a few of them at conference and on courses and even better to have a chance to relax and enjoy ourselves. The girls made new (much younger) friends but at least they left us alone to chat in peace. Paul came home all despondent again as everyone we meet at the moment has at least two, three or more houses AND blocks of land and we can barely afford the one house we have. But, unfortunately, we came at a time of high house prices, two years or more earlier and it would have been a different story but it wasn't right then. Best to live for and enjoy the day .......... and stop asking people how many houses they own !!

09:40 - Sun 16 December 2007