A bit of a blur

Wow the past two months have passed in a bit of a blur.

Work is really busy and I have been bringing quite a bit of work home with me which hopefully won't be an recurring theme.  We are launching our new service on 21 October so lots to do before then but hopefully it will get a bit better after that.  I really hope so as at the moment I am only sleeping properly one night in four so am looking very haggard!

When I haven't been working I have been helping Seb with his Year 10 homework which he is suddenly drowning in.  And when we aren't doing homework I am trying to make revision cards for subjects like computing, physics and chemistry which for me is like trying to understand and make notes in a foreign language!

So life isn't exactly a bundle of fun at the moment but I am holding out in the hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Friday was nice though.  It was my dad's birthday so Nat and I made a birthday cake.  First time we have baked in ages.  I've missed it!

Saturday was also good for some 'me time' as while I had my hair done I managed to nearly finish my book club book which is just as well as we are meeting this week.  It has been a really good book this month - 'The Good Father' but I have found it hard to find time to read as by the time I roll into bed at 11.30pm I don't much feel like reading.

We had a family candlelit dinner in the conservatory.  The candles were more a practicality than a romantic addition - plus you lose some of the ambience when you have to play a game of "eat three mouthfuls then you can blow out a candle" repeatedly!

Anyway after dinner David and the boys acted out several sketches from some of their favourite old time comedies - the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy.

Then David, Nat and I went out into the garden in the pitch darkness with two plastic light-up wine glasses.  We just sat on the swing chair half way down the garden and had a lovely snuggle and chat together making disco light patterns on the swing chair canopy.

Summer is well and truly over and it was nice to sit out for one last evening before it gets too cold.

Won't be long now before we are all back in winter coats, hats and gloves.

This morning we went to the new site for our multi-site church to catch up with some friends we haven't seen for a while.  Then this afternoon we are going for a Barbeque with some other very good friends of ours.

Another busy week ahead at work but I also have a referral to the back clinic to try and find out what is causing the trapped nerve feeling in my hip that I have been suffering with since last September!

Have booked flights to go and visit my best friend George at Half term which I am really excited about.  Nice to have something to look forward to after our go live launch on 21 October.  Will be ready for a break and some hang out time with my best buddy.

I am also really looking forward to next weekend.  My cousin Stephen's wedding and seeing all the family again.  Can't wait!!