Shorn

Ellie was dropped off just before 7:30. She had had a good 12 hours sleep and was in a very good mood. After some breakfast she went up for her wash and stayed upstairs playing until it was time for school.

Once Ellie was dropped off we both returned and had some breakfast of our own and settled down to read the digital papers. The school had released a list of after-school activities and, on the dot of 10, were asking for nominations to participate. The Gorse Fox set an alarm and hovered over the inbound mail. By 10:00:30 Ellie was submitted as a candidate for Wednesdays after school outdoor activities. We will now have to wait and see if she gets one of the 15 available places.

With Ellie's form submitted, the Gorse Fox was free to go and get his hair cut and then have a quiet couple of hours. It was during this quiet time that the Gorse Fox got a message from a Starfleet Engineer. He was having trouble working out distances over the curvature of the earth. The Gorse Fox has been through this and offered to help. We managed to confirm that the maths formula was correct and gave the correct answers for the Gorse Fox's spreadsheet (developed a few years ago). It was wrong, however, for Starfleet's Engineer. It took some tracking down, but eventually it turned out to be a confusion between latitude and longitude. Simples!

We collected Ellie from school and allowed her to let off steam in the park before coming home. Then she played with the Silver Vixen while the Gorse Fox prepared her dinner. Now, fed, she has just been collected by Urban-Cub and we have an evening to ourselves.