Busyknitter

After nine months in the choir, I’ve signed up for some singing lessons. Gotta sort that breath control out.

….but he’s already got an eye for a pretty girl.

After church today T made what can only be described as an all-out assault on the affections of a friend’s six year old daughter. He walked up to her, tilted his head to one side to make eye contact (he’s 4 months younger than she is, but half a head taller), gazed eagerly into her eyes grinning all the while and wrapped her in a huge bear hug. And then he stayed there, right in her personal space, looking like the cat that had got the cream. He even started caressing her hair!!

The little girl, who knows T quite well and knows about his autism (at a 6-year old level), thought the whole thing was hilarious and gave him a lovely hug back. But after a couple of minutes she clearly wanted out, so she scarpered off and locked herself in the loo. And T calmly posted himself outside the locked door to wait for her. That went on for another five minutes.

The girl’s Mum and I had been standing on the sidelines wetting ourselves laughing, but in the end I escorted T to another part of the building and let the pursued one know that it was safe to come out.

It was all very funny and very cute, but a bit of a wake-up call for me as that kind of behaviour simply will not do when he’s a teenager. Arrgh!

Blogging that is. I’m in danger of losing touch with my blog altogether if I’m not careful. So I’ll ease myself back in with a quick start of term report

Everyone is happy that school has started. T’s behaviour and general happiness levels have improved about 300%. And S seems to appreciate being in Year 9 (mainly because it means only one more year of compulsory French!) Me other half is just thrilled to get his own life back (weekdays 8.30 am - 3.30pm). And I’m totally immersed in the busiest period of the year at work. Wahaay!

That’s all OK, but what’s really rocking my boat at the moment is the fact that choir has started again. And what a programme we are working on! The big November concert will be Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Coronation Anthems and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria. It’s the society’s 80th anniversary gala concert and we were told this evening that we are going to be filmed for a programme on BBC4! In addition to that, we will be reprising our showtunes programme for the opening concert of the Preston Arts Festival and holding a Come and Sing workshop on the Vivaldi. Oh and there’s a carol concert in December.

Now what else is happening? I read 2 Timothy last night for the first time in ages and that blew my mind slightly. I think I need to get a decent commentary on the book.

Oh and Mr. Busyknitter and I will be celebrating our twentieth wedding anniversary in 2 days time. Hopefully with a walk up Pendle Hill and a cheese butty at the top. But if it’s sheeting down with rain, we’ll probably get tanked up in a restaurant somewhere near home