Sorry for the radio silence this week. I have to admit that I’ve been pretty homesick and just didn’t have the heart to sit down and write.

Last Sunday night, we went up to Swindon for Kyla to resit the part of her pratical exam. We could have gone up on Monday, but the first reasonably-priced train would have had us there with just a few minutes to spare. That was a little closer than we wanted to cut it, so we went up the night before and stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. £30 (approx. $40) and it was honestly a pretty nice place, with breakfast included.

We went to the Swidon campus of Oxford Brookes for Kyla to take her test. The girls and I sat around in a cafe for an hour or so, then we got on the train and came home. Then just a couple of days of agonizing waiting to find out if she passed, or if we were going home.

Tuesday, the girls started school. I’ll be honest, I had a harder time sending them than I’ve had since their first day of Kindergarten. Kyla and I spent the entire day worrying about how they were doing. We shouldn’t have. They both came home talking about how it went great and they’d both made friends.

Kyla’s enjoying her job. She’s still in orientation but will hopefully will be done this week.