16/2/09

It has been SO hot these last few days which is weird coz it's meant to be cooling down for the wet season. However there has not been a drop of rain since Thurs (when we've been used to at least a few minutes of rain a day..) so evidently not. Better enjoy it while it lasts I guess, but we're all keeping out of the sun because of the burn! Actually I'm fine - was only a tiny bit burnt on my arms and shoulders after rafting but Sam and Carys are still in a lot of pain on their knees! Hopefully will be fine soon!
So where was I? Oh yes the rugby - we watched it in an Irish pub called Bubble's O'leary with lots of other mzungus (a few supporting wales!) so it was generally a pretty good atmosphere. So that was good fun, and well played Wales I suppose I should say (for Carys' sake!). Was shattered though so came home about an hour after the rugby finished and slept long and hard haha. Sunday (yesterday) was a really relaxing day - just what I needed. When I finally got up and came over for breakfast, Mariam greeted me with - 'Oh look, it's sleeping Eleanor not sleeping beauty!' Bless her 5 year old mind! Messed around with the kids for a bit and just generally caught up on stuff. Bit of practise etc. And the day was gone! The kids were watching the Little Mermaid as well at one point which was a lovely blast from the past!
Today was more of the same until my supposed lesson with Julius before Orchestra. He didnt turn up again though so I called him and apparently we'd changed the lesson to Thurs which is fine by me though I hadn't heard anything about it! There was a full turn out of cello's at orchestra today! So 6 of us including Beata. She's been such an amazing help for the section and sadly leaves on Wed, but we're sqeezing in another small sectional, on Handels Watermusic which we're also playing in the concert, tomorrow which should be good. The Anniversary Concert is in less than a month now. We'll be joined by our conductor for the concert, John Railton, next week who has taught at the school before and seems to be very popular with those who know him. So that should be a great help.
Well it's 10.15pm and I'm sweaty! Still not used to this! Hope you're all enjoying half terms and holidays etc. There are no such things here unless you're at international school, which I'm not! So yea - enjoy you lucky people! Bye for now! X