And, now, back to the Studio

I have had a great day today. After a hectic start to the week, I had a whole day at ACN-NW HQ and I was able to get right down some hard work on the remaining texts for PRAYERS FROM OUR HEARTS. This morning I finished off the ‘tasting menu’ which will allow pupils in participating schools to sample foods served as part of a typical Middle Eastern school dinner. I love Middle Eastern food, so working out recipes to provide 30 tiny servings of baba ganoush and falafel is a labour of love for me. I also had the help of my youngest son—who is also quite the foody—soon  I’m feeling doubly confident about my choices.

After lunch I moved on to the script that I needed to write for a primary school assembly. I was aiming for something about 5 minutes long that provided some child-friendly background on ACN. After three hours or so I ended up with about 8 ½ minutes of news-breaking reports delivered by top-notch ACN reporters with catchy names like Ace Reporter and Harry Headliner. My son, loyal to a fault, stuck around to help me with a run-through (complete with much enthusiasm and several silly accents) and to select illustrations to go along with the script. Tonight I’ll force all of the children (including a Uni friend of my elder son who is currently visiting us) and my long-suffering husband to go through it again. Shall I play Tabby Topstory or stick with Annie Anchor back in the studio?

Just a few more texts to generate and Scottish Lorraine and I can move on to the heavy editing and final polish stages of this initiative. About time, too—we need to have everything to Patricia by close of play next Wednesday. We think we are on target, but only time will tell!

Off to walk the dog shortly as my working day is nearly done, but I wanted to finish off by saying that I failed my driving test on Monday. Only 3 minor faults, though—which is pretty darn good!—and one major fault which I personally felt I had under control, but no point in crying over this (well maybe only for another day or so). I have scheduled another test for after my holiday and we will have to hope for the best.  Feel my pain…

Thanks for reading!  Caroline