We're in the final!

On Wednesday we won our touch semi-final 7-4, putting us in the final this week. It was a great effort because we lost 4-3 to the same team when we played them in the pool match. We'll probably get our butts severely kicked in the final, but finishing second in the top division would be an awesome effort for the team, far better than we anticipated at the start of the season! Regardless of the result, we're planning a big night of celebrating on Wednesday. School exams start Thursday so no-one is actually going to have to do any teaching the next day, just a bit of exam invigilation.
Last night we had a 'midsummer dinner dance' at school. It's usually a summer ball held in a marquee on the headmasters lawn after speech day, but this year they opted for a slightly less formal event in the dining room. It was a great night! Sometimes these events are a bit hit & miss, due to the large number of parents there, and having to be on your best behaviour... This year the parents were all well up for it & keen to have a really good night out. I returned from the loo at one stage to find a conga line going around the room! Yes, that is our college chaplain in the frock on the right getting involved.
The helium balloons on the table didn't last the duration of the night, with Steve being the main culprit (as per usual!) in getting people to inhale the helium & talk in a silly voice.

I love the pic below of Curto & I. Curto is great, he's like the 'father' of the common room. He has been around long enough to have seen it all, & is great for advice. He also possesses a very eclectic music collection, & one whole section of my ipod is filled with the 'interesting' & sometimes downright bizarre stuff he has passed my way over the last few years (Mongolian throat-singing anyone???).
Today started with a loooong lie-in, to sleep off some of the effects of too much vino at the dance. I'm heading to the gym soon to also help make amends. It has been another good week of training, with lots of running, cycling & cross-training at the gym. Hopefully I'll be fighting fit for my South America trip. Only 2 & a half weeks until I fly... Which means only 1 & a half weeks till the summer holidays! Next Saturday a large group from school are going into London for 'Hyde Park Calling', which is a music festival set (in case you haven't guessed) in Hyde Park. It should be a great day out, Peter Gabriel is the main act, with Crowded House second on the bill. Speaking of gigs, I've also just got tickets for Prince, playing the Millennium dome in London on 1st September. This Friday Will & I, along with Steve & Kate, are going to a Kooks gig in Reading which should also be lots of fun. One of the things we'll probably miss the most when we (eventually) move back to NZ, is having such easy access to so many of the big acts.