Sunday 11 April 2010

Easter Break

Matt here.  The title may not seem like the biggest deal, until you realise that here, Easter break isn’t the one day that I got in high school.  It isn’t even the Friday-Monday break that I enjoyed at Milligan.  It is, in fact, all of that, plus another two weeks!  That’s right, for the past week, I have been enjoying life as if I had nothing to do, and it has been good.  Tomorrow, Ashley arrives and it will be a week full of amazing fun!!!

Of course, Bailey is done with her classes now as she said in the last post!  That means, we are enjoying this break together, mostly.  Somehow, the end of classes does not mean the end of writing and studying, and library books and more writing. 

Still, we have managed to have fun.  We’ve purchased a desk/bookcase set of furniture from IKEA.  I put it all together myself in less than 2 hours, which was good because we had friends coming over for a games night in 3 hours from the time it was delivered.  It looks good, and for those of you on Facebook, check Bailey’s page to see some photos.  For those of not, we might get one posted soon here, if we can keep up this impressive momentum of two posts right together.

Speaking of the games night, it is such a joy to have friends in your home, making it feel lively and fun.  Throw in some pizza, Apples to Apples, an Australian for good measure, and you’ve got yourself a great lot of fun.  Only Rory found it a bit too intense.

There is little else to discuss except the weather.  For once, Scotland has got it all right!  The weather yesterday was a balmy 16*C (61*F)!  And, it was sunny, with just a light breeze, and only a few clouds in the sky.  It couldn’t have been more perfect, so we welcomed it properly with laundry on the line and a bike ride around the base of Arthur’s Seat.  Today, it’s 15* and the same is predicted for tomorrow as well!  All week, it’s supposed to be sunny, which figures given that we told Ashley to pack all her rain gear.  Mother Nature’s irony at work yet again.  Not that we’re complaining; a little rain wouldn’t dampen this week coming, but the sun and warmth will make it all but perfect.

All the best,

Matt