August 1st

At the beginning of August, nobody came. Two students for maths (T & R), and no one for reading. Which ended up suiting me fine, as I was only 150 pages from the end of Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix, and I ended up reading almost to the end of the book in the two and a half hours I sat in the air conditioned room in a squashy armchair.

I imagine people were taking holidays and getting over the end of Summer Camp. I know the most important thing that I can do is show up when I say I will, so that the kids begin to understand that I'm an adult they can rely upon. Hopefully in time, more people will show up for reading. I assume things will pick up when school starts, as the children will likely have homework.

In the meanwhile, I'll get a fair bit of reading done!

I finished my re-read of HP5 late last night - I saved it until the dinner was done, the husband was in bed, the dishes were washed, etc. and I could curl up in my chair and finish that book, while the next one sat on the table nearby, waiting. I think I read about a page and a half of the new one before finally calling it a night.