Got my onions, peas and early potatoes in - under cover...found a second pond that has got filled in over the years I guess...so started digging that out...
Had H from yesterday morning till just after lunch when W came and picked him up for a swimming party - but in that short time we have managed to:-
Go over some homework he has, introduce him to 21 up (cards - good for maths!, read books together, played badminton - he continues to improve - the 4 blokes next to us last night were "gobsmacked" at how good he is, laugh/joke all the time, have a knock at hockey / kick a ball on the Rec, visit the bookshop, carpet the landing, make lunch for us W and us and also he's been up to the shop a couple of times for me - just up the road and within sight - but he loves the responsibility of going with money in his pocket and remembering the things I've asked him to get - this morning was a paper, a carton of milk and a loaf of bread - and with the chance he could choose something for himself - I have to admit though that when he goes, i'm on the doorstep making sure he's got there - he heads off like a boy with the greatest responsibility he's ever had... and when I see him returning I dart back into the house as if I wasn't there at all! When he first did it I trailed him all the way down the road like a private detective! Darting behind cars and lamposts! LOL! But him being a boy would never have seen me! Natural I guess. Good thing is I know the ladies in the shop will help him out if need be and they know me so that's all ok...still this stage of helping a child into greater independence is VERY VERY scary!
We had a nice lunch and then W and H were gone.
I have a weird situation on Tuesday - W has invited me to go to a talk type thing at a local theatre by a famous mountaineer - she got 2 tickets - one for her and one for a friend who can't go...I'm thrilled at being asked - not least cos of the event! But - have absolutely zero expectations of anything other than enjoying the performance - still...strange...I assume OM is away, otherwise he would be going...
