On Friday morning Rick left with two friends to do a duathalon (17 mile run and 26 mile bike ride) about 6 hours north of here. He came 11th overall (out of around 150) and 4th in his age group so was very pleased. 13yos got the train to a friend's house on Thursday ready to go away to camp so we were already 3 down. While Rick took him to the train station I had a drs appointment with 11yod because of her infected toe. Given that she was going away to camp for a week we asked for some antibiotics. Rick leaving on Friday morning took us down to 4 in the house. I managed to get lunch out with friends on Friday for the first time for weeks as 21yos made lunch for 11yod and 6yos. Friday afternoon 11yod had her clarinet exam which she thinks went OK - results in about 3 weeks. I then drove 21yos to his girlfriend's house, 11yod to the friends who are giving her a lift to camp tomorrow and came home with 6yos and his friend. We were on a tight schedule so I picked up some chips for them and we then went to the outreach meeting our local church runs in the primary school Really good evening with the minister giving a good word.
So we will have a quiet week without 13yos and 11yod.
On Saturday morning the two young boys and I had to get up and do 13yos's paper round and thankfully the rain held off while we did it. It showered heavily on and off all day really but the boys had great time playing. Half way through the day I discovered 11yod's sleeping back and pillow case in our boot which she was supposed to have taken to camp (my fault entirely) so I spent quite a bit of time on the phone and texting some friends to help out. They all proved how brill they are and she ended up with a couple of offers of sleeping bags and is all sorted out.
When the boy who was staying here was picked up by his mum, they persuaded 6yos to go and stay with them for a few nights which left me home alone waiting for Rick to come in from up north. Just been the two of us today so been really strange, but nice. Peace should reign until tomorrow when 22yos comes home.
I went for a run in the forest with the dogs this afternoon and managed to get lost. So was out for about 1 hour 10 mins instead of 45 mins but had a really good run and discovered a nice part of the forest which I haven't seen before. I'll be running with a friend in the morning so will take her on that route. The dogs had a great time.
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