G'day Sharon and Linda. We've definitely got summer here. Not too bad in Sydney today, although we're still keeping the house closed up until the worst of the heat has passed for the day. I was down at the local shops in the evening - a fabulous summer evening, the sea very calm today and yesterday. Some clouds are forming over the dams, but no rain, unfortunately. Summer is our wettest season and we've had barely a drop since October. They're probably going to increase the water restrictions in the next few months, plus put the bills up. husband & I are drawing up plans for three new water tanks coming off our main roof. We're hoping to make a free-standing courtyard wall out of "Waterwall" tanks (an Aussie invention from a couple of years ago).
Linda, I have a large box full of Earl Grey tea bags. You're welcome to drop in for a cuppa.
I'm getting fed up with the phone! It's been one of those days with difficult child 3's correspondence school...
We just found out that difficult child 3 has been sent the subject material for two subjects incorrectly. Of course, he's already done a week's work for each, and has NOT done a week's work for the subjects which are missing.
We found out about Music this morning, when difficult child 3's Saturday discovery of half the printed work missing was finally registering with them - I told them about it, they said, "But he's not doing that subject this semester."
Then, later in the afternoon, his first assessment task of the year for Geography arrived in the mail and I realised - he's been working on history tasks, but he's somehow enrolled in geography instead and won't do history until next semester. So once again, I call the school. Nobody in the geography section there by the time I got through, so tomorrow it will have to be.
Oh, what a mess. By the time the mail eventually arrives, we will be three weeks into the school year which will make him three weeks behind in two subjects. Not good.
I'd hoped this year would work out better for us, and it has been better in general, but there's still room for more improvement. Here's hoping we sort it out fast.
Tomorrow difficult child 3's drama class is back on. I'm hoping we don't need to leave home so early, but I think I've committed myself to collect one of difficult child 3's classmates from her school for THIS year, too. I need to extricate myself from this one, definitely. A lovely kid, but difficult child 3 loses too much school time if we do this. Plus I've got my lunchtime class at the local school, assuming anyone remembers to remind the kids. Most of my students from last year have left, I only know of two keen kids (who are not good at remembering to turn up). I'm really wondering why I bother...
Tomorrow is going to be very interesting! And probably very frustrating.
Marg
