Last day of school

Today was Levi's last day of school or the term.  It has been a very long term and the kids continue to break down in the afternoon.  However we are done, at least for a little while.  Levi has the next week and a half off and I have a little longer. 

The school has an Easter bonnet parade for the younger grades just before they get out on holidays.  The kids spend about a week making their creative headgear and then they go up on stage and show the whole school.  It is a little crowded for the parents but the kids are so proud.  I mean, look at that face.  He was really happy to have me there. 

As I was going home and crossing the cemetery, I came across this little beauty.  Now I am always afraid of putting too much scary wildlife up on the blog because I am still hoping beyond all hope that someone from USA will actually visit me!  There is the common misconception that if someone visits from USA, they will be attacked by thousands of venomous creatures as soon as they step off the plane.  I can hardly comment at the moment.  In Townsville at the moment, they can't even play on the ovals at the schools as the grass is dangerous.  Well not quite the grass but the water that the grass is standing in.  It has some dangerous bacteria in it.  None of the teachers knew the name but none of the kids had played outside all term!  Then I walk out of school and find this beauty.

It really is beautiful, but you definitely show some respect.  I have trouble telling the snakes apart.  Likely it is an Eastern Brown just based on the statistics and numbers in the area.  After I looked it up on the net I was a lot more sure.  I gave him a really wide berth and went to work!

If you think that it sounds like I am talking about other things so I don't have to think about surgery tomorrow, you would be right.  Seems to be working too!