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Pip likes the result. Yay! They are blue; I am pink; dh is practically bald and very reluctant to let us touch his hair...

Managed to upset neighbour by asking them not to shout for their cat after 10pm as pip was trying to sleep. I also said that when they are shouting in their garden, we can hear everything (terraced houses). She walked off, saying she was going so as not to get in a huff with me. Sigh.

Tomorrow is another day

greent

I think I'm going to play with colour whilst I have short hair (when more of it has grown!) - I'm liking the idea of purple to start with (which often fades to pink, I believe) - it's not really approved of at school - but I'd like to see SLT try and quibble too much! 😉 

Hope today is going OK.... (or preferably going well 🤞) x

f0xh0les

You still rock @apple_muncher

apple_muncher

Neighbour was out today. Yay! And last night, their kids were trying to force the cat in/locate their cat at about 9.20. She was only shouting from the bathroom window, using the usual awful language. but at least it was earlier...

My best friend is coming over form Spain in Aug, with her kids, and staying with her mum up North. So I've booked accommodation in Tynemouth that allows for dh to come along too if he wants to. HOWEVER, when I then looked at train tickets (really to see if we could apply 2 railcards - f+f one plus dh's old man railcard, which he bought recently - thank you T0sc0 vouchers), I discovered that there are rail strikes on the day we need to travel. Sigh. The accommodation isn't available the day before, so that's not an option. Me, I'd stay elsewhere for the night, but pip won't really cope with that. Though maybe they will...??? After my Manchester experience, I'm tempted to travel up 2 days earlier... Or we could drive - ugh.

Some marking has been done - 12 in total. I was unable to mark the Polish one that was uploaded And there are other issues too. It's always the final centre that is the pickle!!!!!

My back continues to ease up. I did manage some exercise this morning, at home.

My weight continues to flow steadily upwards. I wondered if I could blame the sertraline but websites say conflicting things about whether is cause weight gain or suppresses appetite!! I'm just greedy and moving a huge amount less now that I'm not at work.

Ah yes, work. That elephant in the room. Dh reckons I should wait a week for a response. Cos either the head will do something about it or will try to ignore me...

apple_muncher

Greent - go for the dye! B00ts do bottles of ready made stuff that is semi permanent (2-50 washes!) and how much it takes depends on your hair and how long you leave it on. I can vouch that it takes very well on grey hair...!

f0xh0les - many thanks

peb

Sending hugs re Bloombing train strike.  I don't know where you are but Tynemouth is easy on the A19 rather than the A1 if you are coming from South.  I've not phrased that well. Otherwise if pip could cope with two accommodations the metro from Tynemouth goes to Whitley bay which is another option?

Fingers crossed for a solution 

apple_muncher

Aww, Thank peb. We have driven it before. Once. And once only! 7 hours. Ugh. The train may take about the same time, door to door, but someone else is doing all the thinking!

I've found somewhere else, for an extra 2 nights (and dh was v gallant and did the cancelling and booking again). It is 2.5 miles from  where my friend will be staying, but there was nowt nearer! We're pretty near the metro, so that should be fine.

Went to the gym today and enquired about the Junior gym. Found out that pip can come with me during the hols at no extra cost. So pleased. It's only for my centre, and isn't on the (rubbish) website, so asking was the only way I'd've found out. Go me! Now, actually getting pip to come along is a whole different matter... But they're also offering a free badminton drop in on one day too, a sport pip likes.

More marking completed and marks sent away into the ether. 23 more to go. Then the report paperwork. Must all be done by Friday, so no more procrastinating for me.

We were going to go to Lunnon town tomorrow but the pesky trains have put a stop to that. Literally!!!

apple_muncher

Pip got up and came to the gym with me this morning. And probably overdid it! They did their dance stretches, building up to doing the splits (ouch), then a few other things I showed them. I did a pure legs bodyweight workout and had jelly legs after, which shows it was worth it.

And this afternoon, they went to a youth café at another church, where some friends go, and had a great time, but I think tomorrow will be a write off after all of today's socialising.

While pip café-d, I popped to the 2 charity shops and came back with: a chestnut brown cardi for work (assuming I go back!!!), a l/s purple exercise top, a white tee for pip to use for tie-dye next week, 2 annuals form the 80s (Cor! and Krazy!) a coffee pot (dh regularly breaks any we have) and a barbell and dumbbell with some weights. All for about £20. Happy with it all.

Humdinger1

You need and deserve summer hols @apple_muncher as do all teachers but I must admit, I'm on tenterhooks for news from The Trunchbull and governors...

apple_muncher

Keep breathing, Humdinger, no response yet. Total radio silence.

I'm planning on preparing another email to send on Monday morning, ie August 1st, to both the head and the chair. I'm getting quite nervous/anxious about it, so need to do it today and get in on 'paper'.

In other news, just 3 more to mark (and associated paperwork, of course...).