What a Slacker!

I am so slack for not writing on this blog more frequently. I have no excuse really other than I forget to. Oh well. I'll try and make up some time now and fill you in a little with what's been going on here.

Week four of Term 4 is now over. Angus is getting excited about starting High School next year. We got some information about the orientation day coming up in December, well its more like orientation week. He gets to have one day at his High School and then two days at his brothers school. He'll be catching the bus with Brodie. I'm not too keen on the idea but Angus really wants to do it so I wont be the meanie and stop him. I just hope that Brodie behaves on the bus with him and doesn't show off more than he normally does.

We had Brodie's travelling teacher come and visit us last Tuesday night and she spent some time on Tuesday and Wednesday at school with him. It was good that she could come with us to the Chapel and see how things are for Brodie when he goes to Young Men's. I'm not too sure what she thought of it all but it definitely was a good thing. I know that its one of the best things we can do for both of the boys. I make sure that we don't miss Tuesday nights. They both need to attend and participate in these activities.

I only have one complaint about Tuesday night activities. They are NOT organised very well. The Young Men seem to only play games and they don't seem to learn anything. I thought that the aims and objectives of YM's was to help guide these boys and to help the become more responsible young adults. Another Mum from our ward has a boy Angus's age and both he and Angus will be going into YM at the end of the year. We were thinking that we need to talk with the YM's leader and see if they are going to become more organised. I would hate for Angus and the other young kids to miss out on some really good spiritual activities and lessons because the leaders weren't following the YM program properly. I'm thinking I need to check out the Church website more carefully to see what they really should be doing.

Oh before I forget and get side tracked again. Angus's school participated in their first Chess Tournament. The school came fourth. There were 8 schools in all. Angus got a certificate for being in the top 25% of the competitors. He was so excited. He managed to get a score of 4.5 out of 7. The over all winner got 6.5. They did very well for their first ever tournament. WTG kids!

Last weekend I took Angus to the movies as a treat. He deserved to have some time away from Brodie. We went to see Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Gee it was good. I loved it and so did Angus. He wants me to get it on DVD when we get the chance. I think we will too, it's certainly one movie I would really like to see it again.

Earlier this week I lost my keycard. I searched high and low for it. I even went to the petrol station knowing that was the last place I used it. They didn't find it but I reckon they did and threw it away. I phoned my bank on Monday afternoon to let them know what had happened and cancelled the card. Thankfully they said it hadn't been used since I was at the petrol station on Friday. I organised a new card and had to play the waiting game to get that sent out with the activation code and the new pin number. Only trouble is I don't have a local bank to go to here. I had to travel all the way to Narre Warren to get money out. So while I was there I changed my bank account to a pensioner one which means that I wont get charged as many fees now for having so little money in the bank. I think the account keeping fee is stopped now. I guess I will find out soon enough. I've received my new keycard and activation code but I am still waiting for the pin number. I hope I get it early next week as I have almost run out of cash. I've never lost a card before and sheesh it is a big hassle to get it replaced. Well not as much of a hassle as it could have been.