We're running out of kids!!!

There's one thing I keep meaning to add but forgetting so I'm just gonna say it straight up, THERE IS A DRAGONFLY PLAGUE IN BALGO!!! I don't think they're actually causing anyone any harm or anything but they are everywhere!!! It's actually pretty cool and the only disturbance to my day is the fact that if they get their wings even the slightest bit wet, they become useless but still they insist on flying over the pool. And one thing someone might be able to help me out with, do they sting? Because I did see a mean spike on the end of one of their tails today and they don't exactly understand that I'm saving them at that present time of the rescue.

So today was the second last day of the school term and in the morning, we had a grand total of 11 kids which was probably a mixture of some attending a funeral in Mulan and the fact that no one wants to go to school on the last few days, and in a community where the kids do a lot of that deciding, that means they don't come to school. A good example of this was on Friday when I went on the bus run to pick the kids up for school. We got to one house and three boys were sitting out the front of their house with an old lady. This was Jake, who is usually a good boy from Primary B and two kindy kids. The lady comes over to the bus and we asked her if they were coming. She turns around and yells "Boys! You gon' school today?" and Jake replies "Nah" and gets up to walk around the side of the house holding a hammer. He is then closely followed by the other two boys who I now see have been hitting the concrete with a tomahawk and a small pick.
So since Primary C only had 3 kids today, I ran a few games for them on the white board before the whole school went into one room to watch a DVD while Steph and I pumped up some balls to give as prizes for the certificates we're giving to the good kids tomorrow but I sort of doubt that half of them will be here but oh well.

Remember how there were hardly any kids at school on Friday? Well apparently they were all still in Balgo, just following the camel around in single file taking turns trying to ride her. I heard a few stories about how people saw the camel and then saw a group of 20 kids following her. The funniest recount I hear though was from Delton in Primary D who I was asking why he wasn't at school and he replied "Nah! We was ridin' the camel! And Noah! He been ridin' the camel, den, the camel get scared one aye! So she run into the house. And she been see the door frame, so she been ducked! Noah didn't duck." And yes, this is the same Noah who only about a week ago fell off the roof of the school who was now driven head first into a door frame.

This weekend was a very quiet one for me which was nice actually. We didn't do anything on Saturday besides cleaning which wasn't really necessary but I guess the house looks alright now... But on Saturday night, we got invited over to Lane and Anton's place for dinner and we were then told that we had to stay for karaoke! It was really good fun although I don't think I quite did Elton John justice with my version of 'The Circle of Life' which Mindy picked out for me to sing but we did alter one of my personal favorites to "... and a hungry little boy with a runny nose, plays in the street as the cold wind blows in Balgo"


On Sunday, Lou offered to take us to 'Old Mission', the place where the Balgo settlement once was but was moved for some reason which escapes me at this present time. Unfortunately I couldn't get to sleep until 5am Saturday night so I decided to pass on the trip which although I would like to see the place, turned out to be a good decision. I got a bit more sleep, cooked some MEAN pancakes from scratch which were delicious, thanks for asking and then did some washing up. It struck me to realise how long it had been since I had a lot of time to myself which I'd actually missed.

Well only 10 days until we leave for Broome now which we are all very much looking forward to. And props must go to Br Rick who although the purpose of the trip is to get the bus fixed, is still going to take us in the troopie if the water is too high still at Sturt Creek.

Oh and one more thing, thismorning I was lying in bed for a while and Ale left early for school so I was sitting on the edge of my bed and saw a strange shadow coming to my door but didn't hear anything so I thought Steph was trying to scare me or something. Then Angel comes to my door, her tail swinging so hard that her back lefts are struggling to stay on the ground. Turns out Ale let her in in hope she would wake me up.