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Adventures of the Boy & Me..
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Hey - I've moved along, sorry didn't realise there was a new thread.
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Thanks MeandO. I'll have a catch up on your diary at a later point. It seems quite a few are in our situation
Three more sleeps till we go back home. I'm getting a bit of an itch now to get back to routine. The food is becoming a bit repetitive so this morning we went off out for breakfast and I had a proper bacon and square sausage barm cake. We went to a small Scottish family bar! place here and they did proper coffee too, not the machine stuff.! It's the small things that you miss ey.
The boy has met a lovely little girl and become great friends.! Sadly she goes home today but we are swapping addresses and they are going to be penpals. They are both excited at the thought of that.! It will do him good to practice his handwriting too. His teacher always moans about it and states she would give us extra homework to take home to practice but never does. I just sometimes think boys have terrible handwriting and takes a bit longer to get the knack unlike girls.
Yesterday was amazing. I spent the day talking to a new family we met whilst the kids really bonded.! In the afternoon it was so hot everyone had a massive water fight. The entertainment team joined in and everyone was pushed into the pool or attacked with water. I haven't laughed so much in a long while and it really brought my spirits up. You had some families moaning but it's not something which is a daily occurrence! and it's all part of the fun. It is a family/kid friendly hotel after all. It's a pirate themed hotel so we all pushed the pirates in ha ha.
Today will be a relax around the pool sort of day.! The boy has worn most his clothes so I need to have a good sort out and may be pack half of our cases ready for coming home Monday.! Then the night before I can just chuck everything else in. I need to wash some bits so we don't run out totally. I've hardly worn half the bits I've brought. I'll know for next time what to take and what not to take.!
I've had a peek at my expected pay for next week so have a rough idea what June will look like. I'll work out a budget later on.
Hope everyone has a nice Friday.. it's nearly weekend!
Chandelier.
Current Debt Repaid:
£104/£619.
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Sounds amazing! Sounds like your son has had an amazing time making some amazing memories0
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Morning..
We've only two more days here. I think I'm going to just literally spend it relaxing and not moving much from the sun lounger. Although it's not been an overly active holiday, the mixture of heat and not doing much as I usually do has made me tired. I'll most likely end up getting pushed in the pool later on.
At home the boy does swimming lessons at a local council pool and he has done for the past three years. His dad usually takes him, however I'm not sure if these have benefitted him 100% as they are big groups. At the beginning of the holiday the boy wore arm bands (he doesn't at home) more for the safety aspect as the pool is rather deep in many areas. However under supervision over the past week we've slowly gone down to one arm band and then none. I think he gets anxious sometimes when he can't touch the floor (they're used to it in the small local pool) so I've been getting in and encouraging him to use what he's learnt and we've been doing a few laps of the pool here. His confidence has improved greatly. My friends child is also doing well for someone who has never had lessons, so it's working well for us all! I think I like the peace of mind knowing someone who is qualified is teaching him how to swim properly rather then me- I can't swim but I'm not a strong swimmer. I may look into some private lessons when we get home with smaller groups just for a short period of time just to improve his anxieties.
We've had a few spends now and are coming to the last bunch of our euros. I may let the boy do some more shopping today and pick himself some gifts to take home. I quite fancy an anklet myself but once home I wonder how often I'll get to wear it with the work I do.
Whilst here I've also seen some towels I like... they're rainbow striped towels and I think they are from M&$. However when trying to look for them it seems they no longer stock them.. I'm going to add this to the list of things I'd like to buy at some point. It's getting bigger and bigger. However I'm quite disciplined at not going straight out and buying it. I think everything through clearly and think it over many times before I do, sometimes it's as if I have to justify why I'm purchasing myself something.
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I've been fiddling around with budget figures in my down time and when the boys been asleep. If I'm careful I should be able to have a really good month in June although there are a few upcoming events. I suppose it depends how tight I want to be.
Anyhow I best go for breakfast before its too late!Chandelier.
Current Debt Repaid:
£104/£619.
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I've only just found your new diary!!! I hope you have a safe trip home, it's so lovely that you've been able to have a lovely holiday with your son.0
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Hope all is well.
The sun definitely makes you more tired x0 -
Thank you Misty and Hidden.. Misty I felt it was time for a new diary to project my daily thoughts/ramblings, progress of attacking the debt and everything else. My old one felt like it became very mixed due to my ups/downs and started to feel as if it was becoming very jumbled up. The more I stayed away, the harder it felt to come back to it. Sometimes we all need a fresh start.
So we arrived back home yesterday to typical British weather, rain! I don't think I realised how tiring the journey home was, but it wasn't all too bad. However at the airport I refused to pay €10 each for a meal for the boy and I, so I ventured off in search of the Mcdonalds (which worked out at €12 for both of us lol) and got lost on working our way back to our departure gate. The airport was huge!
Straight away when we got home, suit cases were unpacked, wash loads in and then I finally collapsed on the sofa and caught up on some television programmes. I've written a huge to do list that I'd like to get through over the next few days as well.
The registration forms for the show the boy is going to be in has to be in by the 31st so I spent last night sorting them out and organising payment. It's £200 in total but you pay via a payment plan, £50 a month which makes it easier for many. I also have to pay £55 for some insurance he needs so I'll phone up and pay that today. Hopefully I'm all done then. He'll no doubt want a show hoodie but those order forms have to be in by end of July.
After faffing around with all of that, I didn't settle down for bedtime until around midnight so I am definitely feeling it today and it's my first day back at work too! Only a short shift though so shouldn't be too bad. Although I have a meeting today which I am not looking forward to. It was suppose to be before my holiday, however I had to postpone due to being admitted to hospital. I'm ready to be told off for another sickness/absence but it couldn't be helped. I'd had a water infection/kidney infection for over three weeks and three courses of antibiotics which did nothing for it. By that point I was running on low and I'm still feeling the effects of it now if I'm honest and feel as if my immune system is totally vulnerable and susceptible to everything else that lingers out there!
As it's near enough the end of the month and all my direct debits have come out, I'll update my debt totals ready for the month of June. However I'll do that in a separate post and post what I plan to do for the month ahead. I need to set up standing orders to all leave on the first of each month along with my other direct debits so I'm not worrying about when they are going to creep up mid-month. Maybe that's another reason I don't feel as organised as I've previously been.
Happy Tuesday people and I hope everyone had a great bank holiday weekend.Chandelier.
Current Debt Repaid:
£104/£619.
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Total Debt: 30th May 2017
Barclaycard: £600.00
Virgin: £275.00
MBNA: £3150.00
Halifax:£3100.00
Total: £7125.00
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I'm itching to get it down to £7100 so the big question is, which debt to throw £25 at? I like nice round numbers ending in zero, so I think it will have to be the Virgin credit card if I do. I have some funds left in the bank. What ever is left at the end of the month will be split into savings and throwing at the debt pot ready for the next month.:D
Chandelier.
Current Debt Repaid:
£104/£619.
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Looking very organised, good work. And every little helps. £25 might not seem like a lot in the grand scheme of things but it's better than £0.0
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Good luck with your meeting - isn't there some law about being told off for illness?0
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