Wednesday, 9 November

     Last Saturday night, we had Dad's boss and her family, and Adrianne and Nathan over for dinner. That same night, once they had left, Paul Conan and Peter Copp arrived, needing a place to stay for a couple of days.  Unfortunately, Mary Copp didn't come; if she had, we would have had Peter, Paul, and Mary over for a few days.  That would have been something to brag about!  After talking with Peter and Paul for a few minutes, we realized that they had just come from Swaziland, from staying with a couple who work on the farm but live off of it, and that the next day Adrianne and Nathan (whom we have affectionally and accidentally started calling Nadrianne) were heading out to the home of the same couple, whom they were good friends with, although Nathan and Adrianne had little connection with New Life Homes.  What a small world we live in!
     This weekend we applied a shock treatment to the pool to try and clean it up.  It's amazing; we can almost see the bottom now!  Not quite, but it's still working.  With temperatures reaching up into the 90's, we're going to quickly be thankful for the fact we have a pool on the property, clean or no.
     Exams started this week for Teresa, Jonathon, Becca, and Esther, and so far they are confident they are doing well - or, as well as can be expected when you missed two-thirds of the school year.  Exams start for me next Thursday.  I, too, am confident I will do well.  That is... if you exclude Afrikaans.