Week 29 (4 - 10 Feb 2007)
At it was a quiet week I thought it would be a good opportunity for you to have a rest from my style (is there you ask?) and draft in a ‘guest’ author. Unfortunately, the Bishop was busy. So, I invited Swmbo (She Who Must Be Obeyed). This is where I ask ‘Which one?’ and am not brave enough to put an answer in print let alone on the web! Therefore, Andrea has for the first time attempted an entry:
We have been a bit in limbo this week as the school holiday now reaches 9 weeks with a further week to go. Mass vaccinations for meningitis have been going on around the district - we were vaccinated before we left UK. The temperature outside has reached 37°C every day - which is the same temperature as your blood so no chance of getting cool. The house is a few degrees cooler and heats up more slowly but also cools more slowly at the end of the day. James has very kindly recorded temperatures at different times of day over a period of days so that I can use the data for my lessons. I regard this as turning challenges into opportunities which is a particularly useful philosophy to have wherever you are in the world!
This week I started painting – not works of art like James does – but DIY type painting. The washroom door and frame are now white instead of tank grey and the transformation had been very pleasing. I think our neighbours have been rather bemused at the fact that I (Andrea) have been doing the painting!
It’s hard to believe, but this is as far as she got and I even had to finish the last sentence. I think she said “The words just don’t flow”. Hm. And she’s not even ill. But she has written most of what we did this week. The reason she started painting was because she was wandering around trying to find something useful to do and couldn’t settle but, at my suggestion, got stuck into the painting. Literally. I hope to help out next week, but I often have good intentions and manage to avoid them without even trying. And just in case you think I’m being idle, I’ve been doing some wood working things again as well as some preparation and reading. Yes, and sleeping and saying “Man, it’s hot” and “It’s much too hot to do anything”. Seems to do the trick!
We have been a bit in limbo this week as the school holiday now reaches 9 weeks with a further week to go. Mass vaccinations for meningitis have been going on around the district - we were vaccinated before we left UK. The temperature outside has reached 37°C every day - which is the same temperature as your blood so no chance of getting cool. The house is a few degrees cooler and heats up more slowly but also cools more slowly at the end of the day. James has very kindly recorded temperatures at different times of day over a period of days so that I can use the data for my lessons. I regard this as turning challenges into opportunities which is a particularly useful philosophy to have wherever you are in the world!
This week I started painting – not works of art like James does – but DIY type painting. The washroom door and frame are now white instead of tank grey and the transformation had been very pleasing. I think our neighbours have been rather bemused at the fact that I (Andrea) have been doing the painting!
It’s hard to believe, but this is as far as she got and I even had to finish the last sentence. I think she said “The words just don’t flow”. Hm. And she’s not even ill. But she has written most of what we did this week. The reason she started painting was because she was wandering around trying to find something useful to do and couldn’t settle but, at my suggestion, got stuck into the painting. Literally. I hope to help out next week, but I often have good intentions and manage to avoid them without even trying. And just in case you think I’m being idle, I’ve been doing some wood working things again as well as some preparation and reading. Yes, and sleeping and saying “Man, it’s hot” and “It’s much too hot to do anything”. Seems to do the trick!
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