Temporary respite

We got out yesterday – WOOOOOHOOOOO!!
At least out enough to go to nearest Woolies and stock up on stuff.
Sometimes timing is really bad – other times it is brilliant. The centre of town is currently under water and supermarkets etc closed. The only Woolies open on the other side of town to where we live and the bottleneck in the traffic for anyone to get through horrendous. Yesterday, the new shopping centre on this side of town opened it’s doors for the first time – a brand new Woolies. Much closer to us than the other two in town, and far more convenient for the whole town at this point in time.
The girls were able to go to school and came home all excited as today their classes have their Christmas Parties and they spent yesterday making decorations.

Alas, the rain began again yesterday afternoon.
The river, which was falling, has started rising again.
We were up this morning.
Ready for school.
Bus arrives.
Bus driver rings me (girls out at road waiting – me standing on front verandah watching from 100metres away):
He’d been advised not to pick up kids on our section as no guarantee they will get home – road going under again.
I now have had an hour of consoling two very upset little girls.
We’re going to spend the weekend making gingerbread and mini christmas cakes and other yummy stuff so they can take some nibbles to school on Monday to share with their classes (and I am crossing everything that they will actually be able to go to school on Monday). Am so so glad I stocked up on all the necessary ingredients a couple of weeks ago.

Oh well, off to the kitchen…time to keep smiles happening…