An Early start....

But so worth it!!!
A colleague at work told me last night that tickets for the Wales Grand Slam Celebration concert would be released this morning to people nuts enough to queue at the stadium.... http://www.wru.co.uk/1391_18066.php
Yep you guessed it, we were up at 6.15 and outside the stadium at 6.50 surprisingly no 35 in the line we parked ourselves on the pavement and waited for 2 hours.The kids were interviewed and photographed for the local paper, said they were home educated and were asked if they had waited all night ?? ( no, were not bonkers!) so they will probably be in the paper tonight!

It was worth it though! We now have 12 tickets after I was given 6 and as we were walking out the kids said they felt it was very unfair that the woman said that it was 6 'per group' yet other children who had waited in groups and who were there with us were being given 6 each. I agreed that yes, it did appear that they didnt seem to have applied the rules fairly and that the website had stated 6 per person.

So back they went and said politely "excuse me, you arent applying your rules fairly, given us 6 as a group, other people waited in a group and have been given 6 per person"
The lady tried to say it was because they had approached the desk as a group and then it was because they were children until Sophie also pointed out all the children in school uniform were also given 6 each and they were similar age to her, she added it was now school time and they were out of school.
The lady tried to argue that they could 'fill out a form'( rather amusing given that the kids were standing their ground politely and calmly) and her boss stepped forward and gave them 6 tickets agreeing they should apply the rules fairly!Said "will that do you?" and Sophie said "Yes, thank you, thats very good of you" leaving the lady looking very silly!

So now, even though of course we dont need 12 tickets, we have 5 for us, 5 for Welsh friends living in Norfolk who missed out on the excitement at the time of the match and two for the colleague who told me about where and when to get tickets( who was stuck in work!)
I said to them, it just shows it sometimes pays to politely complain and stand your ground! Especially if your motive isnt a selfish one:)
It was only ten past 9 by this point and I felt like it was lunchtime!
We spent the morning at The museum of Welsh life at St Fagans with my mum and some friends she has staying with her who have two children who were home educated for a while. They all raced around exploring, ate cheesy rolls and gingerbread men from the bakery and had a ride on the horse and cart before Connor admitted defeat and said he wanted to go home so Ive left Sophie with the rest and come home for a few hours with my feet up and he's watching a documentary on Mars exploration. The Miquon stuff arived this morning too so Im busy reading my way through all the accompanying teachers books with a cuppa.
I start work soon and don't finish till 11.30... I hope I will still be awake then!