Well that was summer, back to cooler days, though quite humid still. Amazing thunder storms last night, really good lightning displays, which is quite unusual for this part of Britain. How do I know how good the lightning was..... because the points for the train I was on got hit and we got to sit and watch it for an hour at 10.30 pm.... eventually arrived home at 12.30am. Not impressed. I seem to be jinxed when it comes to travelling back to Cambridge after conferences. My first memorable experience involved Dundee - which is only in Scotland, not far at all. No problem they told me, take a train to City Airport and there is a direct flight to Dundee. Got the train OK though it was 1.5 hours and 3 changes to City, arriving at a leisurely lunchtime check in, only to find that nothing had left since 6am that morning due to fog. Utter chaos. Eventually flight left only 2.5 hours late and arrived in Dundee. That was great - they have Scott's ship there (it was built in Dundee) and a great Antarctic exploration centre and it was absolutely fascinating. Recommended if you are in the area. Next day was on a 5pm flight back which didnt leave until 7pm (fog again), got the LAST bus to Liverpool station and didnt have time to get to Kings X to take the last train from there. Get on the train from Liverpool and find it turned into a bus a few stops out. This was a complete nightmare as the bus goes to every station on the way. So, at 1 am I arrive home it having taken over 8 hours to get from Dundee to Cambridge - I could have gone to Thailand for that!
Yesterday was a return trip from Frankfurt where I have been at the European Central Bank (ECB) giving some papers and the usual. Great trip, nice bunch of people. Then of course the plane was delayed, got on the train to Cambridge and 10 minutes out of the station points are hit by lightning. To add insult to injury it was only the point just in front of us, so all the other trains streamed past us for the next hour. Oh well, at least it wasnt pouring rain as I walked home from the station.
J had a tummy bug this morning, but by tonight is driving us all mad with incessant talking. M climbed up quietly to the special shelf to find interesting things like a razor with which she promptly tried to shave her tongue. Thankfully no real damage done, but I think it hurt like nothing else. Somewhat swollen tongue. We are worried about what she will be like as a teenager. Need a higher special shelf and a lock. Big M goes back to Aust on Monday for a couple of weeks to finalise a few house things and attend a conference at her old employers, the RBA. Then back here and its end of term time. Summer holidays. But it feels like it should be Christmas!!! Kids are getting all ready for end of term events, including being dracula and cinderella at their drama class plays, guess which is which!! Big M is busy making costumes of course - amazing what you can do with iron on hemming tape, running stitch and lining in appropriate colours.
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Well I remember the days of not only making Nicole's costumes but half the other kids as well.
Do you remember all dressing up, using parents' clothes from a previous century. I have some photos somewhere - must drag them out and have a look!
Nikita did the razor thing too when she was about 4...lots of blood, cut open her lip....she never touched it again!
Another incident was the lighting of a candle when she was about 2, M&I were outside and heard a scream, we raced inside to find a candle alight on the table and Nikita with a burnt finger crying.
J
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