It wasn't enough however, to bring me in early from a great bike ride on Portland Ken's nice bouncy bike! Ken's heading back off stateside at the end of the month (you'll be missed mate), and one of the perks of storing some of his gear at our gaff is that some of his gear his nice shiney springy bicycle. I'd headed out in my scruffs for a quick blast to compare it to my bike (adamant that I wouldn't like it more than my trusty stead - as we've come a long way together) - but alas, the trails by our house weren't sufficient for a proper test, so heading further afield along Cochrane's evermore extensive trails I became a full suspension convert! I was having so much fun I didn't notice that the rain had been coming down in sheets for a couple of hours. It was only when the umpteenth crack of lightening zapped somewhere very close to my shock prone noggin' that I realised I'd better retreat indoors (when I returned Brina was stood worrying in the garage thinking I'd been bbqed somewhere on the hills). I couldn't feign any sympathetic "aw, sorry love for not telling you I was heading out on the bike" as my ear to ear grin was immovable for the next few hours! Now I know what I want for Christmas!
Other than that, the rain hasn't stopped all week (although we have a gap in the clouds forecast for tomorrow when mum lands - phew), and the flooding in Calgary last night was almost of biblical proportions.
We've had exams at school with the kids this last week, and I thought I'd leave you with a classic that just about sums up what I'm dealing with when trying to teach at work;
Hoping that all of your trigonometry is a little more comprehensive
You should've seen their faces when they were told to use a sextant in part of their exam!
Desperately clinging onto a fine thread of sanity (still marking exams)
Here's a red tick and 95% to all of you,
S&S.
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