Relaxing weekend...I wish.

Sorry I wasn't around at the weekend but I was bringing a group of 10-16 year old girls on a trip to Dublin for an introduction to waterpolo from the Women in Sport initiative. I gained a lot of knowledge and insight from the day (including spending 7 hours with them on a minibus) as follows:

• waterpolo is a very violent sport especially when the kids get to "tackle" their swimming coach at close quarters.
• I now know every feature on my phone (and all of their phones)
• I have had a crash course in how to play Animal Crossing (a game on those little machines they all have)
• If you let a bunch of girls loose in a shopping centre they will spend all the money they have brought for lunch on shoes and hair accessories.
• I now have an intimate knowledge of Hannah Montana, High School Musical and how "hot" Orlando Bloom is.
• Teenage girls feel that saying "whatevah" is too much like hard work. They now say "vah" instead.

It is a relief to be back in the laid back and relaxing atmosphere of the NHS.