writing
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Sunday evening It’s Sunday evening and I’m sitting here watching Wicked in preparation for the new one coming out in a couple of weeks. Summer (and I) are very excited and we’ve spent part of the weekend decorating our house on Roblox in our given characters of Glinda and Elphaba. River, after fifteen minutes of… Read more
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Sunday Night: The Start of the Spiral Sunday night didn’t quite go to plan. The kids went to bed without too much fuss. Kike and I even went to bed at a reasonable time but I didn’t sleep well. Around 3am, Summer began coughing. We checked on her but she was fast asleep. I tried… Read more
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Thursday Evening: The Turning Point It’s Sunday, the end of the October half-term and I’m sure you’ll all be pleased to hear, it got better. On Thursday evening, two things happened.First, I messaged my friend who I met on holiday. She told me to try, however hard, to be positive. Her son can pick up… Read more
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Wednesday Morning: The Crash 6.30 a.m. came round quickly this morning.I know I said my positivity was low but I didn’t think I would crash this fast. It’s 1.30 p.m. and I’ve been crying for over an hour. I’ve gone back to bed and I don’t want to come out.River is watching endless YouTube and… Read more
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Sunday: A Little Freedom Two days into half-term and I’m already tired, not sure how much more I can take. The weekend went well though, largely because I took myself to the cinema on my own, one of my favourite things to do.I sat right at the back, arms buried in my big coat, beanie… Read more
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Early Morning Thoughts It’s Saturday morning, 8.30 a.m. and I’m cooking croissants and cutting up strawberries for weekend breakfast. I’m feeling pretty good because it’s Half-Term.Look how far I’ve come. This Autumn Term has been a long eight weeks.I’m not interested in people who complain about teachers and their time off; if it bothers you… Read more
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Sunday Morning Another week comes to an end and I was trying to think about what to write about. A story came onto my feed but I didn’t want to start with that so I thought I’d do a typical Sunday in our household. I wake up at 6.45am to the blissful tones of “MUMMY!… Read more
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The Refund Battle What a week, it felt long and heavy. After the phone call about the EHCP being refused by the school, I spent the rest of the week unable to shake off the tiredness. This was not helped by the sporting company being very hard to deal with when it came to getting… Read more
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A Family of Sport Yesterday, we tried something new. We really want River to be able to enjoy and join in with sports. Kike has been an athlete all of his life, always being in teams, gaining a basketball scholarship, finding a love of jiu-jitsu and now obviously owning his CrossFit gym. Believe it or… Read more
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A Parenting Fail (Or Was It?) So just a quick one tonight. I wasn’t planning on writing anything as it’s been a long week and honestly I’m very tired. But today I did a classic parenting fail and thought I should reflect on it. Summer’s Cultural Day At my daughter’s school they had a Cultural… Read more
50 days of River 