The week that was...

Last week went vey slowly - it felt quite strange having no commitments or catch ups with friends planned, no taking my Nan out shopping, no school parent-help required, it wasn't grocery shopping week, I had library books out...so I just cruised. The garden is doing it's own thing and there were no outstanding jobs I needed to do. Very ho-hum actually and not such a nice feeling really. Right at the end of the week things started to pick up pace!

~ Thursday night we all went down for our teacher-parent interviews at school. Was great to see that unschooling hasn't hindered them in any way lol, and both have been finalised for their year levels for next year (when we started I said I'd leave it up to the teachers and their professional opinions since I had no idea where either of them were at). Agewise, both are on the cusp with going either direction for year levels because of where their birthdays are - they are both in composite classes currently and will be again next year, so easy enough to shift around and work at their own level as needed.

~ I've sped through the 2nd Clan of the Cave Bear books - The Valley of the Horses. I've also started to read Nineteen Eighty Four as a break between starting the next in the series (The Mammoth Hunters). I've been wanting to read some of the classics for a while now, so that is my mission. Woohoo on picking a gloomy one to start with lol.

~ On Friday a friend invited me to her Steiner school shared assembly that morning. That was fun, and I got to catch up with and say hello to some of the women from our women's group.

~ We then went to the tip shop (haven' t done that for quite a while), and found myself a very cool, retro chair for in front of my fire - for $5. The green Queen Anne bedroom chair I had in front of the fire has returned to my little bedroom corner so I can enjoy the winter sun that streams in there at the moment. Unfortunately Simon sat on the new chair and one of the underneath springs went *sproing* (yes, sound effects and all - thanks Pippa lol). But looks like it can be fixed easily enough.

~ On Saturday a friend called up to see if I wanted to go to her place for a girl's DVD night, so that was fun. It had been a bit of a full-on day with getting Nathan sorted to go to a birthday party (including putting together a plate of gluten free food for him to take along) and needing to clean the Cub hall as per the roster.

~ Sunday saw us catching up with my parents for lunch before heading off for my winter solstice evening - looks like my mum will be heading off to Bourgainville in the Solomon Islands/Papua New Guinea on a volunteer job placement for 2yrs (business development and project management). She just needs to get the final signing off by the powers that be and a medical done and then she'll be off. I think it's very exciting for her to go off on an adventure like that at 60!

~ Today a friend came over so I could be her "student" as part of her yoga-teacher-training course. That was a pleasant way to spend my morning. Since I have a tickly cough still lingering from my flu, and she had a bit of a cold, I started off by making us both a cup of healing "hot lemonade" as per one of my winter lurgies recipes using lemon rind/juice, thyme, sage and honey - Yum!