Back on Track–a brief update!

So much has been going on recently, just a succinct recap on here I think…

Football season for Jack has finished, won the league and the cup, went to Butlins and that was okay, they came runners on on penalties, didn’t concede all weekend.

Lewis was home for a bit and did a skipping session at Lilleshall same as last year and enjoyed it. All is good for him at the minute and he’s working through exams currently.

Likewise with Charlotte, she’s got her A-Levels and it’s going okay, she’s working so hard and doing loads of revision, definitely deserves high scores with the work she’s putting in. She’s officially with Miles, as far as she allows ‘official’ to be stated, he’s still not classed a ‘boyfriend’!!

Tash has taken up yoga!

I’m not doing very well with my bike exercise sadly, getting out once a week if I am lucky! Not good enough, need to get on it better, I know but I allow work and other reasons to get in the way…as usual! Work is fine, lost my contract with Lifetime which is a real shame, but really busy throughout the month of June, every day is booked – madness!

Talking of madness, we’ve got tickets to go down to Brighton in December to see them play, looking forward to that for certain, going with Nikki and Gaz

Charlotte delivery confusion

Charlotte ordered something off the internet the other day and when she got home from school there was the ‘sorry we missed you’ message and it advised that the package was at Karl’s shop. It’s a new process but that’s it now

So she took the notice and went round to Karl’s and queued up and then said to Karl,

“Hi, I’ve got a package waiting here for me, is it okay to pick it up?”

“Yes of course” he replied, “Address?”

“No it’s a grey jacket with black down the sides!”

….silence…..”Bless!”

Fair play to Charlotte, she told us about it and was laughing her head off!!

Cool Dad

Jack made me smile at the weekend, I was driving him back from the Chinnor 6-a-side tournament where they’d come runners-up in and we had the music absolutely blaring and he looked at me and said, ‘You’re a cool Dad!’, I asked if he was being sarcastic and he replied,

“No, you’re just sat there one hand driving, driving fast, shades on, music blaring and you know all the words to Tinie Temper and Swedish House Mafia! What other Dad does that??”

So I was quite proud of that!!

Not sure if i should be proud or if that’s a bit sad…I’m going for proud!!

General Catch up on all things!

Haven’t done the diary for a long time and I’ve allowed myself to get side-tracked by TV and catching up with all the things I’ve had series-linked like Elementary, Banshee, Game of Thrones & Nikita! It’s just too much, ridiculous and I feel I need to watch it. To be fair, they’re all programmes I really love!

I’m travelling down to Rochester today for the second time in two weeks, this time to train EduKent on Data Mining, but should be fun. EdCo doesn’t change at all, the office is exactly the same, different faces and layout but still the chaos around everything. I like going down there and catching up with people but I am so happy with how things have panned out for me now and I’m happy with what I am doing. Funny how it’s worked out, could never have imagined it would have been such a success for all parties when i lost my job.

In saying that, I still have to deal with Lifecycle not sorting out my contract with them to stay involved. Hopefully this will be resolved. Busy with EdCo, Peters and Raintree though so there’s plenty of work to keep me tied up and going.

How long it will last we don’t know!

Fitness-wise, not good at all!. Cycling has dropped off the radar – only 6 weeks until the cycle challenge – I’m really nervous about it now. I am nowhere near fit enough to do this and will let myself and my mates down as it stands. I have to get out on the road and get the hours under my belt!

Next 6 weeks – eat properly and get fitter than the state I am in now – which is fat and slow! Not good! Round is not a shape!

Lewis has been down, he’s done skipping at Lilleshall again and it was lovely to see him of course. He’s gone back this morning on the Big Bus – decent service and cheap. He’s doing well.

Charlotte’s doing her mocks and she’s working so hard. I really hope she does well as she’s very conscientious and is putting in so much effort. She finds it harder than Lewis but she definitely deserves success which I hope she gets and it will boost her confidence in what she CAN do. Her attitude and work ethic is impressive, she’s always got her head in a book or down at the library – so much more than what Lewis did/does!

Got her driving test in two weeks time, she should pass as she’d definitely ready. She should have passed the first one but some weird excuse stopped that happening. Very frustrating.

Jack’s had his success with football, Horspath won the league and it’s their last game tomorrow so hopefully I will get back in time to watch that. They won the cup and it’s a strange atmosphere there. They’re funny buggers as there is little team-spirit and a lack of celebrations taking place, it’s like it’s a chore and they expect to win all the time. A bit sad really as they should be celebrating and making the most of these successes. Hopefully I will be able to get involved and change that attitude. We will see!

I want to get involved and look forward to next season