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TheMagician

Managed to purchase a whole holiday wardrobe for DS for £26 :cool: He loved everything so no returns needed.
Just need to order the sandals now and put the old ones for sale.
Also got a bike lock for his new bike.

A bit tired tonight, did a hell of a lot yesterday. I also get exhausted if DS is not feeling 100% as I just take it on myself. He was fine for school this morning and feeling much better tonight. Will get an early night tonight in prep for studies tomorrow.

TheMagician

Today was the last day of my CIMA course. EVER and ever and ever. That is it, I'm done Not one bit sad and wouldn't like to do it again :rotfl: It's well worth it though and has been and will be extremely useful for me. Did a 3hr mock exam, awaiting feedback now. Hope it went well.

Will list DS's sandals tonight and order the new ones.

Don't really have much else urgent to focus on. Will carry on reading my life coaching books. Exam practice will start on Monday, until then I want to get a few things done but rest as much as possible. Life has been non-stop since Jan. I have done and achieved so much. I turned my life upside down, 180 degrees. Some days I just catch myself taking a breath and thinking, have I really done all that in such a short period of time? And am I really going all in into this new life that I know nothing about? Yes and yes :rotfl: So I better strap myself in as I've got a feeling we're up for quite a ride from July and I'll need every bit of rest and peace and strength I've got within me :A

TheMagician

Got quite a bit of cleaning up done this morning.
We went out to have a look at bikes at H@lfords but the choice in-store was poor to say the least - 1 bike in DS's size :rotfl:
However, I at least figured out the size he needs and it's one of those right in-between kids and adult. Not that many online, finally found one but at £264 it's a bit pricier than I wanted. Got 3% cashback, that's about it - had to bite the bullet. Will last a couple of years for sure.

Went to the park, DS had an ice-cream and we both had the best time ever. Looked at all of the plants, squirrels were coming up to DS left, right and centre, we went on the swings, climbed across logs over water and just had a great laugh :T

Food shop has just been delivered, a few things missing but nothing major. However, all meat expires by 16th which is not ideal. No room in the freezer... Will have to make sure it gets used up either way.

Things are ticking along, everything is well. It's a bit of a waiting game now until the next exam and then until the final results. However, I will be keeping myself very busy during June and expect to start earning again from July. The plan is coming together

TheMagician

Had a really lovely day today.
Went to the park to play badminton, it was loads of fun.

Picked up the bike, it's stunning Might need a better lock for it, didn't realise how fantastic it was. DS took a few minutes to get to grips with it and off he went! :rotfl: Going to use it to get to school every morning now even though it's 5min away

Had slow cooker chicken and veg for dinner with frozen raspberries after :j So nice...

DS is chilling in the bath and I'm feeling achy from all the exercise and running around. Will have a relaxed evening before studies start again tomorrow.

Also, need to list a few items on eb@y.

TheMagician

Got a few jobs done today. Added car screen-wash as it was completely empty. And might have been for a while... Received my tyre air compressor. Checked the air pressure in all tyres and added as needed (and one tyre really needed :eek:) I am so proud of myself for doing this. Nobody ever showed me how to do any of these things, I had to teach myself. And I was able to show DS and he helped me too. I don't ever want him to be in the situation I was - not knowing how to top up screen-wash or add air to tyres. This is where power lies - in knowing - so I refuse to ever be ignorant again.

DS went out on his bike again after school. Still a bit wobbly around a lot of people but he's getting there. We should be able to go out for a nice long ride this weekend with a friend.
He's now trialing a new xbox game, seems to be a fan I can hear :rotfl: Why do they always get so excited they scream?..

Received another marking of my exam, got 93/100 and only positive feedback so things are going well there. Now just waiting on my last week's work which was submitted by the tutor today.

Put on all 3 items I wanted to on eb@y and the sandals have attracted a lot of attention so fingers crossed I get as much as possible for them.

Right, dinner time I reckon. HM burgers and veg of some sort. Haven't lost any more weight but I've been eating right and been exercising and doing yoga. I think my body is just assimilating a 7lb loss in the two weeks prior so I'm keeping faith and hanging in there, not one to ever give up :rotfl:

TheMagician

What a lovely day today! :T Beautiful outside.

Sold the sandals on eb@y so that's money towards the new ones.
I finished reading one of the books today (160pages - very pleased).
After I picked DS up from school, we went to the shop, got some butter and eggs and made vanilla cupcakes :j DS doesn't eat baked goods at all, he finds them, and I quote 'stodgy' :rotfl: But he'll have a cupcake once in a while. He made it all himself under my supervision Apparently, they tasted lovely, but I wouldn't know since I'm not eating anything like that at the moment. My weight has started creeping back down again :T:T:T Also been doing quite a bit of yoga every day and it makes me feel amazing. It's something I need to keep up as it's a lifelong passion and I'm very good at it but I sometimes lose my way when busy or tired. Want to make sure not a day goes by where I don't do yoga, even if it's 10min.

