Today was a sad day as we waved goodbye to Grandma after her 6 night visit. It has been lovely having her to stay and some excellent progress has been made on the garden development. But au revoirs are always tough and after the tears had been wiped away I had to get ready for work.
You know it’s been a good week when the glass recycling box is overflowing, so looking at the second pile in the garage, it must have been a really good week!
So, no Grandma to feature in the top 5 today, but what else made it in?
1. The kids have been sleeping really well recently but must have been unsettled by the imminent departure as E crawled in beside me at 3am this morning. I’ll confess I thought it was time to get up so welcomed her in and thought we could have a cheeky little snooze. But when she kept prodding me, I looked at my watch and realised it was the middle of the night. I sent her to her own bed, and then again 20 minutes later and finally I had to get up and take her through. Apparently Daddy tucking her in was all that was needed. And given that normally Steph gets woken by the smallest noise, she somehow managed to sleep through the whole thing! It’s making me think it was all a messed up dream. 🥴
2. For the last 10 days I’ve been waiting for contact from the courier company about the delivery of our new shed. It was quite clear that it wasn’t coming this week which was one reason Grandma headed north. In fact I was worried it wasn’t coming at all and is now out of stock. It was just typical that shortly after she left, I received a phone call confirming delivery on Friday. Perhaps Grandma will be back sooner than expected! Of course the problem now is that Steph is in full planning mode on what she wants to turn the garage into when all my “junk” gets moved out into the new shed. The mind boggles! 🤨
3. M was back at nursery today and seemed reluctant again to go in. But as usual it turns out he was absolutely fine as soon as we left. I had the pleasure of picking him up and his feedback for today was a joy to listen to. “He brings a smile to your face and it’s so lovely to meet a child who just loves life and whose greatest pleasure is jumping in puddles!” Oh to be 2 again! Although he does sound a bit like Peppa Pig with the jumping in puddles comment. No head injuries today so I guess that was a bonus. 😆
4. E’s feedback was a little different as whilst she also had a great day at holiday club I was told she had been crying in the garden. Now I immediately assumed it was because she was upset Grandma had left but it turns out it was because she spotted M through a window but wasn’t allowed to go into him room to see him. She apparently really misses him through the day. Their love knows no bounds. We tried to explain in the car on the way home that they are in different bubbles so can’t go in the same room at the nursery, but she didn’t really understand and just asked at the end why we were calling her brother Bubbles! It just made me think of that Little Britain sketch! 😢
5. The day ended on a high as I’ve come into some bonus cash. Windfalls are always a source of excitement and this one was particularly surprising. I’ve had an email from HMRC and I’m due a refund. A really big one. It was a bit weird as the email went to my swimming account which I didn’t think I used for personal things but it seemed genuine to me. I just had to click on the link and enter my bank details. I was impressed with the extra security, as I know there are a lot of scams out there, so they needed me to confirm some personal details like my mother’s maiden name and credit card security code and then send them a small transaction to them to verify I was the right person. It may take up to 10 business days for the money to come in but I’m spending it already! Sometimes the gift horse can look you in the mouth! 💰
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