It's bloomin' hot today. Small person, exhausted from a weekend of cub camp and a late night trip to the Hindu Mandir is on full volume. He had to do a presentation on Friday, he tells me that he "did eye contact, straight back and level 3 voice". I think we are hearing level 5 at home. Too tired to cook we went out for dinner and he ordered Pepsi. We are paying for that now.
So since I last blogged I have weeded and planted my 1200 sq ft allotment; worked for free for 20 hours each week...sadly not voluntary work although I may do some of that this weekend as the foodbank team are planting up a new garden along side mine. Small person has settled into his extra lessons after school with medium wailing. He continues to moan about what he does not have and not see what he does have, but he is only 7 and at that age things are very black and white. He does have super sweet moments...at cub camp a "Harry potter man" gave the Cubs some powder that the threw into the flames after speaking a gratitude. Small person was thankful for all of the new friends that he has made. On a school trip today to an Art gallery he told the teacher that "my mom is an artist".
Last week as I was walking to the shops some youths in a jacked up car sped up the road like they were in a computer game, almost mounting the pavement. I told small person about it and that they had laughed at me as I got well away. They were clearly stoned, but I didn't tell small person that part. Small person tells me " they laughed at you because you are fat". Really? "Yes, you do no exercise, you never work out, you sit on the phone all day"... Mummy's little angel!
So in the weeks ahead we hope to get our visa approved as it runs out in 4 days #immigrants. We have another trip planned to the water park; school breaks up in 4 weeks; we cruise to Alaska in 5 weeks. I have to go to the gym; negotiate my way out of excess work hours; have a spa day and go into the office to gain access to the shared drive, and to participate in a community service knitting bee... Weird world.
I have set myself some goals...that I will be back to part time hours by September, having relinquished some of my work; I will also be a stone lighter at least and will have bought a car #freedom. Oh, and I want a printing press!
