Just when you think you've seen it all...

Now it was my turn to preach again this morning, and so I departed my home at 7.45 am and headed for the cathedral. As in previous weeks it was ecclesiastical happy families at the first service, with three clerics and me, to take the service and only three members of the congregation for most of the service.

Then in the time between services Rev Frederick told me that the pianist wasn't going to be there. So our hope for music lay with Kate, one of the parents from school, who also plays in church. So I nipped out of the vestry to see if she had arrived and met her husband, Jeremy and two of their three children coming into church. Unfortunately, their youngest daughter was ill and Kate had stayed at home with her!

When I relayed this information back to the vestry, Rev Frederick was unpertubed and merely informed me that I had been promoted to the role of cantor. If you don't know what a cantor does, his role is to lead the singing!!

Now there may be some of my readers out there, who have never had the chance to stand next to me in church. Believe me, you have missed nothing!! I have many strengths, my good looks, charm and personality! However, I wasn't blessed with the best singing voice in the world but being the trooper that I am I just went for it, and we managed.

The last couple of weeks have been a seemingly endless round of reports and exams which has meant some very long days at school. I am getting really quite tired now and am looking forward to getting on the plane in 13 days time and head for my holiday in the UK.

That being said, my nine weeks away from Karachi, won't all be spent in the UK. In the midst of all the school work I have managed to book a week in Prague in August, which will be my first visit to the Czech Republic. I have heard many great things about the city and I am looking forward to the break and a chance for a holiday.

I have a couple of SU holidays planned for my time in the UK and a trip to Belfast. I also have to move my boxes out of Dave and Jayne's loft as they are going in for a loft conversion. This will give me the chance to go through my stuff one again and I will probably end up reducing it once more and moving it Darlington, to live in Meg's garage.

I will also need to stock up on something I can only get in the UK, like Seabrook salt and vinegar crisps for Tamkeen, and more Angel Delight for me, which reminds me, there is one in the fridge waiting for me at the moment...