L to R, Selina , Romain, Doris, Alison, Blogman, Susan, Conrad, Nick, Aisling, Alan.
Camera test before the "official" photo
Evening all,
The clock has just tipped over into Tuesday as I write this. A long day which started for me when the pool heater repair man lobbed at about 845. The news is a new control board total all up $1600. With Nick on a day off before his departure tomorrow I was on full animal duty followed by the pools and repairing some recalcitrant taps.
The days big event was shuffling the beds in unit 7 to accomodate new helpers later in the day. Conrad and I assembled the older wooden bunk beds in one bedroom. As I was watching it rekindled the thought I had about the roof being very low over the bottom bunk. Selina had nominated herself for the bottom bunk but when she saw the height she was not amused to say the least. I summonsed Susan who is the chief bed organiser and Selina explained her her displeasure. It was a a mix of australian swearing in a heavy Taiwanese accent. Susan was laughing so hard i thought she was going to wet herself. Plan B was dismantle the bed and assemble one of the new bunks that are for the next school visit. I did this and am now firmly of the opinion that the Marquis DeSade is a Chinese bunk manufacturer. The bunk was finally ready at 715. It is nowhere near as sturdy as the existing metal bunks.
We welcomed Alison from Canada and Romain from France late in the afternoon. We had a community tea to welcome them and to farewell Nick. The picture was taken tonight since no one will be around when Alan takes Nick to the airport. They leave at 4am!
Susan is continuing to try and set things to order before we have the chaos of the school children on Wednesday afternoon for 2 days. She was still working at 11pm tonight folding washing in the laundry. Only a few more days to go.
night folks
Simon
PS I finally fixed the eternally scraping pool room door. I finally figured why it didn't hang straight. Cracks in the diecast hinges. Swapped two over for ones on the internal reception door that weighs only half as much.
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