I'm off..

SO, a quick dashed off post before I wander out of the door with my rucksack.

All the girls are here and in one piece - currently going through their rucksacks, making sure they haven't any extraneous items....phones for example!

I'm quite nervous about thus trip - more so than any other time I've been away, but then, I've never had resposibility for 11 teenagers before! Still theyr're all highly excited and it seems to be catching.

I'm looking forward to a truly amazing experience, some wonderful sights of God's earth and getting to know a new country and it's people :)

So au revoir and take care, :)

4 days to go!!!!

Very exciting!!!

Finally have ALL my kit (including camera type things...mmmm shiny!) so can now attempt to fit it all in my rucksack.

However first I have lots of sewingy bits to do for Pride & Prejudice to do tomorrow. The girls have produced some amazing work in both the costume and tech departments. Have some very reluctant Y10's (although 2 or 3 of them I'd keep) and some lovely younger newbies who are fab. Anyone need regency dresses? I've made 8 in the last week. We have also ventured into the world of front fall breeches and regency period army jackets - which are pretty swish if you ask me.

Also need to bake brownies and make a key lime pie/cheesecake for the BBQ soiree at Sheila's tomorrow. Much as I enjoy my tech's it will be nice to talk to some adult's for a bit :)

The packing begins

I am busily trying to sort all my kit out on the dining room table (that is, it was our dining table in Ann Road - now it sits in my living room looking forlorn and over-dressed) and I may need to open the other 'leaf'. SLightly worrying as I'm not sure how it's all going to fit in with only 1 'leaf' and the middle bit.

I also had a fabulous epiphany moment and have realised (I REALLY hope) where my fleece is. Safely locked in the sports hall PA cupboard, I mean, where else would it be?

anyhoo, enough with the procrastinations. The GAPS have gone out and I have the flat to myself.

.."Oh joy, oh rapture unforseen, for now the sky is all serene....."

1 more to go

Hurrah! It's done. Junior School production went very well last night, even managed to redo the video credits thing so it was clearer (although I could read the previous version without my astigmatism being fixed, but, there you go!). It was all a bit teary when they firls were saying thank you and goodbye to Ade which made it all the sweeter :) Ade is the head of music down there and is one of the first people I had a 'proper' conversation with when I started at the school. She is one of the most warm, patient and open people you could ever hope to meet and she will be missed greatly. Hmmm that sounded like an Obit - but no fear she is off to carry on her singing so is definitely alive and kicking!

Just got the de-rig to do today and then it's throwing myself into P&P and preparing for Peru, try saying that after a few!

2 weeks to go

2 weeks today I shall be packing to go to Peru - how very exciting (and, if I'm honest, a little scary!) I have lost my fleece in the last week which is not very helpful (and probably involves having tobuy a new one :() and asking people if they have seen your fleece when the weather is like it is at the moment does produce some choice responses!

Finally finished lighting the Junior school production this afternoon. I say finally. We had actually finished on Tuesday - before the technicl rehearsal. ANd you'd have thought that the day after the dress and the afternoon before the first performance was not the best time to change L.E.D's. However, there you go! The battens do look brighter and better then the, frankly naff, Par's we had inside the giant turban but the macro effects that come with them are nowhere near as good [/rant]

Trying to get my head around the show up here which is on on the last full day of term. We're doing Pride & Prejudice (partly my suggestion!) although finding a decent script has been a nightmare. Found a decent strating point and then had to cut it down whilst stil holding parts for 28 people! The show is on in 2 weeks - tomorrow we start production, all good fun!

Both of my sisters are getting married this year! (see below post) both to guys called John, who drive Audi's, their Dad's names begin with A, they both trained as Engineer's, they both have large famlies and they both come from up North......... Now what do I do if I meet someone called John? Produce a questionnare or run in the oposite direction.....very tricky....

SO this will be my 3rd and 4th times as bridesmaid. Although hopefully the dresses will be more comfortable to sit down in this time!

The dreaded SF has hit school. Various folks in and out today but nobody seems particularly peturbed by it. I just hope if any the Peru Crew get it it'll be long gone before we head off!

Sims3 is proving good, once you get into it. However I'll still be playing my Sims 2 as you can't really play all the characters and half the time you don't know who they are - and then they die! (Although you can control whether they age and whether the story progresses). SPeaking of which I have an hour of chill time before I head off down the road again......