Friday Five!

He's like "there are far more things I'd rather be doing on a weekend than grocery shop so we basically have to sprint through the whole place with a mapped out list and very little room for side tracking.

Wow, that's exactly the same conversation I have with my husband every.single.time. 

Wow, that's exactly the same conversation I have with my husband every.single.time.

I get his point of view when he's like "here's the list of things that I could be doing instead:...." but sometimes I'm like "I only have little legs!!! Can we not marathon our way through the veg?!"

Friday Five!

1. I finally woke up at a decent hour today to get all of my stuff done and low and behold I was ill. So ill that I went back to sleep and slept my day away anyway. 
2. I might treat myself today to some shoes but I'm also awful at spending money. Meaning, I don't like spending it or treating myself.
3. Tom and I are heading to Oxford today to have a night in with our friends!! I am so excited!!
4. I have the most wonderful husband of all husbands. We had a long talk about the "driving situation" the other day after my long post, and he even went as far to offer to sell his beloved car for an automatic, as I am very nervous about learning to shift with the other hand/focus on the road rules. I don't know if I like the idea of him selling his car for me....but the fact that he offers shows a lot about him. I'm lucky.
5. I also get to see my in-laws this weekend!! AND I'll get to pick up our new kettle just in time because our current one is broken.

Wow, lots on for everyone this week!

WRS - AWESOME about the gym and your husband's race!
PB - can't wait to hear you have a lead on a new role.  And I do enjoy a gluten-filled night when not with my hubby.   
JF - woohoo guitar!
Jenny - how old is your frustrating one?
XoD - I hope you feel better soon!

Me:

1.  Life has just been INSANE lately.  I need to slow the F*** down.  And I've woken up just rather depressed today.  I need to make some tough decisions, I think.  I have so many things on my to do list, both at work and in life.  Just feel like I'm never making the progress needed.

2.  I go to the ballet tonight at the Royal Opera House.  I haven't been for a few years.  I splurged on a really fabulous seat.  But yet I am not motivated to go.  I really just want to go home and be with my family.  Seems to be a common "feel" on a Friday for me these days.   

3.  I went to the spa Wednesday night.  Sadly I've noticed a theme that in the days following a spa visit, I am super duper itchy.  It's adding to my depressed outlook on life right now as the spa is such a great "get away from it all".  I need to figure out what's causing the itching and correct it.  Not going to the spa is not the solution!   

4.  If I have time when I go into London tonight, I'm going to try to go get a glimpse of the display at the Tower of London (the torches).  I do think that NOTHING will ever beat the installation 3 years ago with the poppies.  I saw that a couple of times at different points.  That was just insane.  So gorgeous, so moving, so poignant.  No one can do a ceremony quite like the British!

5.  I have been teaching dance again this term and the plan was that we were doing it on a trial basis.  I think I am going to have to waive the white flag and say that it's not working on my end.  Had a good "life coaching" session with my pal at the spa the other night.  She asked the right questions to suss out why I'm not feeling it.  I think when it gets down to it, I'm not getting anything out of it.  I love dance (tap in particular) but as it's teeny tiny kids, it's not *really* dancing.  I enjoy the classes with the older kids the best, but even that is super repetitive and there are too many students and not enough to time "work on technique."  I feel guilty that it's not working out for me and that I'm going to pull the plug.  But it's the right choice for me and my family.  At least I know more about what I want to do in the dance world now - basically what I used to do.  Older kids (minimum age 8ish).  Only evening classes, not morning classes (which really don't exist here), and being allowed freedom of creativity.  I'm given the exact syllabus to follow now and while that sounds good, I have to spend tons of time learning someone else's choreography when they have no idea what my students need to be working on.  So, difficult conversation to follow with the owner of the franchise.

Hugs KF.. I know that feel...

RE the dancing, could you maybe try to pitch to one of the local dance studios an evening dance class?? OR could you look to gauge interest on the local FB pages and - if it's there - try to rent a space for you to teach? I know that's just adding more to your already heavy plate, but even if you don't do that now, perhaps it's something to consider in the future? I can TOTALLY appreciate not necessarily enjoying teaching dance to very young children.

You gave it a good shot KFDancer, but yeah, time to find a timeslot that works for you and you get to enjoy it too!

Wow, lots on for everyone this week!

WRS - AWESOME about the gym and your husband's race!
PB - can't wait to hear you have a lead on a new role.  And I do enjoy a gluten-filled night when not with my hubby.   
JF - woohoo guitar!
Jenny - how old is your frustrating one?
XoD - I hope you feel better soon!

Me:

1.  Life has just been INSANE lately.  I need to slow the F*** down.  And I've woken up just rather depressed today.  I need to make some tough decisions, I think.  I have so many things on my to do list, both at work and in life.  Just feel like I'm never making the progress needed.

