Been ill, really hot, and can't be bothered.....

I'm sorry I havn't bloged in a while, but I have been ill for a week and it has really zapped my energy. Being ill and living in a small caravan with two children isn't easy to say the least. Thank God I am feeling much better now. The raise in Temp to a running 44 degrees every day last week also knocked us and every time I went to blog I just felt to knackard. There have been moments this week when for the first time I have thought "what the hell am I doing". I think I have done well as it has taken nearly four months and a rather bad illness to bring this on. However being on my own at this point was tough. Although I did remind myself that even if I was in England I still would be on my own, just in a bigger house with a loo, and colder weather. The food thing is a pain in that I can't buy anything for tomorrow as it will go off in the heat by then. The fridge in the caravan in really tiny and even the milk goes off in there! So a house with water, a fridge, and a loo are going to be a blessing! I will always appreciate these things now.  So we went off to the Science centre, which was amazing! Loads for the kids to do and a really high observational tower amongst loads of other stuff to do. We stayed all day and had a great time. We also went to the beach, although this was when I then got really ill and we had to do a fast retreat back to the caravan for two nights of running to the loo and trying not to be sick. Oh that was fun. I must say that in this heat living in the caravan is wearing thin and we are all really looking forward to some more space and a cool place to hide in the afternoon. We have to just head to some shade by the pool and wait it out at the moment. Amy sits with a flannel on her belly and her feel in a bowl of cold water until it is cool enough to move again. We are muddling through though. So this weekend there was a planned pool party at the camp site. A full twelve hours of techno from midday till midnight. Oh joy. So we decided that we would book into a cheap hotel in Granada and use the chance to explore the city some more. I didn't realise just how massive it is! We arrived at lunch time yesterday, just after the techno starting banging out of the dj system by the pool. Ok So I didn't realise how I would feel about my first bath in three months. I have only had showers and all of these have been with the children in tow. Wow to get into a hot bath....heaven. I am learning to really appreciate the simple things in life, huh. We stayed in the hotel until it cooled at around 7pm and then went for a wander. It is a beautiful city with old buildings and tiny streets. Most of the city only allows local traffic and there are large sections which are no traffic at all. There are many plazas with bars and cafe where you can sit and eat and they are all cool and shaded. We then got up at 7:30am this morning (this was not easy on our part) and headed off to see the Alhambra. It was still really cool and we wandered around and looked at the gardens. It is stunning and well worth another visit or two. We didn't get back to the hotel until 2pm when we rested and then headed out at 7:30pm to find food. I would love to come back and do the tour on the bus as I think this would allow us to see so much more. Walking on foot with the kids gets you about four streets away and back. Still what I have seen has been amazing. We are off back to the caravan in the morning to wait out until we can get in the house. I feel stuck at the moment as I can't advertise for work or try anything out in that direction until I have Rob or Tim to help with the children. There is no way I can teach with them in tow. Not adults anyway. I can't advertise also until I am in the house and have the space to teach and my stuff from England to teach children. I want it to look right from the start as word will then spread. So until then.....we try and keep cool and wait. I will post pics as soon as I can get them off my phone tomorrow. Now for some sleep after another long day in the heat. Pics to follow... sorry about yet another speedy post, but this is not proving to be something I ever actually have allocated time to do. Maybe this will change one day.....Oh that's that dreaming thing again. Illusion I know. My ten mins is up and the kids are running riot in the room. I'm off.