Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Work Experience

One of the trials of a 15 year olds life [ not to mention that of her long suffering parents ] is Work Experience.
But after along and tortuous wait the biggest girlie has just bounced through the door, waved a bit of scrumpled paper in my face and shrieked that hse has her placement.

Something made me think that she might be a bit happy about it....I wonder what?

:D

It seems that hse will be working in a fashion design studio [ more rapturous leaping about as she tells me this ] and its in Sevenoaks [ where I work ] so she will get a lift in with me on most days, and [ very important this ] She can wear casual clothes
:D :D :D

Why do i forsee a shopping spree to find suitable casual stuff before she goes there?

Monday, October 10, 2005

21 october 1966

The radio was full of reports of the earthquake in pakistan today.
They were talking to one man who has just found out that he had lost 16 members of his family.
But all I kept remembering was Aberfan.
I was 6.
I lived in Mexborough at the time, a mining community with towns surrounded by slag heaps and lakes and heavy concrete water towers.
I remember the silence when we heard the reports.
My grandparents sitting stunned, and my aunt who was 11 hugging me .
All those children .
All those miners coming up from the pit to try and dig them out.
And I wondered if it could happen where we were.

are 2 black cats luckier than 1?

I found 2 black cats mewling at my kitcen door this morning.
One was gorgeous fluffy and big and the other was smaller and sleek, but they were obviously together, and they had collars and bells.
I've not seen them before, and they seemed to think that they lived with me, so i think they must have only just moved into the area and had mistaken the garden.
Jo got all scared cos they kept trying to get in and looking all sad and soulful.
I don't know why she's scared of cats.
:(
And I just wanted to go and cuddle them.
I keep telling myself that I'm not a big animal person, but secretly i miss my cats.
I doubt that Dave would let me have any more though.
Specially as Jo is so funny with them.

If they are still around tonight I will see if there are any contact details on their collars.
Not because I want to give them a hug you understand, just cos I'm being a concerned neighbour.
:D

Sunday, October 09, 2005

math

Its a bit much when, in order to help my daughter with her math homework she has to explain to me the method by which we she has to get to the answer.
I wish they'd stop changing how they teach.
Its not even as if she doesn't understand the traditional method cos when I show her how i used to do the same sum she grasps it immediately.
And yet the roundabout way that she has to write the sum down and show her workings confuses her.
:(