Summer is defiantly creeping in here

Well - summer is defiantly creeping in here. Its been a consistant 29 degrees here with little humidity which is good. The heat has suddenly hit though, and I have just learned on TV that its FireStorm season. This is where swathes of grassland or Gum Bush flicker into flame and obliterate houses in some weird random swipe. People can remain unaffected while all the houses in the road are in flames - nice.

There have been a few random blazes in pockets not far from us - you see odd parts of fields blackened and chared - but to be honest - I couldn’t really say I’ve seen much - except to say that on the Telly - poor buggers in NSW’s are watching their homes burn to the ground. Its highly unlikely anything like that would happen here though.

But - since its summer and since VPPA has now ended, there is a hiatus in work so I've got a week off which is great since Jacks on School hols and Aud has a week before she starts her new job. Hopefully new projects will be announced soon so Fingers crossed for some continuity, but since I now work for an Indi, and not Mothersoft - it’s a case that beggers can only be so choosy in the end.

Now that we have summer - I took Jack to the local outdoor swimming pool. It’s on the beach and, its pretty small, though, just the right size. He loved to back in the water, but its been ages since he last swam and his water confidence has sunk to an all time low. He clung to me and it was a bit embarrassing, watching Aussie kids being so brazen in the water. But then the little “Okkers” are brought up swimming before they can walk, unlike us Brits.

Jack finally graduates from Prep (Reception) and OFFICIALLY starts 1st year of school next week and they have a school pool which he now has access to. Swimming is a big chunk of the curriculum here as is football and cricket. Footie and Cricket sounds like hell to me. I hated PE. *Phrr…..I say give ‘im high level maths. Double. *grin