Little and often

Hi ho, got to try to keep this diary going with entries which are probably smaller and more frequent.
What am I doing now? Watching Friday night NRL - one game going well, the other one not so well for tipping purposes. I'm currently 4th in this year's comp, but anything could happen this weekend. Al and kids have gone to bed.
What happened today? Took 16 boys from years 4 to 12 to last Chess tournament of year at Macgregor State School. Kids all did OK, if not spectacularly well. Highlight was Mark Bird beating the Churchie #1 - an awesome sight and well-deserved. A few other missed opportunities were less great. Still, everyone got at least a win or two, which is the main thing.
How's Alison? A little cranky tonight but probably tired after a long week. I know I am too and will be hitting the sack soon.
How's Dec? Not bad. Did great again in UNSW Science test the other day - another HD, only kid at his primary school to get one. Pretty remarkable. Soccer is all over - only the breakup on Sunday to come - and I think we're all fairly happy about that. I'll try to go to a bodypump class at the gym in the morning anyway. I was up very early today, worried about the excursion and also all the Yr 10 RAVE stuff to organise for today. All got done in time - just.
I'm still seething somewhat about the excursion I ran on Tuesday with all Yr 10s to St John's Cathedral. I was pretty happy with most aspects but very unhappy to see about 37 kids who had given back forms saying they were going, fail to turn up, citing 'being sick', having a Dr appt or just 'parent permission'. Allowing for those kids meant that we hired three buses instead of two and had basically too many staff going, costing the school more money -probably close to a thousand bucks all up. Grrr. Gave the teachers lots of chocolates today to give to the kids who went on the excursion and exclude the baddies. Vindictive? Maybe!
How's Ver? Usual great little Friday ballerina. Still struggles to stay in her own bed all night. Has frequently turned up in ours in recent weeks, which is fine except for interrupting our sleep if she rolls into us or sticks her hand underneath one of us etc. Would also like to see her reading by herself, but I guess we can be patient with that.
Big weekend coming up - finally seeing The Idea of North tomorrow night at the Powerhouse. Hope it's good. Sunday is Father's Day and packed with action of Church, Phil's "divorce liturgy" whatever that becomes and the soccer breakup. I've had at least two other invitations to do things on the day, which won't be happening!
OK, might be sleepy bobo time. Still playing a lot of chessmaniac, but I am fairly determined to let the current games be the last for quite a while - they are really soaking up too much time at present. Ciao ciao.