Sculpture and shopping
We’ve had a busy couple of days. Cameron is back in Blighty so I’ve been chief parent. Wednesday was formal uniform (for Remembrance Day) – might not sound busy but…
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Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it
Life here is insane. Somehow I thought that moving closer to the school would free up loads of time (all that toing and froing across the big bridge in Shanghai…
A new home
What a busy month! We moved from city to suburbs – I say we moved, Cameron had a busy week at work so I did all the actual shifting of…
Old things
On Friday, the adrenaline or whatever it is that has propelled me through the first month just disappeared. I sat on the sofa for about 3 hours then decided that,…
Looking like a local
Walking through the little local shopping centre after school, a harassed-looking woman rushed up to us and asked, slightly desperately, whether we speak English and could we tell her where…
Parklife
It’s been a weekend of parks. Idly flipping through the guidebook yesterday morning, Cameron having taken Jenny for her swimming lesson, I mustered the big girls to action and we…
Normal life (?)
The past week or so has really flown. The girls seem settled in school and they have all made friends, although we are all ready to ditch the 40-minute commute next…
Stamps and coffee
Maggie had a better day yesterday: she spoke to some people who were nice (of course!), got her laptop working, was set up with catch-up Mandarin sessions so she won’t…
First day of school mumming
This morning I went to a ‘new arrivals’ coffee morning at the school – juniors, am doing it all again for seniors tomorrow. Deep breath, chin up, straight back, and…