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Spain is just a pipe dream. There is no way I can go away as John works evenings till 11 o’ clock. While I don’t mind Bel watching Eleanor for a couple of hours while we go for a meal in town or something, there’s no way I can leave them on their own every evening for a week. It was a nice dream while it lasted.
I’m getting a bit more adventurous with my vegan food stuffs. I don’t think I’ll ever become a vegan, or a vegetarian for that matter, but it’s fun trying out new recipes with vegetables. Today I made baba ganoush, hummus and vegan ice cream. Unbelievably, the ice cream is made from the water from the chick peas, date syrup and vanilla extract. And it tastes bloody nice, I have to say! (No, I didn’t believe it would either. But it does.)
Eleanor is turning into a proper little film buff. She’s completely obsessed with Henry Selick and Tim Burton…Not a day goes by that she doesn’t mention Tim Burton, Danny Elfman or one of Tim’s films. This evening she discovered the Wilhelm scream, so I bet you anything she’ll be looking into that tomorrow when I’m at work.
Bel has told us she has the opportunity to go to Taiwan with her school next year. Of course, we’d love for her to go, but it’s going to be expensive. She’s said something about getting sponsorship from the school by doing some fundraising or something, she’s going to find out more when she goes back to school next week. She gets to study Mandarin as a language, instead of the usual German or French. We’ll see!
The driving is still going ok. You can tell my instructor is used to teaching teenagers though. He’ll tell me something I need to improve on on my next lesson, like changing up through the gears faster or something, then when I do it he goes “oh wow, that’s miles better on last time! How come you’ve improved so much?” and I explain I actually listen and take on board what he’s saying. I still struggle to change up into second when I’m on a roundabout, I’m working on that! This week was hill starts. He took me to the steepest hill in the world, told me to pull over, then move off. Straight after I moved off, I had to go through a chicane, then hold the car at a junction. I got it after about four goes, lol! Then he told me that particular spot is on my test run. Gulp.
I’m trying to save some money to go towards a car. I really REALLY have no idea what I want/need, other than I want five doors and a big boot. I rather like the look of the Picasso, but I think it’s because I’m learning in a Citroën and I’m familiar with the layout. John has no idea and keeps telling me I needn’t even think about it till I pass my test. I beg to differ though! I think I’ll go window shopping with my dad one of these days. I only want a cheap runabout really, don’t need anything fancy. I’ve never been interested in cars before, so it’s going to be brand new territory for me! John has no clue about cars either.