There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.
Wednesday 15th, 5.16, 11.9dg forecasting a bright shiny weather pattern for the next 10 days, with the slight possibility of a few nuisance showers perhaps this Friday... I'll take that thank you. I have been crazy crazy busy, with little time to call my own. A friend and I have started early morning power walking, we meet every morning at 7am, bar Sundays, rain hail or shine, and do the business, with power pole sprinting in the mix and inclines as well....all in the desire to be ski fit for November... the things you do!!! I have a 10 min cycle to get to her before that evens starts. Keen you may say. I have finally finished the planting for garden makeover I have been doing for the son of one of my Conversation girls, thankfully everyone seems happy with the finished job, now I just wait for the 40 cubic meters of stones to be delivered and finished. We have had lovely warm soft rain over a 24 hour period after I finished so all the new plants will be smiling. I have already moved onto my next garden to prepare it for winter, and my own still has work needing to be done. Ohhh la la!! My Tuesday Conversation group has grown by another two women of varying ability, but the dynamics of the group seem to be working. One of my littles who comes to me for English tuition on a Wednesday has regressed so badly in his own mind that in conversation with his Mama we have decided to go back to the very first basics to try and re-engage him. Bottom line is he is struggling so badly with the English curriculum at school that he has switched off. I have a new 9 year old starting on Friday who is also finding the demands of the new school work impossible to follow, these are children who have not done English in junior school other than a little singing and game playing, so now when it become compulsory in middle school they are sinking. The children who have been coming to me privately for the last two years are streets ahead in their understanding and all the Mamas are now talking. My problem is I will not take a child after 17.00 as it is too late for them, and I have no spare time in the diary with all the conversation groups for the adults as well. I am beginning to have too many balls to juggle. I am finally prepared for the incoming group of Paulii's old Zurich ETH friends and their wives for a weekend of catch up and celebration. All of them, bar one, have not been back here since Paul died so it will be an interesting time. I have booked them all into the Zimba hotel and I will do the lunches and dinners at home. The wine cellar is groaning in preparation. I have put a pair of bright orange ski pants, bought yesterday, into my ski wardrobe... they are seriously bright and quite gorgeous... I am getting ready.
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