Both Cam and Dom have separately been planning with friends to form bands. Dom has been incredibly excited. He and his friends have been talking about their gigs and how much money they will make – all before the first practice session! Dom suggested the name Four Fingers, and today they’ve been at Matt’s house ‘jamming’ since cricket finished 6 hours ago. Well that was the plan.  We’ll see if they were able to sustain the interest!

Cam has been much more laid back about the far-off prospects of fame and fortune. His band, Twilight Blur, is getting together next week here in Hill Street apparently. Which reminds me… I’ll have to get him to tidy up the shed.

Cam was a star at basketball today… he put his body on the line and rebounded and intercepted brilliantly. The boys were especially pleased as their coach, Mr Smith, has returned to KWS and managed to make it to some of the game. They all shook hands and made a joke of him missing the first half or so… all good fun and it was lovely to see how keen they were to show him how much they’d improved on the court. We dashed to the car afterwards as it was raining… nice for a change!

We were all out of the house today and back into our pre-holidays routine.  Hooray at last!   Cam and Dom at school, David and I at work.  Cam surprisingly has only dropped back from the top to the second top class in Maths, and remains in the second top classes for all his other subjects.  He felt a little vindicated as a result of this despite not being able to deny his very poor final year result… oh well another chapter begins.  Dom had a great day and lots to talk about.  It is like he can’t quite get over how big a change it is, and seems to love comparing notes with Cam and getting his opinion.  He and Cam had some title pages to complete and both did a great job.  Dom was exhausted again and went off to sleep like a lamb. 

Dominic was in a super mood from the moment I picked him up after school today, until the moment his head hit the pillow. He made us smile with his enthusiasm for his timetable and diary, and his persistence in making sure he got his bag packed with all the correct books for tomorrow. This occurred only after innumerable calls to his friends to get an answer about whether it was Week A or Week B. There was not a consensus, and it was only settled after he called Thomas, who, Dom informed us, could be counted on absolutely for his excellent memory for details.