Well, after a very stressful few weeks, the madness is finally all over. No more time for procrastinating, the packing has to be finished, farewells said, and off we go.
The weekend was particularly busy. On Friday, school finished at 1200, but not for us. Still so much work to do for the 'handover' to the new guys. And then it was off to hear our girls perform with Kinetika at the Royal Festival Hall - they were totally fab, too - and then off to see the Lost and Found Orchestra, which I really enjoyed as well. The Lost and Found Orchestra is run by the same people who did Stomp, which was brill - and its much the same sort of concept, which is making music using unusual instruments, like bits of rubber tubing, water bottles and so on. The opening number was a bunch of people banging on some cello cases. I've embedded a few clips here which I found on youtube of the performance:
Then Saturday, I had to go into school, because I didn't get everything finished on Friday, plus also the girls were doing exams. I managed to get my stuff done by about midday, then headed off for lunch with Heather in Wimbledon, as I had to try and bank cheques and cash. Fortunately I managed to get that done - no mean feat, as I had a load of coins because of collecting for Erik's leaving present - and no bank counter was open at the time. So we asked a load of street vendors if they would exchange my coins for notes, which they did - such a relief.
After our banking expedition / lunch, it was off to Katie and Andy's for take away and the Muppet Christmas Carol with Katie, Andy and Laura - and then off home to finish packing. Suffice to say 3am came and went, and I was still packing...
Sunday was the big one - kids band and Adult choir at church, which I was directing. Actually I need to mention a few things about the Army. I didn't finish telling about the fabulous leaving do that Jo organised for me at Jimmy Spices a few weeks back, which was just wonderful. This place is awesome, you can have food from pretty much anywhere Asian - plus some British / Italian stuff - so I had heaps of sushi, Chinese food, Indian kormas, a bit of roast beef and some yorkshire pud, man, it was soooo delicious and soooo wonderful. Plus what was really touching was how many people from church came! We fair booked out half the place!
And then the most touching thing though was the Kids Christmas the next day - the kids band was on in the afternoon, and then after the service, we had a bit of a party and a movie (one of my favourites - The Santa Clause) and then they presented me with the most gorgeous watch, one of those Citzen Eco-drive ones - I was so touched.
So anyway, I said my farewells, had a quick bite at Katie and Andy's, and then it was off to Mal and Ken's to then head out to the airport...
The Adult Choir
The Kids (Kidult?) Band - so many kids were away that a load of adults had to step in...!
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