Monday has rolled round again. How quickly the year is passing. Our little grand daughter Ellie is already nine weeks old! She is doing really well. That reminds me, congratulations to my friend Oliver and his wife and family. Oliver became a Grand father again for the 7th time this weekend. I hope that Mum and baby are continuing to do well.
We spent yesterday up in Stevenage. I went to the hospital with my Dad and Simon went to a car show which turned out not to be on, so he visited his parents instead. My Mum was having a reasonably good day and we were able to persuade her to sit outside in the ward garden. It was so much nicer than being inside and was beautifully sunny.
On the way to the hospital we went to the McDonald's drive through and got her a Mcflurry, which is a tub of very creamy soft ice cream. She loved it and ate the whole lot! We were a little worried that she wouldn't eat her dinner after that! She became a bit agitated when we had to leave and started pushing me around which was a shame as it had all gone well until then.
We went with my Dad back to my sisters house and had dinner with them which was lovely. We were able to look at her wedding photos and honeymoon photos. They went to Mauritius for the honeymoon and it look s gorgeous.
Today, I am concentrating on sorting out my house and catching up on what didn't get done yesterday. Simon, Saskia and Josh are just beginning their very last week at Walton School. It closes on Friday. Joshua is going off on holiday on Saturday, so that is all that he is thinking about. He needs to sort out what he is going to do when he gets back. He is not going on to the new school.
Next week Simon and Saskia will both be busy moving their various personal effects and those of their departments into the new Voyager school. There are also lots of meetings for Voyager next week. I think it's sort of an exciting time for them but also a bit nerve wracking. Nobody quite knows how things are going to go.
I think for Simon it is also a little bit sad. He has spent his career, so far, at Walton school. I think it will be sad to see it knocked down. He went to the post 16 leavers ball on Friday night and was given an award for the best Tutor. As this was voted for by the children, I thought it was a fitting reminder for him as he leaves. The next school year should be interesting at the least!
I am going to go out and do some food shopping when I finish my coffee and also go to the bank. I have already done washing and ironing and cleaned the kitchen windows so I have been quite productive so far.
This afternoon in between more jobs, I am going to do a bit of computer research. We have decided that August is too long to wait before our holiday so we are going to have a few days away as soon as the schools finish. We are thinking of Dublin as we could then go and visit Adam and Verity. I shall see what I can find later. I also want to have a look at some cars as we need to decide what to do about our car.
We have still had problems with it and last week it went to the garage. It turns out to be more "sick" than we realised. The problem that it has had for ages which Simon has tried to repair, turns out to be a temperature valve. Unfortunately they also found a warped cylinder head and oil in the water. Well something like that anyway, I didn't take it all in as Simon does all that stuff. It's apparently not economical to repair it though! It's 7 years old but has done loads of mileage.
We need to decide, do we spend a fortune on it and keep it going, or do we buy a new one, or buy a second hand one, or another idea was that Simon would do the work himself in the school holidays and we would keep it just for the dogs and buy a new small one that we would use at all other times. I am reluctant to have anything new, as 3 dogs soon wreck cars with their muddy paws and all the hair. Anyway, I am going to have a look on the Internet and see what is available so we can think about it. Our car is still running and is apparently safe to drive, so although I am not driving it, Simon is, which means we don't have to panic. Simon also has his truck anyway, and all the children have cars.
Well, coffee is finished now, so I need to shift myself and go and get some food. Back later.
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