Hi – Feels weird. Two days, no photos taken!
Got the house looking reasonable for when the coordinator of the international students came over to check us out!
He was pretty happy with the upstairs room and took us up on our offer to take a third student!!
Apparently one of the host families had fallen through because they didn’t get around to doing their paperwork and applying for the appropriate registration.
SO – next weekend is the start of a busy and interesting couple of weeks with three teenage girls from Taiwan!
They will be at school most days which includes trips out to most of the places we would normally take visitors.
Weekends the girls get to hang out with us, so will try to get them to some of our favourite beaches, a couple of hikes, maybe some sapphire panning and a little shopping so they can get some presents for their families at home.
Not to mention doing the whole “Mum” thing by organising school lunches, getting kids to school etc etc… something I haven’t had to do since dropping Emma off at day care as a toddler (horrible experience!! She cried so much at us leaving I felt miserable all day, then found out she recovered within 15 minutes haha)
Anyway, tomorrow I might be doing something that is worthy of picking up the camera for – I have a list of things I am working through
Until then – hope your week finishes on a real bright note and the upcoming weekend is fabulous!
Cheers!
I think your students will have a great time! I’ve just been catching up on photos of your downed tree- it was huge! I’m so glad there were no injuries or worse damage. On a positive note, it’ll be great if you can get something for the timber and it should help your firewood store!
Hello Hazel! I hope the girls will have a great time with us. Teenagers can be tricky I am sure, but they had to work hard and pass some tests, present essays etc to be chosen to come along so hopefully they will be really into the whole thing!
I agree… we were very lucky! I just started having a go at some cleaning up today. I think things are less daunting once you get into it. I am a little excited at the prospect of a new garden though!! 🙂