It was a beautiful warm day with a very warm wind - not very wintry at all, though it rained all night. The first rain for a long time and much needed. So glad it didn't come earlier and spoil Spooks race. Some people were out on the track for 12hrs.
The Brooklyns headed back to Invercargill and Spook went to work. The children and I had a lovely afternoon chilling out. Finn's pal John, from his class and rugby came over to play and Meg and I made a monkey out of an old pair of socks. It was very therapeutic.
The children are bonding over more bouts of homesickness, so we will have to celebrate the bonding part, if nothing else! You could talk midges and rain all you liked, Scotland is their top destination for everything. So it's Bootcamp for Finn straight after school, rugby training on Tuesday and a game at Cromwell on Thursday. I'm trying to persuade Meg that Bootcamp is just what she needs too, but I'm not making much progress there. I think it's probably what I need!! The text running accross the front of the TV, with breaking news tells us that 10 students have returned from Mexico with influenza that may turn out to be swine flu. They don't say where, but the children's headmaster has just returned from Mexico, so I hope to goodness it isn't him or the children will insist on being evacuated. We really couldn't be in a more magnificent setting, with a terrific school (some interesting incidents apart), some amazing coaching opportunities, the promise of a great snow-boarding season just ahead, some real decent wee pals (and one or two unfortunate ones), but their friends from home are all they want right now.
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