Father's Day 2020

Happy Father's Day to the most wonderful Dad any girl could wish for.  Dad may have spent most of today not feeling very well due to his tooth, but hopefully the special curry dinner Matt cooked, the trifle Mum made and the 'Make your own Gin kit' I found will go just a little way to showing just how much we all love and appreciate him.

There isn't much to report this week, apart from the fact that the cats have done the first leg of their journey home!!! I know, big news indeed!  We've been waiting for this for so long.  The next 10 days are going to go SO slowly!  The boys flew from Shanghai to Guangzhou on Saturday.  It was a short flight and they are now in a cattery, snuggling together, looking a little bit happier than yesterday.  They have to wait a week to have their tests and blood work done, then they should fly direct to London and land on Wednesday in 10 days time.  We should be able to pick them up from Heathrow after their 8 hour quarantine at the airport.  Then, the fun of introducing them to the house and Lola can begin!  I'm sure they will be cross with us for a few days, but hopefully will settle in quickly.  I can't wait to give them both a big cuddle.

We've been for a few walks in the forest and to the beach this week.

Matt had his final week of teaching at Dulwich this week too.  He now only has one job! Yay!  He will start going into school on Monday afternoons to supervise some classes, from tomorrow.  I'm not sure he quite knows what to do with all his free time.  He said that it was so strange not being at the end of year assembly.  My office sent photos of their last day of term, but honestly, I feel like i've not been a part of Dulwich for such a long time.  Well, it's been since January really.  Lots of teachers who weren't meant to be leaving have decided to leave, so I guess that leaves the school in a bit of a pickle.  A few who were due to leave are now staying, since they can't leave China now because the boarders are closed.  It's all a bit of a mess really.  As it is with every school in the world at the moment.

I found out this week that the summer school that is part of my contract will be happening, but i'm not sure for how many weeks or how exactly it is going to work at the moment.  More information next week probably.  To be honest, it's such hard work in school at the moment, I was quite looking forward to being furloughed for the summer.  Never mind!