G'day, people.
Kjs, I hope it warms up for you. Crikey, only 35! I presume you mean F... It doesn't get that cold here, even in mid-winter. I hope difficult child odes well at his baseball. Good luck with the school situation - you might have to begin leaving school issues at school, until you can be sure that difficult child is the cause of being chucked out of class. I know difficult child 3 often was in trouble, for something others started, or staff mishandled. While I wouldn't undermine the school, I also stopped punishing him at home (other than a talking-to). It's not easy, though. You're doing the best you can. I suspect he is, too.
Smallworld, has husband ever considered Tour de France? He sounds like he's well on the way there. I hope M enjoys her dance class.
difficult child 3 & I had the beginnings of a quiet day, but is was such a glorious day outside, I made him turn off the computer game and come for a walk with me. It was the bush, or the beach. difficult child 3 opted for the bush with camera. I was feeling a lot stronger than I thought, we walked right out to the cliff-top and then back north, along the path to some rock formations. difficult child 3 was taking close-up photos of the flowers - all the recent rains and through winter, have meant the spring flowers and all the young spring growth is lush and generous. Absolutely glorious. There were many more small birds on the headland as well, plus some of the smaller paths have become completely overgrown. Yesterday's 3 mm of rain made everything much muddier than you would think possible. It's mostly sand, with a few veins of clay which hold the water and channel the springs.
As we walked, we saw a single white-breasted sea eagle overhead - hopefully it's on its own because its nesting time. It flew directly overhead, very close. The bush was so thick I don't think it even saw us. Although it must have - I was wearing such a bright multi-coloured skirt with purple singlet top, how could it not have seen? It just didn't seem to care.
Afterwards I made difficult child 3 work on his New Zealand diary for school - almost done. Maybe tomorrow... but it's so hard, when everything outside keeps calling!
Enjoy your Saturday!
Marg