Tuesday morning the traffic was terrible. It was raining and I think Cory's death also affected the traffic. It took me an hour and a half to get to the Manila Centre. Sam and Emma were also arriving that morning so I was very conscious of that Steve went to get them and also experienced very bad traffic. He said it was his record for longest time taken - over 2 and a half hours!! Then their flight was delayed an hour and a half anyway! Also we were hosting the Elementary Dinner that we like to hold before the start of the new year for all the teachers and spouses. So I left early and went the back way and got home in 45 minutes. One of my friends generously offered to come over early and help with the cooking and furniture re-arranging so I had little to do when I got back which was lovely.
I did not choose to come home Weds and I'm sad about that as it was Rose's first day back at school on Thursday and I was not there. Not that she would have cared but I did.
It made it a hard council to concentrate as there was so much going on at home but my brother and Emma were brilliant and despite only just arriving in country got stuck in, looking after Josh and Naomi.
A change in group dynamics, too, made this council feel like a heavy trudge rather than a light skip!
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