Do you ever get to the end of the week and wonder where it went? I cannot believe it’s Friday already. One minute I’m trying to keep up with what needs doing then BANG, the weekend is here. It’s no rest for us though is it?

This mum lark wasn’t easy to start with and it seems to be getting more and more difficult. What with keeping up with the day to day of all the ‘admin’, I am officially now a school mum!

I hope that he loves going to school, I’m sure he does but he doesn’t let on. This morning he insisted that he doesn’t need to go to school. “So what would you do if you didn’t go to school then?” I asked him (BIG mistake!) “I would stay home with mummy and play all day.” Now how do I break it to him that I don’t enjoy putting Lego together, or running around with superpowers? Apparently he’s laser-boy and I’m golden-girl. And before you ask, I can turn anything into gold. NOT to be mistaken for a retired lady who lives in Miami!

Time to myself aka ‘me time’

I’m taking a moment of my ‘me‘ time to blog, because in all honestly I have really missed it. It is lovely doing guest posts for other blogs, however I like writing my own stuff.

We all need a hobby. This is a regular conversation with my mum lately because she also feels that I need time to myself. My mum, who in all her years of parenting did not stop working. The thought of her having a hobby at that time would make her laugh I’m sure.

This is my therapy.

Topics of conversation

Is anyone else finding the topics of conversation funny at the moment? A few months back I would laugh at our ‘Biritish’ conversations abou the weather. Now everyone is asking “have you had your vaccine yet?” Or even “very strange times,” and “can’t believe how quiet it is!”

Spiders

Whether you do or you don’t like them, they’re all lingering in the corners of window and door frames. I used to hate them, but being a mum made me realise that I can’t show fear. I don’t want William to be afraid of them. So I got over it. However the other night there was one the size of my hand, in the bath. I could see it’s eyes and it didn’t look impressed. I was not impressed. I could sense we were about to have a stand off.

Eventually after biting into a towel so I didn’t make too much noise I got the shower head . I turned on the shower and flushed him down the plug hole. He was gone. But wait, what is that sticking up? Then in a matter of seconds he had pulled himself back up into the bath!

It took me quite a while to get over that one.

September

This time of year is quite a controversial one. I’m saying this because it depends on whether you’re a parent or not. Most parents are singing and rejoicing that their off-springs have gone back to school. My best friend told me she would feel sad when the children went back to school because she missed them. Her children must’ve been angels.

However, we are now embracing September as an opportunity to watch him blossom. Yes, he has now started Reception Year at the local school. They had a staggered entry of attending every other day, but today is the first ‘full time’ day. I know It has been hard work BUT we are so proud of him.

He soaks up information quicker than a Minkey cloth and next week he will be FIVE! My little 28 weeker IVF preemie baby is going to be five years old. He will be having his first ‘soft-play-party’ with his friends next Saturday and I know he’s already excited about it.

Work

Many people have been returning to work lately. Where I work students will be returning and starting as freshers with us in the next few weeks. I went back for one day a couple of weeks ago. That was quite an event for me being the first one since lockdown.

Blogging

My confidence took a sudden dip when I realised how huge the blogging world was now. These past few months I’ve tried to rebrand and update my blog. It’s the most time consuming thing I’ve had to do. I did have moments when I lay in bed worrying if it was all a waste of time. Then my best friend reminded me why I was doing it.

It still needs some work and adjustment but I am hoping that I can progress with it. 2022 will be the year that I professionalise this website and start my next book. I am still trying to work out which direction to go in with my blog but I’ve got time!

Let’s be optimistic!