Happy Monday!

Last week was the first week that I felt that it might actually be summer. My week was pretty run of the mill, I did two days in the office, I have the house a bit more under control, I stayed on top of the laundry AND the ironing!

There was good news this week about my new responsibilities at work and my rent isn’t going up as much as I expected. I’m relieved. I’m feel very lucky, yes I’ve worked hard to get money sorted but the rent is the thing I can’t control, but I do think I’m reaping the reward of being reasonable at the beginning of the year (and a good tenant for the last 14 years!).

I can’t believe it’s been 14 years but here we are. I moved in the July before the eldest nephew and youngest godchild were born and those children are bona fide teenagers now and at least one of them is taller than me!

So the sunshine and some organisation at home are really helping my mood.

The weekend was pretty standard, we had a good day on the plot and because Saturday was World Gin Day, Ma stayed the night for martini drinking.

On Sunday, we were up early (without hangovers) and Ma went home on the 7:47 bus, I went to the allotment to open the polytunnel and ending up doing a happy hour of weeding. I then came home, did some housework, did some shopping and some food prep for the week. There was also the chance to do the 65 bus route on a vintage bus, I passed (so much of my life has been spent on that bus, I wasn’t going to do it for ‘fun’).

It was an extremely (by my standards) Sunday.

This week is going to be busy at work, I’m going to Southampton tomorrow for a team training day and they involve a 5am start and me being busy all day making sure that the team has everything they need and are fed! Then I have Friday off to see Christelle and maybe work on the plot. Because on Saturday, we’re up in Shefford for Laura’s 40th birthday party – I think she’s only 3 years late, but it’ll be a really good night!

In fact this week kicks off three weekends of me having to be nice to people (or just around them), the week after I’m going to a 60th birthday party and the first weekend of the July is the allotment open day.

Summer is a busy time!

Have a good week!