2.  I go to the ballet tonight at the Royal Opera House.  I haven't been for a few years.  I splurged on a really fabulous seat.  But yet I am not motivated to go.  I really just want to go home and be with my family.  Seems to be a common "feel" on a Friday for me these days.   

3.  I went to the spa Wednesday night.  Sadly I've noticed a theme that in the days following a spa visit, I am super duper itchy.  It's adding to my depressed outlook on life right now as the spa is such a great "get away from it all".  I need to figure out what's causing the itching and correct it.  Not going to the spa is not the solution!   

4.  If I have time when I go into London tonight, I'm going to try to go get a glimpse of the display at the Tower of London (the torches).  I do think that NOTHING will ever beat the installation 3 years ago with the poppies.  I saw that a couple of times at different points.  That was just insane.  So gorgeous, so moving, so poignant.  No one can do a ceremony quite like the British!

5.  I have been teaching dance again this term and the plan was that we were doing it on a trial basis.  I think I am going to have to waive the white flag and say that it's not working on my end.  Had a good "life coaching" session with my pal at the spa the other night.  She asked the right questions to suss out why I'm not feeling it.  I think when it gets down to it, I'm not getting anything out of it.  I love dance (tap in particular) but as it's teeny tiny kids, it's not *really* dancing.  I enjoy the classes with the older kids the best, but even that is super repetitive and there are too many students and not enough to time "work on technique."  I feel guilty that it's not working out for me and that I'm going to pull the plug.  But it's the right choice for me and my family.  At least I know more about what I want to do in the dance world now - basically what I used to do.  Older kids (minimum age 8ish).  Only evening classes, not morning classes (which really don't exist here), and being allowed freedom of creativity.  I'm given the exact syllabus to follow now and while that sounds good, I have to spend tons of time learning someone else's choreography when they have no idea what my students need to be working on.  So, difficult conversation to follow with the owner of the franchise.

Kf, she is 3 years 5 months. Such a fun age ...... But also a challenging time. She had my fierce independence and sarcasm and daddy's uncontrollable stubbornness and mood swings. And she's a Gemini.......so it's really really unpredictable what mood she is going to be in, or how she will react to anything, even something she just asked for. She is now sitting on the sofa naked shouting at me to go away and as soon as I go to leave she cries and says 'no mummy I want cuddles' until I actually cuddle her, then it's ' go away you're doing my head in'

It's exhausting....almost wine time.....nearly time to go back to work Monday for a break

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Ah, she's checking to see how responsive and reliable the outside world is.... smart kiddo there.

1. Just having one of those weeks this week... tired, clumsy, feeling depressed, and can't be bothered to do anything (a lot of it is due to hormones). Tuesday night, I only got about 3.5 hours of sleep and had to be up for work at 5:30am... so I spent much of the evening exhausted and crying, before going to bed at 8:30pm (except I didn't even get to sleep until 10:30pm) .

2. Today was another frustrating day... didn't sleep that well again, then cancelled my spinning class because I woke up with a headache. In the afternoon, I drove into town to buy a window blind for my kitchen, but then realised I needed a drill too... got stuck in traffic on the way to B&Q, bought a drill, but then got home to find there were no drill bits included (but didn't have time to go back and buy some). Instead, I set about making dinner... and broke a bowl in the process !

3. Even after all that, my day isn't over... in a few minutes, I have to leave for a 12-hour night shift!

4. Earlier this week, I decided to splash out on one of the Lakeland Heated Airers. Was expecting it to take a few days to arrive, so I was surprised to get an update yesterday to say it was being delivered in a couple of hours... drove home from work on my lunch break because I didn't want it just sitting in my garden unattended all day, only to find it was just the cover that had been delivered and that the airer won't arrive until next week! I called them to check it was still coming, and apparently tons of people call about the two deliveries thing (since the site says it has already been delivered) - I just don't understand why they don't make it clear on the order details that there will be two deliveries and two tracking numbers, so that people are aware of it and don't get confused.

5. On a positive note, this time next week I will be in Germany for the weekend - yay!

1. Just having one of those weeks this week... tired, clumsy, feeling depressed, and can't be bothered to do anything (a lot of it is due to hormones). Tuesday night, I only got about 3.5 hours of sleep and had to be up for work at 5:30am... so I spent much of the evening exhausted and crying, before going to bed at 8:30pm (except I didn't even get to sleep until 10:30pm) .

2. Today was another frustrating day... didn't sleep that well again, then cancelled my spinning class because I woke up with a headache. In the afternoon, I drove into town to buy a window blind for my kitchen, but then realised I needed a drill too... got stuck in traffic on the way to B&Q, bought a drill, but then got home to find there were no drill bits included (but didn't have time to go back and buy some). Instead, I set about making dinner... and broke a bowl in the process !

