Very Wet.

Today has been a great start to the holidays. I was in school all day which meant an early start driving through the dark & rain trying to spot the floods on the road, back home in the dark now with fog and then back again into town for our staff night out. Got home a little before 2.00 so technically it is tomorrow but that doesn't count if you haven't been to bed.

The last day of term is always a bit of a rush with final touches being added to the presents they were taking home (painted coil pots with glitter around the tops - of course), as well as seeing that everyone had their cards and all the other bits they had made to take home. I had some great help in class so I was able to finish the last few reading assessments. It rained so hard the children couldn't go out all day not even into the covered outdoor activities space and the server had crashed leaving only one of the class computers even able to access the desktop. But the children got on with lots of cutting & sticking and playing together fairly amicably. In the afternoon just before the children were about to go into the hall for Captain Coconut (an entertainer who does a lot with giant bubbles) the message came to get to the front playground quickly where the children waved to Santa as he flew past several times in a helicopter. The evening do was great fun, an excellent meal followed by much dancing, well I had to burn off those calories. Out came my 2" sandals which have only ever been worn for previous staff nights out and I certainly used up lots of energy. One group at the dinner were the local jive club and they were very impressive with all their twisting and twirling though I didn't see any of the kicks and flicks we're used to on Strictly. Must be a different style.

Came home and there was some good news from Vytas & Sally. They've been looking hard for work in Brisbane after their last job ended, without much luck. But now Sally has accepted a job in Aukland. So they should be off to New Zealand in the New Year which is where I was trying to persuade them to go in the first place. First they are off to work on a farm for a few weeks which should also be a great experience.