As usual at the end of a visit we took a photo of the youngsters before their departure.
Alex, Romas, Kate and Vytas.
The house seemed almost empty with just Romas left at home with us oldies though Linas has returned till the weekend.
Today was the start of the new term. Most of the staff had been ill over the holidays, one colleague still has the turkey in the freezer as all her family had the sickness bug one after the other. I thought I was on the mend but the queasiness hasn't left me yet. It was there even though I ate nothing all day ,(too much to do) and was even worse when I came home and had a mango, a cup of tea and a small slice of cake. I know that's not exactly a balanced diet but it wasn't a lot. I think I'll stick to peppermint tea.
It's freezing cold outside but luckily we left the cars up the hill last night and that's where they are again tonight. The forecast is for temperatures down to -10C tonight.
