Chit Chat

It was Kite Day on the Common a couple of weeks ago. A bright sunny day and hundreds of kits being flown on the Common. Michael wanted to go but we said that we would go another day when there were less kites and a fighting chance of flying our kite without getting all tangled up. Sods law when we went last week there was no wind

Costandina passed her Drivers Licence Tuesday week ago and Sarah passed hers last week. That means that, along with Jo who passed hers sometime ago, all three of Sonya's bridesmaids are now legal and creating havoc on the roads.

Sam, Costandina's boyfriend, came up and stayed with us for a couple of days last week. He seemed to relax a bit more around us. Michael gets on well with him too which makes life a lot easier. I think in a strange way he likes having an older boy to look up to.In lots of subtle ways Michael was watching Sam and how he behaved and trying to mirror it. Something about copying being the sincerest form of flattery

Sonya has been looking for a new job recently having got sick and tired of the travelling. She had a job interview last week for a job that she didn't particularly want but figured it was good to get one under her belt to quell the nerves. I think she is glad that she did as she was very very nervous and probably didn't put her best foot forward. Anyway she has another interview next Thursday. This one she really wants. It is p/t (25 hrs/ wk) for almost the same money she in on now and it is only a half hour to work by train. Here's hoping.

It's been very hectic at work for me recently with a real log jam of projects needing my input. It has meant a lot of very late nights but hopefully we are now over the worst and life can settle back down again. I don't want to completely abandon all my good intentions.

It is threatening to get up to 18 by the end of the week. I am not sure what we will do in all this sunshine and heat. I feel quite faint and sweaty just at the thought of it.

They announced that they are going to start reopening the airports after a week of no flying because of the "ash" cloud. Sounds like a primeaval menace hanging darkly over the land. Truth is you can't see it at all. Perhaps the sunsets have been a touch pinker but the sky has generally still been blue and clear. Its all been a bit amazing though. Shed loads of people are stranded all round Europe with some astonishing numbers being bandied about regarding the extent of diruption. I read a figure somewhere that 17,000 flights a day were on hold across Europe. That's a whole lot of no flying.

Tesco is complaining because they can't get their flowers flown in from Kenya and the F1 teams can't get back to Britain to work on their engines. It's amazing how all the important things make the headlines eh