Keeping fit and the work-life balance
I absolutely love working at home. I like being my own boss and having the freedom to manage my own time. I can start work at 5.30am if I like or I can work at 11pm if I want (I don’t, I’m an early bird rather than a night owl). But, best of all, I like being able to take my kids to school every day and pick them up. I like to be able to go to sports days, assemblies and school concerts without booking leave or panicking...
Grammar school test – ups and downs
It’s just a few weeks until my daughter sits her grammar school entrance exam/ 11+/ whatever you want to call it. I suspect I’ve written about it less than I did for my son, who sat it two years ago. It’s no less important than it was for my son but, like many things in the parenting journey, there’s an element of having been there before, so it doesn’t feel like I need to write about it so much. But of...
Farewell Daisy
Yesterday evening we came home from a lovely birthday meal for my mum and I sadly found our lovely guinea pig, Daisy, had unexpectedly died. It had been an enjoyable meal, which had been marred by a rare argument between my younger two kids. They were so upset with each other that they insisted on travelling home separately. When we got home, my daughter went straight upstairs to her bed, in tears. My eldest went straight outside to...
Project 366 Week 34
I can’t believe it’s nearly the end of August and that the end of the school holidays is coming round so fast! I’m not sure I’m ready for autumn just yet. After our lovely holiday in Padstow and a couple of relaxing weeks, I was back to working hard this week, while the kids mainly did their own thing. There was plenty of Pokemon Go hunting as usual. Here’s our week in pictures… Day 234 –...
