Hi everyone!
New years was banging. I exceeded my tolerance for bottles of wine drunk myself in a night. I mean I can do two pretty comfortably - and yeah too right I am proud of it! Still don't get hangovers either. Not the point, so New Year 2020 I drank five bottles of wine and a bottle of prosecco! Like honestly, I don't even know how I did it. But hey, it was a good night, Rory and I had a midnight snack of scotch eggs, that I don't ordinarily like, but after five bottles of wine apparently anything goes! My midnight kiss was Benters, and it was glorious, that is definitely one for the archives!
So in my last post, I touched on the fact that I was going to make 2020 my year.
I have indeed been doing dry January, and you know what, it really isn't that hard. I am getting full nights sleep and everything, it is great!
2020 is doing everything in it's power to screw me over though, that's for sure!
Firstly I had an assignment due on the 9th, I had to ask for an extension on it because my laptop decided to break. Like it is totally broken.
Can't find the startup disk.
I mean, don't get me wrong I had that laptop since 2011. So it has essentially lasted nine years. And boy has it been through some shit in those nine years. So I am actually surprised it has lasted as long as it has! Obviously I can't afford a new one, I mean who am I kidding! So then I find out I can get a grant from my Uni to help towards the cost of a new one, so I mean that is pretty cool.
In the meantime I am borrowing my friend's laptop.
So the other morning I turn it on and it is working perfectly normally, no issues whatsoever.
I then shut it down while I go and pick Aurora up from nursery. I come back and turn it on and certain keys on the keyboard aren't working..... I am like. You have to be kidding me. So not only has my laptop died on me, but now I have broken my friend's laptop too.... like this cannot be happening!
Anyway, the laptop is working again, his... not mine. Mine is still well and truly broken. I was on the phone to Apple support for around an hour last weekend and I was in tears! Pathetic I know, but I was absolutely gutted. The advisor actually called my laptop, "vintage and obsolete" - I mean at that point I laughed, but it being "vintage and obsolete"!!!
GIVE ME A BREAK!
Added to the laptop drama, I walked Aurora to nursery on Monday morning, only to find out it wasn't on and the receptionist had no idea when it was starting again.... so where I thought I had two and a half hours to myself, I didn't. It was a real blow! After the Christmas period and being with her LITERALLY 24/7 I needed those hours. I was going insane. I don't even feel bad for saying it, like I bump into to parents in the park and other various places I take her who are like, "I don't want my kids to go back to school, I love having them home, it's just so wonderful isn't it?"
I'm like, "honestly, I cannot wait for her to go back to school! Aurora is full on and constantly on it. I'll be happy to have those hours back of my life! Added to that, she's a little shit. But you know how it is?" - those parents clearly did not "know how it was" as they walked off! No wonder I have no friends!
I mean fair play to you if you do think that about your children. Don't get me wrong I love the time I have with her, I love hanging out with her and playing her games. But sometimes I just need my space. Rory is incredibly bright and the days for her are just non stop, so yeah, nursery can deal with that for two and a half hours a day!
Harry has gone back to Australia. He came to stay with us one more time before he went and that was so lovely, we took Aurora to the park, and they were very cute!
Good luck Harry!! See you at the end of the year!
So, my new years resolutions.
I feel like I have done well this year, I mean it is still early days for sure, but I am motivated and I am confident.
Since the first of the month I have lost over eight pounds purely by changing my diet and eating habits. I have started running, I am doing couch to 5K. I have done four days and I already feel better. Do not get me wrong, I do not find it easy. But I have really found that I am a really good self-motivator! I'm enjoying it, worked up from 1.2 miles to 1.8 miles in four sessions. I'm feeling good, I definitely feel like I have more energy, which is a good thing with a daughter like Aurora!
Hilariously though, I did my first run on the Monday. I thought Aurora was going to be at nursery, so instead of doing my own thing I was going to take her to the park and run round in circles while she played. However, there were kids, well teenagers, in the park, and I am not a confident runner, especially as it was my first time out since school. So anyway, I come home and Aurora naps, and I ran around my garden.... Now I will show you the map that the app produced, because it looks like Rory had multicoloured pens and just started scribbling!
I have also spent the last week off Facebook and Instagram. I found that it was really effecting my moods. I can't put my finger on it, but I would get really moody after seeing certain things or maybe the feeling of being left out of things. I don't really know but it would really affect how I felt. So yeah, I got rid of the apps from my phone. You know what, not only has it reduced my screen time, but my mood has really lifted. I don't think I'll stay off it permanently, like I have family and friends that I keep in touch with on there and obviously I need somewhere to post my blog posts! But I have no intentions of downloading the apps back onto my phone permanently!
All in all, it has been a good start to the year to be honest. I am feeling better than ever, Rory is finally back at nursery. All is good in this house! Even if I am really struggling to walk!
Many thanks, sincerely
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