Teaching was a joy today. I had that really cool group again, the ones who are just SO up for it and attentive and just brilliant. I even said "oh thank god it's you guys" when I walked in through the door.

Showed them the Rodriguez stuff from yesterday and they dug it.

Again they astonished me with their level of readiness. The most complex problem we faced was what were they going to bring for lunch, which we debated at some length. They even handed me a folder with lots of lists and photos in it. They are ready to shoot this thing now, never mind in a weeks time.

Had to leave early because Hattie my daughter had a parents evening. Got a call earlier from her Grandma saying she had to come home from school because she passed out. She passed out again at her grandmas. After that she still wanted us to do the parents evening so I came home.

Getting home I discovered my son in his room playing computer games. I thought he'd be at Grandmas too, so that was a shock. Then just as I was setting out for the pickup, Mia calls from where she works in Trowbridge and says all the trains have either been cancelled, late or stop at Westbury, a few miles from home. I decide to go get Hattie, then pick Mia up, drop her off at home and then go to the parents evening with Hat.

Get Hattie, drive like a loon over to Trowbridge, only to discover Mia's not at the station. Call her cell, and she's at the station alright, just not this one. She's in Westbury. AAAAAAAHHHHHHH. It's now getting a little late, and I'm really not sure how to get to Westbury from Trowbridge.

Sigh.

Look up on the map. It's not far, so drive and look at road signs, we get there in about 10 minutes. Drive home real fast. We've missed our first appointment at school, and are in danger of missing the second... we drop Mia at home and arrive at school right bang on the time for our appointment. Wow. A good job all around.

Hattie's really ill though, and passing out cannot be a good thing. She's ill anyway and the pneumonia jab she had yesterday has knocked her system for a loop. She'll need to be at home tomorrow, which means I probably will have to be too. Sigh. I'm teaching. Well, we'll get around it somehow.