Happy but sad.

2/2/2015

Good morning and how are you today?

Well today here in Western Australia is the first day of school, for many kids it is their first time at school and for many (like us)  it is a different school.  My two were up at 6....school doesn't start till 8:30, the excitement was just to much for them, they are in classes next to each other so that is good.  Oscar was very teary when we got into class and when I left he was still crying a bit.  Carissa was fine - she is the one who I thought would be crying and upset, just hope they have got people to sit with at lunch time and at recess otherwise it is going to be a really long hard year.

We had a big thunderstorm last night and with it came a heap of rain, we are supposed to be getting another one today hope we get a bit of rain out of it because well we need the rain and well it will wet the ground a bit - we have had a few bushfires and the wetter it is the harder for the fires to take hold. Speaking of fires on the weekend there was a big fire in Waroona, this is where my In-Laws live, and it is where I lived when first married and bought Carrissa home.

 When I heard about the fires the first thing I did was turn on the TV to get updates and to my surprise none of the channels had anything about it - free to air and foxtel.  I understand that because all of the channels are controlled over east so what is programmed over there we watch, but the fact that there is a big fire bearing down on a town and the town was evacuated doesn't make for news.  They had 150 firefighters, helitanks, water trucks, volunteers on farm equipment pushing over trees digging containment lines.  Police shut the town you could get out but not in, St John Ambulance staff there ready to render assistance and still this didn't make the the TV stations interrupt the broadcast and have the breaking news. On channel 7 it would have meant interrupting the Tennis, on channel 9 it would have meant interrupting Ellen and on 10 well it was DrPhil, the ABC did have something- it was the writing across the bottom of the screen but they were more interested in the QLD election.
Since when did people stop thinking for themselves and become a collective?  Are we becoming like the Borg ( Star Trek reference) because as a collective it isn't our sole responsibility if something goes wrong, we can't think for ourselves and we certainly can't make a decision by ourselves.  So to programmers of radio,Tv GROW A BACKBONE think for yourself.  If there is something happening in your state put that on instead of what is happening in other states that has no relevance to us here in WA.

I have all of this time now and well I am not sure what to do with myself , it is so quiet with no kids fighting,yelling.  I am going to have a coffee in peace then I guess do the boring stuff like housework and get some baking done.  I expect the kids will be hungry when they get home so if I have afternoon tea ready that will make the afternoon a bit easier for them.
Tomorrow they will be able to walk to school, the first week I will walk with them and then they can walk on their own. Its not far and well it will be good for them, give them a bit of independence.

Toodles Kylie XXXXX