Need to stop spending and chasing dopamine!

Pink_Butterfly

OH is still full of cold 😢 he’s really suffering. His throat is terrible and he has an awful cough to go with it. Poor thing. He’s due back at work tonight but I’m not sure if he’ll go. He’s currently sleeping so will see how he feels when he wakes up.

Work was very frustrating today. I was happy to log off at 4:30pm 😂 Dinner tonight was just some leftover pasta bake as I needed to take DD2 out for her choir performance. It was at my old secondary school, which happens to be the school she’s going to in September. We picked up my friend and her daughter on the way as the parking was going to be a nightmare, so thought we should reduce the number of cars. My friend and I have been close friends since we were 2, so we are more like sisters, and when we get together we turn into complete goofballs 😂 On the way home we put some 90s pop songs on my Spotify and sang along very loudly to show our girls how good music was when we were their age…I think they were cringing 🤭

I popped into town at lunchtime to buy another sheet of wrapping paper, as I’d run out and still had some presents to wrap. All have been wrapped now and all cards have been written 😊 OH just needs to write in his mum’s Mother’s Day card, and then we’ll get flowers for both our mums at the weekend.

I’m going to go and tuck the girls into bed now ❤️ Still not sure when DSD is next with us. Hopefully it will be soon x

Pink_Butterfly

I’ve just got home from DD1’s parents evening and to say I’m blown away and overwhelmed is an understatement. Considering she was created from fairly average parents when it comes to intelligence, she’s absolutely smashing it! I’m so proud of her, but not just because she’s got the brain of a surgeon. She has obviously been through a lot this year already but she’s not letting it affect her education or her future ❤️

I have to share it all on here if that’s ok, as I don’t want to come across as one of those OTT braggy mums to my friends! I need to say it somewhere though!

Her maths teacher said she is scoring 100% in her tests and is in the top 5 pupils in the whole year. He said if the school allowed it, she could easily do the GCSE in the next year (which I believe as she’s done GCSE questions at home before when she’s been bored!). Her science teacher said similar - top 5, scoring 100%, expected to do well in her GCSEs. Her English teacher spent the first 2 minutes of the session talking about how strong the class is this year. That there are 32 pupils in his class (6 more than there should be) because the standard is so high and they had no choice but to put them all in one class. And then he followed it up with “…and DD1 is in the top 2 of the class” 🥹 I welled up at this point! It was a lot to take in. He then said he’s been giving her A Level work to do!

Her French teacher said she absolutely must do French for GCSE as she’s brilliant at it. She also called her “her favourite” 🥰 Even her history teacher said she was doing really well and scoring 100% on tests. Every teacher said they loved her. That she’s a quiet girl, but works really hard, does all her homework on time, and just gets on with it. They also complimented her friendship group, and said they are a lovely bunch of girls and encourage each other to do well. I agree with them there - she has some lovely friends.

I left the school feeling so proud & emotional! She was at my mum’s with DD2 while I was there, and I gave her a hug as soon as I saw her & told her I was very proud of her. But in the back of my mind I thought, I don’t want the praise to add loads of pressure to her. I’ve always said to myself that if my kids aren’t academic that it’s fine, as I care more about their happiness and wellbeing. That still stands, and I don’t want her to think that she must keep the scores high or we’ll be disappointed, because that would not be the case. Sure, I love that she’s doing well, but the praise is more for her effort and her behaviour. The grades are an added bonus.

Anyway, sorry, I had to get all of that out 🤣 DD2’s parents evening is in a couple of weeks and that will be about her upcoming KS2 SATS tests in May. Again, I don’t add any pressure to her, just tell her to do her best.

OH is on the mend thankfully. He reckons it’s Covid but I’m not so sure. Either way he’s getting better so hopefully he’ll be feeling 100% soon.

I did day one of a management course at work today. My boss put me forward for it in preparation for my promotion in July. It was really good actually! Day two tomorrow, but this time we’ve got to do some role playing 🤮 urghhhhhh!!!!! Work provided lunch today & they’re doing the same again tomorrow 😊 And then when it’s done it will be the weekend! Yayyyy 🎉

Humdinger1

Wonderful news @Pink_Butterfly! You're z fab mum love Humdinger xx

Pink_Butterfly

Thank you. I do try! She is a clever cookie bless her. Not so fab at tidying her room mind 🤣 But I cut her some slack because I don’t think she has anything left in the tank to do things like tidying. She works so hard in school and then she’s doing homework in the evenings, so I like to keep her bedroom tidy so she has one less thing to think about, and it means she’s got a nice, clean space to relax in.

It turns out she was the only student in the whole year who scored 100% in the end of term maths test 🥹 Her friend has asked her to help her older sister with her homework 🤣

Day two of the management course went well but I am tired now! No time to rest though as I’m going to the local club to do a quiz with my friend and both of our mums lol 😁 I need to quickly get changed but OH is asleep so I will probably wake him up, d’oh x

Pink_Butterfly

Last night was brilliant. I had the best time - I didn’t stop laughing all night! And we won the quiz! I really don’t know how 😂 I didn’t think we got many questions right, but apparently we did better than the other 17 teams 🤭 We won 6 shots and a £50 voucher for the club. My friend, who was a tad tipsy, was dancing around the room when we found out we had won, and I filmed the whole thing 😂 It’s a shame You’ve Been Framed isn’t still a thing because that performance definitely would’ve got us £250 🤣

This morning I met another friend for a coffee and a catch up. I had remembered just before I arrived that I had a £5 gift card that a colleague kindly sent to me when all the horribleness with DD1 was going on, so I treated myself to a snack too, and spent a grand total of £2.45 🙂 It was nice catching up with my friend as I hadn’t seen her in a couple of months. She has 2 children who are in the same school as DD1 and are similar ages, so it’s nice to compare parenting notes with her.

After that I went home and had some lunch, & then me & OH went to his sister’s house. His sister’s husband was also there, and 2 of OH’s nieces, so it was nice seeing them all. One of the nieces is turning 20 next week so we gave her some presents and a card. I think her favourite present was the big bottle of raspberry vodka 😂

On our way home we picked up some milk and a few other bits from the supermarket, and then OH treated us to a KFC for dinner as we were both starving but in no mood to cook as we both felt really tired. OH had a £15 voucher 🙂 Lots of vouchers being used today!

OH is back at work tonight so he’s currently in bed but will be getting up in the next 45 minutes, and then I’ll be going to bed. I feel drained. Tomorrow I’ve got a bit of a busy day as I’m travelling 50 miles with my mum to meet one of my brothers for a Mother’s Day lunch, and then I’ll need to see my girls at some point. DD1 has been at the park near my house today with a friend she doesn’t see often as they go to different schools now, and DD2 has been at her performing arts class rehearsing for a show she’s doing in June. I’ve bought some birthday presents for DD2 today, as she turns 11 soon (😭) - which reminds me - I already bought her something for her birthday last week but I forgot to hide it, and she only went and found it didn’t she! I lied and said it was for someone else 🤣🤣🤣 Silly me for not hiding it.