With our departure date 3 weeks away we are as preoccupied with preparations here as we are getting excited about going. Nicky is inevitably taking care of the details of the trip, she is today muttering about ordering and paying for our malarone. Jake is excited about the TV project, whereas Elliot is struggling with suddenly being everychild's best friend as they plead to get onto TV. He was met at the school gate by a gaggle of girls, not half as attractive to a 7 year old as it might be to a 17 year old! I am desperately trying to get ahead of myself at school and finding that the harder I work the more someone turns up the controls on the treadmill we are trying to get free of. It has been a
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