Things aren't what they seem

Well, the school year is well and truly over and this SINKS Mummy is so pleased. Hubby now has time off too, but is not impressed that Lloyd's mowing job has fallen to him for most of his holidays. Lloyd broke his wrist on Wednesday when he fell backwards in an attempt to avoid the plastic sword swipe of a friend's son (more bone pictures for the Q family). Now that school is over Anika has finally taken the hint and got her learner's permit a week ago. Hubby declares that she is not getting anywhere near the wheel of our car until she's had proper driving lessons so off she went on Thursday morning.

She's decided to learn to drive a manual car and her instructor decided to have a big long chat first in the car outside our house then she went around and around the block of our street many times just to get the hang of everything.

Later in the afternoon Anika called in on our elderly neighbour for a chat. The conversation went like this:

Mrs L: I was really worried this morning. Someone in a car went around and around our block and I'm sure it was a stalker looking out for a young boy or girl. If they had gone around the corner one more time I was going to report them to the police but then they went away.

Anika: I'm glad you didn't. That "stalker" was me learning to drive.

One started on her way, three to go, but thankfully not all at once.