12 hours - what can you do on a plane for that long??? No..wait...don't answer that!

I have just been perusing the details of the highly exciting Peru 2009 expedition extroidinaire (which for some reason I am not allowing myself to get excited about - I guess in case something happens and we can't go) and realised that because we are flying via Madrid - yes that's correct, we go in totally the wrong direction first - total flying time is 14hours & 20 minutes (2:20 of that is to Madrid).

Now considering we will all have packed light (one book each which we then switch which other) there better be some good entertainment on this plane!! 12 hours ...geez- plus we get in at 7pm Lima time which in our heads will be approx midnight - and we started out at 6am from London I think we're going to be all sorts of shattered....see you're confused just reading that!

The girls were highly excited when I handed out the Hoodies and T-shirts on Friday, it was cool to go round and find them and see their reactions - plus the reactions of those in their class we're trying to raise the profile of the expedition more so that people will support the events we do...speaking of which I really should make a start on that panto....

Bruising and Death

Had a great last day of term.


I was the dead body in the Murder Mystery at school. There were many suspects in the crime (some planned and some not so - apparently I'm having affairs with about 4 members of staff!!??!!)and in the end Ben was revealed as the culprit. Apparently I didn't make the guns for the show fast enough, and he was jealous of me talking about Graeme (art teacher)so much and decided that if he couldn't have me no-one could!- can anyone else forsee how much the girls could make of this?! I gave myself a bullet hole in the head, put on 1 of my ball gowns, did my 'dead' Make-Up and proceeded top lie on the main entrance stairs (that are reminiscent of hogwarts - but carpeted!) for 50 minutes. A damn fine achievment I feel as I did not laugh, twitch or open my eyes fo that entire time - even with paper being dropped on my head and various members of staff and students trying their best to make me!!! Ben was there as the inspector with 3 students playing policemen/detectives and interrogating anyone who walked past - apparently it drew quite a crowd - and it was certainly entertaining listening to some of the conversations going on. The weirdest thing was that people were talking right next to me as if I couldn't hear them (about trying to make me move etc) - even though they knew I could - strange way the mid works huh?

Then after school our staff played another school's staff at hockey and I was goalie - I won the bravery award! The match was fine, but the day before we had been practising and JK (plays for Bath and is generally amazing at hockey) was firing practise shots at me..no, firing IS NOT too strong a word....and one managed to get past the pad on my leg and smack me on my inner thigh. The bruise I have now would make a purple fetish-ist very happy and actually hurts when I walk!

2 weeks of glorious half term (well, I get 1 where I don't have to do anything!) now before chaos reigns. Next half term I have 1 Sunday when I don't have to be in - Christmas this year will be a time for sleep and being poorly. I also have to write the panto that we are doingto raise money for Peru. It involves a Llama, various fariy tale folk, a narrator and various other characters who I have to fit into a story line about making the Llama real again! All ideas on a postcard please!