Replaced

It was a gentle start to the day. After some coffee, a wander through the press, and a shower, I walked to Zoe's to join the walk to school. Zoe took the opportunity to go into class to review Ellie's work (like we did yesterday). I left her to it and headed off for my morning walk. I added an extra loop into the route so that I could get some more of the Carl Sagan book. finished. I only wish I could remember a small fraction of what I have heard.

Back home, after a peek at social media, I started on a bit of research regarding the latest and greatest Linux distros. I chose Ubuntu (again) and started the download to create a bootable image. With the image clutched in my eager fingers, I tried to reset the book sequence for Siane's old laptop (Osprey). I tried everything, having resorted to looking up the process on Google. Nothing seemed to work. I did realise, however, that I already had a Linux image on the old laptop. I still wish to change it and install Ubuntu, but it can wait. I have no immediate need for it.

FedEx rang the doorbell. They delivered the replacement pool vacuum. I put it together and took it into the garden to try out. This one worked, though I'm not sure how effective it will be as it stirred up a lot of the detritus I was trying to vacuum up. I needed to wait for everything to settle to see how successful it was.

After some Kindle time, I went to meet Zoe at the school gates. We had a Parent/Teacher consultation scheduled. We settled down in the class (the seats are too low for an old bloke like me), and Ellie's teacher proceeded to tell us about her progress in English (reading, writing, and comprehension) and Maths. It is clear that Ellie is doing very well. I used the audio notes feature of my iPhone to record the whole session - this kept the audio but also transcribed the meeting. This was a lot easier than taking notes and meant that I could share it with Diane when I got home. (If you haven't tried this feature yet, it is well worth giving it a whirl to record important meetings).