Beth + I have arrived at a time of year that all teachers crave and wait for in eager expectation.
SUMMER HOLIDAYS!
We are very pleased to be away from school and are looking forward to 3 weeks or so in France and possibly Holland. Beth will be staying at the same school next year and is excited about a new head who is coming who will hopefully shake things up for the better. Here are our classes in costume for Roald Dahl Day and Egypt Day.
I had this class for the last 10 weeks of the year. Full of prima dona Pharaohs/Cleopatra's and stiff necked mummies, but i had the strength of a pyramid to keep them in line.
Recently Beth has been playing for a netball team and has enjoyed getting in to competitive sport again. She played on Sunday for 2 hours and proved herself to be the best player in the team scoring 7 goals compared to the 6 goals scored in the previous 5 games.
While Beth has been energetically competing, I have taken a more sedate approach. As I looked for birthday gifts for Beth I was perusing different spa breaks/days when I found a competition. Well I entered and a few weeks later wa la (I'm sure that is a misspelled french phrase, but hey I am still an Aussie) i get called up and told from 1300 entrants I have won.
The Home Website proudly displaying my name as winner.
This time of year Sheffield residents like to gamble...they hold outdoor events. Fortunately for us the gamble paid off on two occasions.
1. Shakespeare in the Park where we saw 'As You Like It'. Great fun, very clever and more than a little bit confusing (at least for the uncultured, uncouth fellow that I am).
2. Jazz in the Park. As you can see below they had a good turn out weather and people wise.
They spent millions restoring this place to it's original glory.
In the five of our 51 days off so far we have been quite busy. Between us we have been to 3 Birthday parties, 1 stag (bucks) party, a 5 hour marathon netball competition, welcomed home the McAlls back from sabatical (including a major cleaning and garden sprucing spree), Multiple gym sessions with a free trial (Beth more than I) and finally moving house.
God has blessed us richly through the McAlls hospitality and being able to look after their house and continues to bless us in providing a new house for us to house-sit for another couple going on sabatical to the end of this yr. The timing was perfect and it will be great to have our own space for the next 5 months, but we will miss our huge bedroom with its amazing view.
I just read that Sydney has been warmer than Sheffield by a fair bit for the last few days.
Happy Summer Holidays.
