2026
After enrolling at South Cheshire on Thursday she was officially accepted today as a college student on Education and Early Years – T Level – Programme Aim – At Crewe Campus
I am absolutely certain she has made the right choice and, I am even more certain if that’s possible, she will smash the next two years
Death stupid death, who made up that rule?
Why does this have to end, I love my life and someone back in the day decided that everyone has to die?
A year ago Auntie Karen left us…WHY?
I hope I don’t die before I get old!
When you you’re a parent you are on a journey from king of the hill to dirt under the finger nail and although I am not at that point yet, my teenagers do “ugh” already if I try to impart any kind of philosophy unless I actually come up with something that can not be questioned…
Reagan wants to be a teacher and not achieving enough 5’s to get into Sir John Deans which was her plan to achieve her goal, she could not how being a teacher was now possible. It just highlights why a 16 year old needs parents to guide them even if they think they know everything!
Now I am normally happy to allow mom who is trained in counselling and always able to talk to anyone without the ability to
All I said was:
Reagan, when we walked up Snowdon we took the Llanberis path and made it to the top, but on the same day hundreds of people made it to the same place that we did but took many different routes! We all achieved the same thing but we all did it in different ways…
A light came on in her which I am proud to say I helped to turn on!
Even Lincoln who was listening said ‘wow!’
We were invited to Annette Coe’s 60th birthday party quite a while ago but as I said the her when she asked if we were coming I am not sure because Hungary may be a lot to get over so I will play it by ear which she accepted.
Cut to today and Jamie was already back to work so we decided we would go to the party this evening and I would drive.
The party was great lots of people we knew and music to dance to, Jamie not me! The drinks were very expensive so it was only right we left to stock up on wine from the local shop and bring it back in a party bag to avoid needing a second mortgage tomorrow.
We got home drunk and sweaty, Jamie not me, but it was a REALLY good night we had a great time and had nothing to do tomorrow so a lie in was only right
Big day for Reagan picking up her GCSE results along with all her mates and year 11 colleagets but it was hers her mom and me were so proud of passing everyone including French
She was upset that she didn’t quite achieve an automatic qualification to go to Sir John Deans her first choice but later she learned only 2 of 40+ friends achieved enough which cushioned the blow.
To her credit though she pivoted really well once the initial shock had worn off, she sat with her mom and applied for a place at South Cheshire College and booked an enrolment slot for later on today. They got an application in to all 3 of Middlewich’s primary schools for her placement and made sure if the first choice door closes she is sorted, and I think she is!
We went to Crewe to enrol and it was a really efficient and we talked to all the required people to get her in and that included free travel to and from the college every day.
We are so immensely proud of all the hard work she put in to get here and to celebrate we all went for a meal at Miller & Carter where we anounced that Grandma had gifted both children a plane ticket to accompany Jamie to America in October which they both were sooo excited to learn so the meal was a really happy couple of hours for everyone!
WELL DONE REAGAN YOU MAKE US PROUD EVERY DAY NOT JUST TODAY!
It didn’t take long for the honeymoon period to come to an end, in fact it was in the car on the way home from the airport. Really pleased to see everyone home safe and sound but come on let’s get in the car and you home but there was the obligatory long goodbyes the arrivals lounge before we could get to the car park and pay to leave.
As Jamie started to tell me about the trip both Reagan and Lincoln sat in the back saying the were tired and hungry as they stared at their phones, I just listened to what they got up to. From the backseat Reagan first corrected her mom’s pronunciation of a Hungarian village they visited followed by how many times they were served Goulash then the assessment of the trip apparently wasn’t right, and it was just constant all the way home
I just said
Were you two on the same trip
Teenagers apparently know it all and are always right?
On my own with my thoughts is somewhere I don’t find myself very often and I am glad about that because my mood depends on stimulation from others, whoever that maybe.
Since dropping my family off at the airport on Friday the only real sustained human interaction I have had is going to see me mum on Sunday morning and Karl was there too. Apart from that chats with fellow dog walkers and a couple of video chats with Jamie its been me and my thoughts.
My mood today was low and I struggled to motivate myself to do anything but Billy needed walking so that got me up and once I was I went to get some wood from Duttons to see if I could finish the shed on wheels which would fill my day and mind, it did work for a while I even had a little win too. (I bought 30 metres of cladding, which I took with me and a sheet plywood to be delivered. Mid afternoon a lorry turned up with the plywood and 30 metres of cladding…I didn’t bother mentioning that was a mistake)
After packing up and going inside at 19:30 was again time on my own and the negative thoughts were swirling around ridiculous things that chip away at me frustratingly. A hot bath and YouTube took me away for a while before bed but I do need people and company and makes me miss my family filling the house with constant distractions!
They’ll return from Hungary tomorrow with their washing mess and chaos which will no doubt annoy me quite quickly lol but I can’t wait because they are the reason I am so happy every day!
Just went to pay the 2 drop-off charges from Friday only to be told that the deadline for payment is midnight the day after dropping off, and if you miss it you get fined £100 that can be reduced to £60 if paid promptly…
To say I am pissed off is an understatement that will be £60 per visit
BASTARD!
A similar day planned but I walked up to see me Mum first a brew and a kit kat sat outside to start my Sunday!
Spent the rest of the day progressing the garden shed on wheels so I can store the mower and all the gardening tools in it freeing up the bottom shed
With no one here but me I spent the day building shelves in Moms shed to create more storage space in there. I also emptied the bottom shed which ultimately Lincoln wants to use forca drum kit but I added some shelving in there too to create more storage space