Marguerite
Active Member
G'day, people.
We had a day in at school today. difficult child 3 had a study day for Chemistry, there would have been about ten kids in the group today. It was a long day for them; a study day usually finishes at lunchtime, this one had a short lunch break (with the kids staying in the classroom while the teachers idled online via the Smartboard) then more work after lunch. difficult child 3 said his brain felt burned out, but he did manage to stay on task for the last session. I let him drive home from the city, he did quite well.
Today was the hottest August day on record, apparently. It's still winter here but we're having a sudden heatwave. We just had the wettest July for about 60 years plus it was really cold, and we've gone right into summer temperatures. They will only last another couple of days though, and it's back to winter. But the jasmine is flowering, so are the peach trees. While the kids had their lunch break today, I walked down to the Harbour and bought a pie from the pie cart there (outside Russell Crowe's place). I stripped off my cardigan and just had my t-shirt on with my jeans. Still feeling hot!
I'm so tired tonight - I got home and made a large lasagne for dinner, I'd pre-made a batch of bolognese sauce from some kangaroo mince. You really couldn't taste the difference, but the roo meat is richer in iron and also a lot leaner. About the same price as beef. It's farmed roo - a more environmentally sound product for Australia than farming beef.
Tomorrow - no need to go anywhere, but difficult child 3 has a lot of schoolwork to do. He has an important exam on Monday, another one coming up in a couple of weeks. The end of the year is looming; for one subject, the end of his school education, if he can demonstrate mastery in the subject. A big "if" at the moment, he's lost half a year or more thanks to medication problems.
Enjoy your Wednesday.
Marg
We had a day in at school today. difficult child 3 had a study day for Chemistry, there would have been about ten kids in the group today. It was a long day for them; a study day usually finishes at lunchtime, this one had a short lunch break (with the kids staying in the classroom while the teachers idled online via the Smartboard) then more work after lunch. difficult child 3 said his brain felt burned out, but he did manage to stay on task for the last session. I let him drive home from the city, he did quite well.
Today was the hottest August day on record, apparently. It's still winter here but we're having a sudden heatwave. We just had the wettest July for about 60 years plus it was really cold, and we've gone right into summer temperatures. They will only last another couple of days though, and it's back to winter. But the jasmine is flowering, so are the peach trees. While the kids had their lunch break today, I walked down to the Harbour and bought a pie from the pie cart there (outside Russell Crowe's place). I stripped off my cardigan and just had my t-shirt on with my jeans. Still feeling hot!
I'm so tired tonight - I got home and made a large lasagne for dinner, I'd pre-made a batch of bolognese sauce from some kangaroo mince. You really couldn't taste the difference, but the roo meat is richer in iron and also a lot leaner. About the same price as beef. It's farmed roo - a more environmentally sound product for Australia than farming beef.
Tomorrow - no need to go anywhere, but difficult child 3 has a lot of schoolwork to do. He has an important exam on Monday, another one coming up in a couple of weeks. The end of the year is looming; for one subject, the end of his school education, if he can demonstrate mastery in the subject. A big "if" at the moment, he's lost half a year or more thanks to medication problems.
Enjoy your Wednesday.
Marg
