Autumn sun

Well not much has happened on the work front since I last posted, probably as I have spent the majority of the last two weeks doing registrations - yippee (not!). No-one, myself included, has so far managed to beat my record of 54 (would not have been happy if they had), and things appear to be calming down slightly. Generally we are up to about between 30 and 40 a day instead of 40 and 50. However, for me, marathon registrations sessions are over, as I have four night shifts and then I am on leave for two weeks, so as I don't go back to work until the 30th October, things should have calmed down considerably by then, we are over half way through the term after all.

Am looking forward to spending a week with the 'olds' in Cyprus, will also be catching up with some friends while there. The temperature in the eastern med is still in the high twenties, so am really looking forward to catching a bit of later autumn sunshine, especially as you cannot call what we had in the UK, summer!! Unfortunately hubby is not coming with me, am leaving him and Amber at home to look after each other.

Bit of a shame hubby is not coming, as apart from our holiday to South Africa at Christmas, we have not had a holiday together at all this year. Hubby had a week off when he left his last hotel before he started training with the bus company, and we had always planned to take two weeks off in October together, go to Cyprus for a week and spend a week doing bits and pieces. When hubby started with the bus company, he told them he had planned holiday in October, which they said no problem, though they did want to see the tickets, not that we had booked them at the time, but then hubby thought about it, and figured, he probably would only been driving for about a month, so he decided he would not take any hols, as he felt it would probably be too soon. As I have to use or lose my hols, I am still taking my time off, and as the parents are in Cyprus at the mo, have decided to join them for a week.

So, all that now stands between me and my leave is four night shifts and a weekend. I fly out on Monday morning at 08.50, which means having to travel to Heathrow through the Monday morning rush hour ..yuk!, but I may be taking the bus; depending on what hubby is working, and the fact the the queues at T5 are horrendous, I want to get there nice and early.........plus the bus is free -courtesy of my staff pass ;). So, my next post will probably be from sunny Cyprus with brandy sour in hand!!!!!!

Finally have remembered to pop a picture of Amber on here............hamsters are a bugger to photograph............they just won't sit still!!!!