Not the best weekend. Not for any specific reason, just one of those ‘it’s all a bit crappy’ few days.
My mum has been moved to another hospital 50 minutes away from me with opening hours restricted to school pick up times and kids’ supper/bed. Absolutely no use to me. Plus they’ve had norovirus which shut the ward for the first 3 days. So I can, in all honesty, only visit her at the weekend, which is not good for her or us.
Without being too cryptic, something I had set my heart on – something that would have changed everything for the better, has not come to fruition. So I felt sad about that and a bit lost as to what to do now. Carry on regardless I suppose.
My older daughter seems to have embraced being eight with not doing her homework or giving two hoots about her grades or behaviour. OK, she hasn’t gone completely off the rails (she is only 8), but those glimpses of future teen are getting more frequent and it makes we 
want to peek from behind my fingers to look at it.
On a positive note, I did reach my diet goal two weeks early, although last night’s chinese take-away (HAD to be done on Chinese new year – 新年好 by the way) and half a bottle of Beaujolais Villages has probably restored a few pounds. I was going to go for a long overdue run this morning, but we had some snow last night and I really don’t want to run in it, big wuss that I am.
So, on my one child-free morning of the week I plan to write some book reviews I need to submit, mark a whopping great pile of books and change all the beds. It’s a thrill a minute, isn’t it?
To end on a positive note, I did get some amazing bargains at John Lewis yesterday, I mean a cheeseboard £30 down to £4, metal hooks £12 down to 50p, biscuit cutters for 5p each and napkins for 25p. I do love a bargain! Especially from JL.
Cheer me up and join in with this week’s Monday Club….link up below.
Hi Sarah,
Sorry, I haven’t been very good at joining the Monday Club for a while… Trying to get back into posting more regularly and what better way than joining the lovely Monday Club :)
It does sound as if things are not great for you… Hearing about your mum makes me feel grateful that my parents are still well. I can’t think what I will do if they ever have to be hospitalised with me being on the other side of the Channel…!
I’m so with you on the coming of teenage years ! My 8 years old is still very much a little girl (so far!) but the 10 years old is definitely more ‘teenagy’ and I can see that hormones are starting to play up, not good!
Hope things improve for you :) Soory again for not being around much and thank you so much for hosting. xxxx
Sorry to hear about your Mum being moved further away. It’s rubbish. The JL bargains would have cheered me up too. They sound fabulous. Must say, I’ve never been in and found anything that dramatically reduced before. You obviously picked a good day to go shopping!
i feel exactly the same way about this year..
Great news on your diet goal..mine just keeps falling by the wayside in favour of cake… *sigh*
My 8 year old also has a bit of a tween attitude right now..we have re-instated sticker charts for goodness sake!!
So sorry to hear about your crappy weekend :( What a pain that your Mum has been moved. If it’s an consolation, I have two of those girlie pre-teen monsters at home! I have added a post about my parenting fail this morning :(
Sorry to hear that the last few days have been pants – especially the news about your mum – doesn’t help that we are stuck in grey, dreary February. I hope the feeling passes soon – never nice to be caught in it though. Some great bargains you have there though! X.
I’m sorry you’ve had a crappy weekend Sarah. sometimes everything just seems to hit at once…..but very well done on reaching your diet goal AND on the JL bargains-I’m well impressed. Take care, sweetie xxx
Sorry you’ve had a crap time of it of late; I’m sure there will be good times around the corner though. That’s what I keep telling myself anyway! Hopefully those bargains you nabbed are little hints of better news all round. :-)
I’m so sorry to read what you’d set your heart on didn’t come off – and that’s not good news about your mum. More wine? ;) xx