The last few days have been busy ones. I have managed to get some mor epaking done, but there is still alot left to do!! I find it really hard to know where to start and also to get motivated, I am after all a bit on the bone idle side...
I spent yesterday in London visiting my godson Thomas, who is on a four week placement with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office(FCO). He is reading Spanish and Arabic at Manchester University and leaves for his third year of studies at the University of Alexandria, Egypt, six days after I leave for Karachi. So this will be the last time we get to spend together for a while. He is coming up to Stalybridge for my leaving do, but its not like being on our own.
Thomas is a great young man of whom I inordinately proud. Not only is he a gifted linguist he is also a gifted musician and all round nice guy!! It is highly unlikely that I will ever have children of my own, but I have been very fortunate that I have had Thomas in my life and if I had ever had a son and he had been half the man Thomas is, then I would have been so very proud. I will really miss not seeing him regularly, but in this modern world we should be able to remain in contact...assuming he sticks to his end of the bargain...which I doubt, as he would say of himself that he is useless at keeping in touch!!
We will be seeing each other at New Year when I go to Egypt and we were talking yesterday of a weekend in Dubai before that.
I still have loads to do before I leave in terms of packing and sorting and cleaning the house. I also have 7 days at another SU holiday called The Great Adventure which is being held at Ampleforth College and I will be chief caterere. This means that I will be responsoible for providing 90 meals three times a day! Thats a doddle! I really enjoyed it last year and I found it far easier to be in charge of the kitchen rather than the programme as I am at One UP. It does mean that I only have five days left once the holiday is over!!!
Well tomorrow is the day for sorting out and throwing out so I had better get a good nights sleep and it already neary 11pm...
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So nice to hear you spent the day with Tom, you are so right he is a delight, I saw him the day before he went down to London, he and Angela had been for a suitable suit for the Foreign Office. Just seen the time on your blog too, so like us you have had a late busy night, look on face book you will see my message about staying here.
Love you lots Gwennie
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