The Piano Diary

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Dear diary and all,

Yesterday took FIL out for the afternoon to lunch and then a matinee at a theatre. Was a lovely afternoon and it helped that the weather was nice too. I took a half day and it was really nice to get away. A bit of a mini taste of how things will be soon when I step away from work. Really enjoyed it. It was nice to take FIL out and he enjoyed it too. It’s a theatre he has gone to many times in the past but less so recently.

This week OH told her line manager that she will be retiring at the end of August. Apparently he was quite surprised. “But what will you do ?...” was a question.

Council tax bill arrived yesterday with a rather large overall increase of 7.6% including a County Council rise of 9%. I hadn’t realised our county council is one of a handful which got permission from the Government to go over the 5% cap on council tax increases.

Will be interesting to see how outgoings change when we both finish work at the end of August. I can already see how certain costs will go down. But of course others will go up as we travel more and spend on going out etc. But overall I feel confident it will be ok.