Got home from the Lakes and had already put away me stuff, mowed the lawns and did the washing before Jamie and the kids got home from church, all because subconsciously I felt nervous about tomorrow.
I threw some darts hitting a couple of ton eighties and drank a couple of beers which relaxed me but bed and sleep was what I needed so thatI could just get the first day over with….
Spent the day in lovely spring sunshine walking in the Lakes
Reagan is changing in so many ways but the teenager aspect of the whole thing is infuriating the entitlement and lack of respect is beyond tolerable!
No matter what you ask her to do, she never just does it she always says I’ll do it in a minute…then never does until you get mad at her but by then you’ve asked her nicely 2 or 3 times and it still hadn’t been done.
If it benefits her she doesn’t need asking she’ll go above and beyond with chores and cleaning but then gets pissed at anyone who messes up all the work she’s done , but if you point out the fact that it’s how we feel when we clean and she makes a mug cookie at 9:30 and leaves the kitchen in a mess and expect us to politely ignore it and clean the kitchen again
Rant over but I could go on….
Did nowt today, I should have done but chose to walk with Jamie to the doctors at 07:30 and go and see me dad until 1pm and then I wasted the rest of the day.
It’s 10pm and my phone has not rung once…
After 13 years working for the Willows Veterinary Group and for the most part I have loved it, referring to it regularly as the best job I have ever had, but all good things come to an end they say and today was time. It had been coming for months when I knew I was no longer enjoying going to work and never feeling appreciated by those who employed me, so when an opportunity arose to go and work for the company I used to work for I felt I needed to take it
If I didn’t feel appreciated by my employers that could not have been further from the feelings the staff around the group have shown me since I announced I was leaving from emails wishing me well and thanks for helping so efficiently to handwritten cards and letters saying the same thing.
Jamie arrived home from working in London and I went to pick her up frome Crewe Station as always and it always makes me smile when I see her even though as I sat at home 30 minutes previous I was feeling really poorly and fell asleep on the chair in the kitchen and all I wanted to do is go to bed.
We drove home ordered takeout on the way and picked it up before going home. She had mentioned that a package should have arrived while she was away and I said there was a pile of packages but she said one of them was my birthday present…!
Wow just wow when she handed it to me and I ripped the bag open I immediately knew what it was and that I would have designed EXACTLY the same jersey if I had bought it myself, and a smile broke on my face that was involuntary it was there because I was REALLY happy!
With Reagans mate coming over for a sleepover I asked Jamie if she wanted to go out for a drink allowing the girls to have the living room and we get a bit of time alone Out Out.
She jumped at the chance but realised Lincoln had been left out of the plan, but when he said he’d be fine, she was in the shower make up on and waiting by yhe door party ready
It’s always great to get to 5pm on a Friday after a work week, and it is made even better now that the clocks have changed and the sun has been out all day. Jamie has committed to getting more steps every day, so she has started coming with me and Billy each night on my go-to walk around Middlewich that I do every morning.
On a Friday, we divert near the end of our walk and call at the Kings Lock for a pint as an end of week reward. It’s something to look forward to, and this week, we were able to sit outside for the first time, too. Reagan and Lincoln joined us at the pub, and we decided on a Chippy tea afterwards, making it a perfect end to our week!
My Fridays will change beyond this one being my last at the Willows, so making the most of every WFH day is important because I’m not sure when my next will be….?
Not to the point of giving up again, yet but a bottle of cider each night this week even yesterday on me birthday?
It’s wierd I want a nice beer (cider actually) to relax and maybe throw some darts but then I’m done….very strange!
A normal morning for a birthday because I had to work so when I left I didn’t bother opening the cards sat on kitchen table preferring to wait until everyone was with me. Work was OK although things are really starting to change and it was wierd to hear the truth coming out about what has been going on even though I knew it was…!
When I got home I was locked out of the blooming house, what a great birthday so far, but luckily for me I’d called at Lidl on the way home and me shed doesn’t need a key so it was cider, darts and some music while I waited.
Reagan appeared first and told me I had to wait before I could go into the house which confused me a tad because that’s what I was doing before she told me? As I entered the kitchen once instructed there was cake presents and the cards from earlier. Tea was gammon egg and chips (obvs) after opening my gifts I felt very spoiled.
I love my family and wouldn’t have wanted to be anywhere else than with them on my birthday.
