Well the last 111 days [since I last posted] have been a mixed bag of interesting, eventful and utterly boring.
I submitted my final assignment and that was marked, slightly lower than the assignment before but in my defence I was trying to do those assignments at the height of a pandemic with three young children at home! Anyway. I did enough to pass that assignment which, in this instance is all I could hope for.
HP sorted out their ink issues. With everyone working from home, buying printers and needing ink they just had a little delay, a bit like the supermarkets with their bog roll and flour. I laugh at this now but the no flour and tissue situation was pretty unsettling. I have lots of ink now. Not that we have a Twinkl subscription though, the free access all areas ran out in June/July when some of the schools could reopen to some year groups.
Harry could’ve gone back to school at that time as he was in one of the “allowed” years but he didn’t because we worried for Gemma’s safety as she was diagnosed with asthma at the start of lockdown. The asthma nurse has since ensured us that it would’ve been fine. However, by the time we had that reassurance the school were at their new level of capacity. Hey ho, home for all of us.
So the bookcase needs emptying and sorting properly… it has become a dumping ground again! But a productive one.
My final module results came back! I passed the module! I’m free to start my final module for my degree. So I have enrolled and got my stationary ready, hence the bookshelf becoming a dumping ground, for October start!
The NEXT tele unit was a steal. Absolutely love it! It is perfect, and less dusty haha.
We celebrated Megan’s first birthday. What a strange day it was. I made her a special rainbow cake and we allowed my mum and dad to visit for the first time since lockdown began. We are usually pretty close so it was strange to have to be so distant. The children cuddled them and I think that was a massive highlight for both the children and my parents as this pandemic has got to us all in some way or another.

The football was allowed to restart. Boy did West Ham come back good, well Antonio did. Our little household were quite excited about the restart and watched in their claret & blue! COYI. Managing to do enough stay up in the Premier League and avoid relegation. 
Harry & Kye we’re allowed to go back to football training and now Kye is allowed to play matches again. It is good to have their footy routine back but it was nice to have them home whilst it lasted. Life was much less hectic and more perfect without football. In fact I actually really enjoyed their company without football! 
Harry, collecting his player medal for 2019/20 season with Little Diamonds.

Megan, since lockdown began in March has learned so much. She is really bouncing off Gemma and Harry so much. Picking things up, doing more, engaging, she’s a right cheeky little so n so though. Megan has a regular sleep pattern, which only is disrupted by the inconsiderate heat and humidity of our summer, or teething. So that’s been a massive hurdle to final be over. Sleeping between 10-12hrs a night is a massive relief for me. I was beginning to crack. Megan is also eating and drinking really well now so in turn she has grown too, which is absolutely fabulous! Although it does mean some of the super cute outfits no longer fit. Including her West Ham kit.
We have now had a Chinese meal from our favourite Chinese take away ok so maybe two or three times. But it has satisfied the need haha. We have also been out to eat three times too. Which is a strange experience now with the new measures in place. Eating in a pub, having to fill out track and trace information prior to being seated, table service in a pub garden – it’s all alien! Sanitiser, one way, masks/face coverings, social distancing…
Kye and Harry let me cut their hair for them, and I even gave myself a trim. Luckily a couple weeks ago me and Gemma were able to get booked in at our salon for a well over due hair cut! We had loads off too – maybe a bit too much. But it was needed. Kye was happy to return to the Turkish Barbers for his skin fade and hot towel massage thingy. 

We have been able to see my parents, we even cycled there. They live at the higher part of the valley that we live right in the bottom of. That was fun. Uphill all the way there. Ate far too much. Then cycled home, downhill in the rain! Haha. It was so much fun on the way back, got mud everywhere.
It’s been quite fun during lockdown in our own bubble with everything closed. Gemma and Harry have learned to ride their bikes. 
