And Then We Were Three

I suppose seeing as we were already four (what with Cheese and Milfred) that the working title for this entry should be ‘and then we were five’ but that might confuse too many people?

So, anyway, yes, I have a daughter – she’s actually been my step-daughter ever since I married her dad (wow, there’s Welsh for you – along the lines of who’s coat is that jacket?) – yes, sorry – so I have a Tyler!

Tyler Jade Williamson is Andy’s middle daughter and from what I can discern she’s wanted to live with him (and then us) for as long as a long time and now after a period of disruption and upset in her life back in the UK she has moved to live with us in sunny Cyprus (see pic of me and her).

She’s been here since the beginning of July, she’s had a visit from her mum, a jelly fish encounter, she’s had clothes and shoes ruined by my dogs, she’s seen snakes and spiders and had my cooking inside her and still she wants to stay.

We gave her a cherry cheesecake and a chocolate cake for her birthday and made her eat them both, then took her paragliding and made her puke, she has had to wash the dogs three times in three days after they got smelly in her care and she is forced to earn her weekly pocket money by making me coffee in bed seven days a week and still she says she loves me!

I got her a job – aged just 13 – working 9 – 5 on her feet all day three days a week at Nulten’s hair salon, I’ve had her scrubbing floors and washing up, reading books and sitting quietly and still she’s happy to be here.

So – having tested her resolve I now know that she’s safely ensconced in my home where she is welcome, loved and hopefully happy.

We’ve just enrolled Tyler Jade Williamson the First in Mark Unwin’s Sunny Lane School down the road in Alsancak where we hope she’ll benefit from the extra attention she’ll receive in a class (and year) of just 17 pupils – we looked at all the school options in North Cyprus and in South Nicosia and to be honest the fact that Sunny Lane is so local means that she won’t be traveling all day and will make locally based friends – and because Mark Unwin and the school board insist pupils follow the British national curriculum the transition shouldn’t be so great and we hope Tyler will settle in quickly and be happy.

At the moment then we are three (or five) and we really hope it stays that way and that Tyler will be most chuffed living in a mad house in the TRNC.