Got the marking from last week's mock exam and all is well, I passed. Will go through the feedback tomorrow.
Helped DS do his homework, he really seems to need my support with work at home nowadays since it's getting a little bit harder. I don't mind, makes me feel smart since I know it all :rotfl:
Last thing I need to do tonight is to find and order 11+ test workbooks for DS.

Tomorrow, I have to post the parcel, return the smaller pair of sandals to the shop and exchange one of DS's birthday presents all the way back from a few months ago since I'll be in the area anyway :beer:
And then study.

I'm so looking forward to watching a programme tonight on mental health. It really interests me and is something I've always been very keen to know everything about. It'll also come in handy for my business.

One more thing and this is exciting Last year for my birthday my ex bought me a CBT motorbike course. It's the first step to getting a motorbike licence. I am grinning as I write this it's so exciting :D:D I have always loved bikes and grew up around them. Ex had 2, one for the road and one for the track. So I decided then, that as soon as I'm qualified I will allow myself to start passing exams for the licence and this is the first step. I will book it as soon as we're back from the holiday and do it in June :j

TheMagician

Today is a day to celebrate :T:T:T:T:T
I have sat my last ever CIMA exam. That's it, I'm done The exam went well, answered everything to the best of my knowledge. The results will be out in July however I am positive I have passed.

Going for lunch with a friend tomorrow to celebrate. It'll be nice to get out and start seeing my friends again after 8 weeks in this study hole :rotfl:

We're off on our hols on Friday for a week. Will do most of the packing tomorrow but since it's only a week we don't need that much. I'm only taking hand luggage. I've been very organised and ordered the plastic bags for liquids and some of those little bottles and tubs. I'd checked in and printed the boarding passes a while back so we're good to go.

So where do we go from here now... June will be an interesting month. Not quite sure where to start or what to start or how to start or should I even start :rotfl: I think I'll just start at the beginning somewhere and let the universe lead the way, it always does :A

TheMagician

Had a lovely busy afternoon.
Did a little food shop, got enough to last us until we go away.
Vacuumed, did a load of laundry, washed up, cooked two different dinners :rotfl: washed up again...

I've arranged a night out with one of my besties as soon as we're back from the holiday. Haven't seen him for over 2 months because of studies so we have so much to catch up on. We're going to one of my favourite jazz bars, it'll be so much fun :j

I had a very pleasant surprise today :T I enter every single payment I make for absolutely everything into an app. I've checked my monthly spend on food for May so far and it is half (HALF!!!) of that of March and 60% of April. That is amazing! I put it down to large weekly shops and using ALdi more. I've impressed myself :rotfl: It just shows what being conscious with your money can do.

TheMagician

The lunch was incredible! He took me to this little Thai place and I had a to die for massaman curry - beautiful :A And we had such a wonderful chat about everything going on in my life and plans for the future.

Have to go to a school meeting in a minute. Boring but necessary, it's about a new Head Teacher.

After the meeting I need to drop the hamsters with him for the week. My friend was scared to look after them :rotfl: He went, what if I squeeze them too hard and they die :rotfl: I was like, they're dwarf hamsters and you'll be lucky to catch them never-mind squeeze them.

I've decided I need some summer clothes. Been having a look around since last night and my ASOS basket has £300 worth of stuff in :eek: As always, at least half will be returned but I do really need tops, dresses and jeans. Will get it ordered once we're back.

TheMagician

The holiday came and went. Weather was incredible, 25C+ every single day. We caught up with some of the family members and did loads of fun things too including riding rollercoasters, climbing a million steps to an attraction just for fun (calves are still hurting :rotfl: ) and visiting an animal farm.

Came back late Friday night. Unpacked yesterday, did 3 lots of laundry, a big shop at Asd@ and picked up the hamsters from the friend. I then got ready to go out to see the friend I'm mentioned before. The jazz club was nice but a bit loud so after a bottle of wine we went to a quieter place. Spent hours just talking about life, work and relationships. Definitely talked loads about relationships but no idea what conclusions we came to as we'd gotten quite merry by that point. All I know is that he was holding my hands telling me we'd be OK :rotfl: I trust him

Lazy day in comparison today, got some household stuff done but not much else. Tomorrow is a new week and I need to get a plan for June in order. First things first - book by CBT. Then practice for 11+ test with DS. And finally - do a lot of homework for life coaching. What else? Not sure... I know I want to go out and have fun this month as I've been working working working on those exams. Time to let my hair down :beer: