Apple muncher's number crunching

apple_muncher

Lunch was yummy, thanks. We walked there, it's just over a mile. But caught the bus back, so save my aching foot.

Today I have mostly been mermaiding. Pip is doing a mermaid inspired final art piece and needed some underwater pictures. So I talked the the gym people on Friday and they went above and beyond today, giving us a generous lane to use. I'd expected us to finish in 20 mins. Nope! It took us an hour. Pip is happy with the shots and dh has down and uploaded them. Both Pip and I are all worn out!

Tomorrow:

.pip to school

.aldee shop cos it's nearest

.Dr follow up appointment

.gym

.collect vintd parcel

.wash swim stuff (I'd already done 2 washes before we went and there were no spare spaces anywhere for anything else)

.whatever else I find to do

apple_muncher

And did I do my list? Indeed I did.

.pip to school But he forgot his English bag so I dropped that off later

.aldee shop cos it's nearest And dh needed the car once I was home

.Dr follow up appointment Have doubled my happy pill prescription - just been feeling meh for a while, and listless

.gym A good ol' sesh

.collect vintd parcel My new exercise journal!

.wash swim stuff (I'd already done 2 washes before we went and there were no spare spaces anywhere for anything else) Added in pip's jacket (the one that had got oil paints on it and which dh soaked in white spirit instead of copious amounts of Fairy liquid - which he could have used cos it was water-based oil paints; and despite 2 washes it still stank!) and gave it all 2 washes

.whatever else I find to do Also dropped in at liddle to pick up free items and also went into town with pip after school cos his glasses were slightly bent by a wayward arm in drama!

Tomorrow should be a much quieter day...

-pip to school(with all the necessary books!)

-collect prescription

-do exam board online training

-plan March NST

-prep tutoring for Weds

apple_muncher

I managed 3 of the 5. Didn't bother with prescription and forgot about tutoring. Whoops!

Twas a super quiet day and I hit the online training first so as to get it done. I scored 100% in the test🎉🎉🎉.

I finished off a fisherman and have moved on to the Roman. There are quite a few fiddly bits on these Witty Knits, so it's taking me a while to do them the first time around.

I wrote and posted the March NST thread.

Pip's unenrolled deedpoll paperwork has arrived. Yay!!!!!

Tomorrow:

. school run

.gym

.liddle

.tutor

.collect prescription?

.fill in and send off arfid diary

.send parcel to dgs

apple_muncher

Kept Pip off school. He's in no fit state to do anything. Completely out of spoons.

So I went to liddle for opening time and got myself some lovely bargainaceous bits, then on to the gym. I bumped into someone I've chatted with a lot but we hardly coincide now, so it was good to have a natter and swap numbers.

I prepped my tutoring and toddled off after lunch for that.

beanielou

Hope Pip has more spoons tomorrow. 

apple_muncher

Thanks beanie. I'm keeping him off school today too, although he may go in for the afternoon. Sleep is what he needs, so we'll see how he is when he wakes up.

Therefore, a quiet day ahead for me!

apple_muncher

Tomorrow is world book day. For the first time since Pip joined the school, they are doing the whole dressing up thing. Pip is going as Nimona (you'll have to goggle it!). I found some suitable things in a charity shop today, then went to another one with Pip after school where we found the perfect coloured dress to cut up. No brown calf-high boots in the right size though, so this evening, DH has dyed pip's high top white converse with coffee and covered the plasticky toe bit with parcel tape! I've cut the other items to the right lengths and we have a happy child.

The final thing is that Nimona has pink hair... So we've used up the last bit of hair bleach, which didn't cover all of it, but has done enough. And tomorrow morning, we plaster on the pink. And tomorrow evening or Friday morning, we have to colour it brown again!

Watty1

Love the creativity

Listened to a bit on R4 re World Book Day where the discussion centred around people buying outfits for WBD and how some really hate the whole dressing up part and alternatives.  It really struck me that the point of the day had got a bit lost so nice to read the creative approach from you and Pip.

apple_muncher

DH and I have been out for a coffee! Takes us aaages to organise ourselves. 🤣

We also went round the 10+? charity shops in the area and got some bargains, of course! 4 items from the £1 for everything shop, plus a carry on case for the plane and a checked blue suit for pip for £5 each.

apple_muncher

Ooh, it's been a few days since I last posted. Pip has got through his drama practical, a visit to the Maudsley, a stinker of a cold and bad cramps.

I've been consistently going to the gym and sending a screenshot of a certain % to a friend every week. The increase in my meds has been good. My foot is mending well. It does generally ache on a daily basis, but then everything uses your foot, so it's no surprise!