3. Even after all that, my day isn't over... in a few minutes, I have to leave for a 12-hour night shift!

4. Earlier this week, I decided to splash out on one of the Lakeland Heated Airers. Was expecting it to take a few days to arrive, so I was surprised to get an update yesterday to say it was being delivered in a couple of hours... drove home from work on my lunch break because I didn't want it just sitting in my garden unattended all day, only to find it was just the cover that had been delivered and that the airer won't arrive until next week! I called them to check it was still coming, and apparently tons of people call about the two deliveries thing (since the site says it has already been delivered) - I just don't understand why they don't make it clear on the order details that there will be two deliveries and two tracking numbers, so that people are aware of it and don't get confused.

5. On a positive note, this time next week I will be in Germany for the weekend - yay!

I’m so sorry you’ve had a rubbish week but Germany next week-yay!

Wow, lots on for everyone this week!

WRS - AWESOME about the gym and your husband's race!
PB - can't wait to hear you have a lead on a new role.  And I do enjoy a gluten-filled night when not with my hubby.   
JF - woohoo guitar!
Jenny - how old is your frustrating one?
XoD - I hope you feel better soon!

Me:

1.  Life has just been INSANE lately.  I need to slow the F*** down.  And I've woken up just rather depressed today.  I need to make some tough decisions, I think.  I have so many things on my to do list, both at work and in life.  Just feel like I'm never making the progress needed.

Big hugs, hope everything goes ok. Think life seems to be getting all of us lately

I’m a little late .. but it’s still Friday eh?
1.) my little one got an award at school today, and because per usual they call at 4 pm the day before to tell us I didn’t get to go. OH did get out of work so that was nice.
2.) the whole office seemed to be in a Friday mood and the mood was so lively (change for once)
3.) on the topic of work- my two hour conference call with these lovely lovely customers is permanently rescheduled to Monday’s.  These calls ruined my Friday and often set my weekend off bad because it is nothing but an attack on us.  The calls have two directors, the head of public sector account manager, myself and a few other team leaders. Not sure why we signed this contract, but somehow I got dragged into the project and it’s been nothing but misery since I started it. These people are the type of people that if you make even the smallest of mistakes they are all over you and feel the need to bring it up for weeks in a row. I wish we never had these calls but not having them gateway into the weekend it great
4.) OH is away all weekend, which I hate. Sounds daft but I actually really miss him when he goes away. And we will have limited contact which meh
5.) I pinched my finger in the gate at school opening it tonight. It’s my upper finger and I’ve got a nice bump and bruise on it.

Ugh, ksand... I hope your trip next week makes up for everything piling on now.

And, eh, I know exactly how you feel.  Missing the other half isn't daft.

Happy Friday everyone!

I missed last Friday because Tapatalk crashed as I was typing my post and I couldn't be bothered to try again.  So I have a lot to catch up on, but I'll try to contain it to this-week-things.

1. I had my second driving lesson yesterday (my first one was 05/11).  My instructor seems to think I am doing pretty well and I was actually out on proper roads and roundabouts yesterday. Yikes! I am having to rebook a lot of my appointments due to work commitments/business need/etc. which means a long time in between driving lessons... so Dave and I will be setting up some learners insurance and possibly looking at cars this weekend so I can practice privately in the meantime.

2.  This has been the longest week ever at work.  It's always so terrible coming back after being ill (especially working a full week!) but I am plodding along.  Feeling much better now, but still hard of hearing due to congestion in my ears.

3.  My birthday is this Sunday and somehow I've let it sneak up on me without making any plans.  There's just been so much on my plate lately that I haven't even given it a thought!  I suspect I will be going into work this morning to find confetti and balloons all over my desk.  They are always so good about celebrating every last person's birthday in the office. (I also just realized I've not bought cakes.  Oops.  Monday it is! )

4.  One of my colleagues (female, a few years younger than me) has been having serious boyfriend problems the last couple of weeks.  Naturally, it all gets brought into work.  My heart is breaking for her because she and her boyfriend have just bought a house together which is due to be finished around Christmas-time and now he's playing up.  Scared, I expect.  And fair enough - it's a huge decision they've made! - but come on... Grow up.  My colleague and I are having a little impromptu girls day tomorrow in an attempt to get her thinking about something else.

5. Dave and I are going out to dinner with some friends tonight that we haven't seen in a while.  The pub menu looks good!  Really looking forward to it.

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Friday!!!!

1. Well, I still don't have my British passport, the wait continues. For those who did JCAP, did you still get a text from HMPO saying it was ok its way??

2. Taking tiny human to the Christmas lights switch on tongue in town

3. I finally, after about 6 months, had a good night, probably because of number 4

4. My job is finally looking better. My head of used to be my manager, and they informed me my job is drastically changing. That actually filled me with joy (I've been so miserable at work)Then commented and that it was nice to see me back to my bubbly self, it's amazing what one sentence can do to your mood

5 it's wine day!! So needed, but also a bit of celebration for the job front!!

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