This morning Sebastian led his own student conference showing off all his learning in year 2 this year. He has had a great year of new friends and growing as a reader, Spanish speaker and Mathematician. It was great to see how proud he was to show us all his work. He is the best!
I love when things just come together. We have not seen Asit or Charu properly in 2026. with our visitors and just the nature of this job from January to March there has been no time. Asit's birthday was on April 29th and I made sure to mark this occasion in school with his students. I brought in a small cake and we sang a song. Then that night Luis and myself went to dinner. We decided on a place we rarely go, and then changed tables to sit outside. And who did they sit us next to, Asit and Charu! It was such a perfect ending to our day and we were so happy to then have a birthday drink with them! I love when things like this happen.
It was a busy weekend although for whatever reason photos were not high on my agenda. Saturday we had the school Songkran event, which was far to chaotic for me. I think I was just over tired and not in to water guns spraying me anymore. Saturday night we had a Maths Department meet up which was very nice. I had to leave a bit before I usually would as Sunday I had the Race at 5am. I had low expectations for the race as I have not been overly consistent with running over the last few weeks. But I actually surprised myself. I came 4th and would have been on the podium if chip time was used rather than gun time. It was a hard result to swallow but trying hard!
Sebastian was fairly adamant to have a family birthday dinner at Tony's on Wednesday. Paddy was also keen to see Sebastian's favourite spot as he missed it on our first venture there. Good old Tony's did not disappoint and everyone had a delicious meal. However, the real winners were the people who had puddings. The tiramsu and banana lava cake looked fabulous.
I woke up and was spoilt all day. Luis made a beautiful breakfast for everyone and spoilt me rotten with gifts. I had a lovely day at school, with cards and cakes form the students and well wishes from the staff. After school we had a pool party with a slide, food, and delicious cakes. I went to be feeling loved and a little bit older and wiser.
Friday we returned to Bangkok, Nicola and Paddy took a long 15 hour drive back and we flew with the children. We had a busy weekend, Friday we took the kids to a local hotel for dinner and a night swim, Saturday they went with Luis to the cat cafe and then we went to Harbourland, Sunday a lunch at the Deck. I was thankful Monday and the start of school was coming as by Sunday Sebastian was losing the plot. Far too many late nights, unhealthy dinners and constant entertainment. It was time for a routine once again!
