Isy is going away for the weekend

A couple of months ago Isy came running out of school with a note about a school sports weekend in Tabuk, northern Saudi Arabia. She couldn't sign up quick enough to go on the trip even when at one point she was the only girl.

Well tomorrow is the big day and she is all packed and ready to go, I dread to think what time she will wake up tomorrow. Most children go 30 miles down the road but not Isy she is flying several hundred miles north of here to a place I haven't been to. The weekend sounds fantastic loads of sport, BBQ, disco and by the sounds of it very little sleep. Bedtime is scheduled for 10pm both nights, are they mad these children are in tents so they are hardly likely to fall asleep straight away. Not to mention the fact they will probably wake at sunrise.

Tomorrow I will probably wave goodbye to an excited 8 year old girl, how sad we will we all be as she barely looks back. On Friday a dishevelled, tired but happy little girl will return and we will all have missed her terribly.