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I am so very tired. The hot weather isn't helping as it's difficult to sleep at night - as everyone is finding.
When we first met Odi she'd been in this country for less than 6 months, and she joined us on the whit walk in May, for which we had a really hot day - to us. She was wrapped up with a coat and a scarf and the rest of us were in summer clothes and hats. Roll on 9 years and she's sweating - just like the rest of us - living in Manchester and now Liverpool she's got used to the British weather and is finding it all a bit hot, as is Peter her hubby. The kids have never liked it very hot - which she couldn't understand because they're 'Africans' she would say, I told her they've never been anywhere other than England.
Fabrizio was 6 weeks old when we met them - he'll be 10 in October and will be able to become British. They look like they're being given leave to stay for 2.5 years officially - which means that it will cost £1200 for Fabrizio to become British. If they hadn't made the decision it would have been free. In just under 2.5 years Christa will be 10 - the price will probably have gone up by then.
Hopefully, eventually Peter & Odi will become British too - especially now that there is war in Cameroon.
They've been at our house today - they were fascinated by the horses, enjoyed the paddling pool, ate all the cheese and onion pie and a lot of the curry. We're seeing them in Hastings tomorrow. That'll be expensive.
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