I am exhausted! I mean properly wiped out. To be fair the whole house is and I assume that is why everyone went to bed at 9pm. I would quite happily have joined them but I had a diary entry to write! It is a proper wild Friday night here…
I had a day booked off from work so decided to spend it in the rain. Not all day, but certainly the start and end of my Friday involved getting soaked to the skin. Read on to get the full details as we splodge into the top 5:
1. No surprise that there was no long lie for the start of our long weekend as M awoke as normal at the crack of dawn. I took him downstairs to try and allow everyone else to sleep a little longer but we were soon joined by his big sister. I’ll confess she gave me a bit of a scare when she announced that she was really sad as she’d found a mouse without a head. I was genuinely concerned she’d found a mouse corpse in her room and then when she opened her clenched fish my stomach lurched. Of course it turned out to be a Sylvanian family mouse which M had decapitated. Daddy went into full vet mode and reconnected the head and all was well! 🐭
2. So Steph has decided that she wants garden shed. She’s been talking about it for a while and as any good husband will tell you, you need to take the hint by the end of the second year of comments or else it really comes back to bite you! So today was the day that we started constructing the decking upon which the shed will be placed. Nothing but the best for my wife! Given that I have a desk job, my Fridays don’t usually involve labouring in the garden. Those who know me best will also confirm that DIY is not my thing, even on a basic level. I have been the butt of many jokes over the years. But actually I’m really proud of the new posts, concreted in and frame constructed ready for phase 2 tomorrow. I’ll confess I was very much the apprentice rather than the gaffer but that’s okay with me. Shame about the driving rain in the morning as we were trying to dig everything out including some pretty stubborn hard core but we got there in the end. I have no doubt phase 2 will feature in tomorrow’s top 5! 🛠
3. Whilst the boys grafted, the girls (and one extra terror) stayed safely indoors and found plenty to amuse themselves. The morning featured a family yoga session, with Grandma demonstrating all the positions, following by some PE with Joe Wicks and then a cooking lesson. Blueberry pancakes were on the menu and they were lush! Unfortunately no photos as they were all eaten before we had the chance. It felt a little like those early days in lockdown when we were all enthusiastic and filled our time with lots of educational activities for our children. Oh how that seems like a distant memory by day 157! Perhaps Grandma has brought that little bit of extra energy to the house which explains why the kids fell asleep so quickly tonight. 🥞
4. E has been talking a lot today. Well, she talks a lot every day, but specifically today about going to back to school which, unbelievably is now less than 2 weeks away. She is a super confident 5 year old but thinks she should be nervous about going back so that’s what she talks about. She says she’s forgotten everything and everyone so she won’t know anyone. We did point out today that whilst she’ll be in a different class, all of her classmates last year will be moving up with her and also given the size of her school she knows everyone in every year anyway! I suspect it will take all of 2 and a half seconds on her first day to get back into her usual mode of chatterbox. Hopefully the #HomeSchooling will pay off, but only time will tell! 🏫
5. After finishing a day’s graft in the garden all I wanted to do was have a long hot shower and a chilled evening. Pre lockdown that would most definitely have happened but these days I can’t seem to help myself and instead pulled on my running shoes for a quick 7k. Of course the brighter afternoon immediately turned into some very strong winds and lashing rain just to make sure my day finished as it has started. Wet! Only 12 runs to go now to complete my GNR challenge so I feel I’m making good progress. I’m having to be careful now as my hamstring started hurting tonight and the last thing I want is an injury on the home stretch. Hopefully proper warm ups will sort that out, with a little less hard labour! 🏃♂️
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