After all the excitement of the weekend today has been really an anticlimax. The wind is cold and despite the lovely sunshine the temperatures haven't been anything to write home about. They never got much past the lower teens all day. Of course being a national holiday both Emily and Catherine are both off of school.
The morning was really quiet with Catherine getting up just after nine and Emily just before eleven. All they really did was potter around the house for the morning doing there own thing playing games, watching television and chatting to friends on the computer. The day for them really didn't start too much later for either of them.
Around lunchtime Charlie appeared as if by magic and spirited Catherine away with her, after playing around with both of the girls for a while. I think Emily was glad to have some space after all the excitement for the weekend. At one point we were going to play a computer game together but that never happened for various reasons. It was a shame really because it would have been a nice thing to do together. I sometimes feel now that Emily and Catherine are getting older and more independent that I really don't do as much with them as I did in the past. I miss that.
Catherine eventually appeared just before dinner with Charlie. It turned out they had had a picnic in the park, been playing at Charlie's house, and been out with friends around the village. It sounded like they had a fine time together for most of the afternoon. Emily meanwhile just enjoyed being left alone and having some space while listening to music and generally playing on the computer. The sort of thing that both of them carried on doing after dinner until it was bedtime.
With school tomorrow it is an early night for the girls. Emily has to be up at six thirty and Catherine by eight at the latest. There will be no laying in bed tomorrow morning for either of them. I hope they both have a great time at school seeing there friends again and manage to get some work done to. It must be hard for both them and the teachers with the way the holidays are this year. I really don't think the County Council really thought it out when they set the dates.
One of the things we did discover was who wrote the mystery card that I blogged about on the 26th March. Catherine found an old journal from a couple of years ago and we managed to match the handwriting. The only things that aren't clear is when it was made or how it ended up in the bag with Lucy. My guess is that is probably older rather than newer other than that it is a mystery.
It has been a strange old day without Lucy and having Emily and Catherine here all day. It's also been a long one. I don't know why I guess it has just been one of the those days that goes on and on and you get nothing done. A lazy day.
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