Shower emergency

This evening James and I went to my school carol concert which was great, and I am feeling very festive. I think it cheered James up a little after a shower emergency which dampened his mood last night - in fact it dampened more than his mood, because when I arrived home from work I found him wearing his dressing gown because the shower control had come apart in his hands as he was cleaning it and water was spraying everywhere. For some reason he couldn't switch off the water supply and was frantically phoning emergency plumbers, none of whom were available. Anyway, he and Ally did get the water switched off at the mains eventually but that meant that we could only use the hot taps. Today however he bought a new shower (which looks very smart) and a pleasant plumber came out and installed it at tea time, so the problem is solved. Although that was £300 for a shower and £80 installation that we didn't expect to be spending this week!
Last night I was at Christmas Book Club at Rosemary's and it was such a lovely evening. We chatted and laughed and ate lovely food. We told happy stories and sad stories and I looked around at these fantastic women and felt very privileged that they are my friends.
I can't believe that tomorrow is the last day of term. Today we had our Secret Santa and one of my colleagues cooked us a delicious curry for lunch; we all contributed £5 because he is raising money to run the London Marathon next summer. He cooked three different main dishes with a selection of accompaniments - very impressive. I gave all of the staff in the department gifts (wine) to say thank you for their support and I got some very kind cards from parents, staff and pupils.