Illuminating

Yet again I fund myself learning and revising the inner workings of the PHP language, and finding occasionally that I don't know all that I think I do. It does appear that despite the claim that I do not need to be a walking manual, it is rather useful to be one.

We received the last of the kid's end of year reports today. All of them seem to be achieving above average and for the most part putting in above average effort. The extended summer holiday does not seem to have done them any harm.

Craig has come to my attention today, since he seems to have neglected to hand over his house keeping and has now spent it on beer. He really does need to learn to add up or at least take an interest in the balance of his bank account. Usually when you've got an unusually large amount of money in your account, it generally means you've forgotten to pay for something. Maybe he's thinking all the free buns and sandwiches he brings home can be take the place of his housekeeping, however cream cakes do not pay the power or phone bills. Ever more bizarrely he doesn't appear to know when he's getting paid from his new job. Sigh.

We're looking forward to the kids finishing school for the summer. Hang on, haven't they just done that.. oh yeah....One of the problems we had with the UK schools was that there were one or two kids, or more accurately parents, who were always infested with nits and despite regular attention, our mob always seemed to acquire them from these unfortunates. The same principle seems to apply over here, although it seems that the NZ variety are easier to remove and not as veracious as the UK. Either way, isolation for a few weeks should finally see them clear. Until they go back to school that is.

Although Di had bought a Christmas tree, there weren't any lights. I kicked up a fuss about this and some were duly purchased from New World for the princely sum of $12. Not just yer usual lights either, multi function LED jobs with all sorts of different flashes and delays, all of which made it feel just that little bit like Christmas, despite the warm weather and lack of clouds/rain.