oh! it was great to hear from you susie i was just thinking about how the big mutha was getting on. No problem i will be available for duty for 1 week i am afraid this slave driven student needs a holiday to the algarve for a week aswell! We had guests at the weekend from the neighbourhood where they live in Philly. They were extremely rich, he retired at 40 and she doesn't work, he drives a porche and they have 2 kids. Lovely family but you know the type........the father with the sleek black hair and the pecs to suit! They even had this big discussion over breakfast about how we never had a proper coffee maker and we only had instant......for god sake its brown liquid.....bloody drink it! ( Half a bloody hour it lasted). July 4th tomorrow we are having a parade and a barbeque which should be quite nice. The tan is looking fabby.....well kinda as Stuart one described me as magnolia!. I bought a disposable camera and will send pictures home soon. When i went for a run yesterday there were 2 bloody deer outside my cabin like right infornt of me i didnt know whether to start running my route or run back inside....fortunately they ran into the forest! Phew! Cant wait to go to Philadelphia on Wednesday its soo exciting, its just me abbie and samantha. Hows my nanny and granda doing? could someone tell them i was asking after them and hope granda is still keeping up the walking hope he will join me and gordon on the west highland way when i get back! Sorry Layla yeeha! i passed all my exams........entry into second year approved! The weather is scorching here today and i didn't know how to work the air conditioning in the house, when Abbie came home from shopping it was 80 degrees Ooops! Billy and Rhys now give kisses and cuddles so i have been hearing. Oh i cant wait till i see them again, miss you sooo much! My mum has my address if anyone wants to write and she also has a number that you can leave free voicemails on if you want to.........it would be nice to hear some familiar voices. Okaydoke my time is up on the computers and i really have to go. Love ou, Take Care Kirsty x