Sunday Day 334 – 29th November
A quiet day! No tech in the morning…some book reading went on and helped Bee a bit with her times tables. I did manage to get a book review live in the evening: Adam’s First Day at Madrassa.
Monday Day 335 – 30th November
A quiet day. Eldest got on with her school work at home while I first went with the hubby for some food shopping…found some unicorn body wash which I knew Bee would love. Then I took Dad for his appointment with the Kidney specialist. I had been trying to ring them since last week to confirm if it was a telephone consultation or not as he had a number of letters saying different things about the same appointment…. but I was having issues getting through to the right department. So in the end I reluctantly took him – I had been keeping my distance due to the girls going to school and not wanting to pass on the virus but needs must – I am the one that does all the talking with the consultants and know everything. Made Dad sit in the car while I went to find out what was going on. Apparently the section he needed to go were dealing with an outbreak of Covid and it wasn’t safe to be there…which is why I couldn’t get hold of anyone in reception. Went to the main entrance and they said to go to the outpatients department. I made the decision to take dad home and not make him walk through the hospital as my gut was telling me it was going to be a telephone consultation. I made the right decision because as soon as I turned into their road my phone rang. I parked up and we ended up talking to the consultant in the car on the street! His kidney function has gone back to what is normal for him (although still low) but his iron is extremely low and so is his calcium. He needs calcium supplements and an iron infusion. They will send an appointment.
Tuesday Day 336 – 1st December
A quiet day at home. I got on with some blog posts, got an AD post live about an alcohol free hand sanitiser: Steril-eeze. Bee’s bag from Smiggle arrived which I got from the sales so she was happy.
Wednesday Day 337 – 2nd December
Back to school for the eldest after self isolating. Wondering how long it will be before she has to isolate again as the school are confirming new cases every day. Had a bit of a quiet day catching up with some stuff on TV. Hubby had got some cake – chocolate orange – last night which I saved to eat during the day. It was quite rich and very orangey. Gave the second slice to the eldest when she got home from school.
Thursday Day 338 – 3rd December
It was cold and miserable and I worked on the blog and got the post live about the game we were playing on Saturday: 5 Pillars Family Game. Had a governors meeting in the afternoon – I tend to use the eldest’s room as she has a decent desk…and I was reading all her post-its about Macbeth.
Then back out in the evening for Bee’s karate as they have finally opened up after the month lockdown. Must admit I preferred it when it was online as we we so relaxed in the evenings.
Friday Day 339 – 4th December
Woke up to see it had been snowing a bit and some had settled. There was sleet pretty much all day but it didn’t settle. Spent most of the day cooking and cleaning really. Then karate in the evening. Hate driving in the cold and dark and especially when the weather is really bad. Saw an accident on the parkway and then another one not far from our house. People just don’t slow down, even when its chucking it down with rain.
Read the school email before bed and realised that the eldest had made the Student of the Week for her form for showing excellent character values and working hard in all her lessons. Last week it was Bee and this week it was the eldest. Proud of both girls.
Saturday Day 340 – 5th December
Back to karate in the morning and then chilling in the afternoon/evening. While Bee was at karate I went to Dobbies which is round the corner as wanted a new plant for the pot which had an Aloe Vera plant but we had killed it. Got myself a Peace Lily and got tempted by the chocolate at the tills. They were keeping a strict eye on the numbers allowed in and there was a queue to get in!
In the afternoon watched Mulan on Disney+ now that it is free and you don’t have to pay for it. Then received an email from the school, saying that after some meetings the school have decided that they will be shut for Years 9, 10 and 11 due to the rising number of cases. That means they won’t go back until January. To be honest it is a relief as there were daily confirmed cases at the school and it was stressing me out every day when I got an email to say how many they had that day. However, I just hope the remote learning is better than what it was when she was self isolating.
My youngest loves that unicorn body wash and the Smiggle bag looks fabulous!
That is good about your dad’s kidney function. I hope the medication helps.
It looks like your eldest has been working hard with all the post it notes.
How exciting to get some snow. We had nothing but rain.
That is great news about your eldest girls school closing for her year. It must be such a relief. x
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Certainly a relief….there were just too many cases every day
Sounds like a good idea to have them off school if there’s that many cases going around, and I’m sure if they’re all off the online teaching will be better than if some are in and some are off. Glad you got to eventually speak to someone about your dad’s appt. What a palaver – you’d think one person would just literally go through the emails and answer calls – they could do that from home.
The online teaching is much better now they are all off.
It’s a good thing you trusted your gut and drove away, phone consultations seem safer as long as your dad gets his follow up iron infusion. That cake looks amazing, I love chocolate orange combo. The picture of the car makes me feel very cold! Brrr… we have snow on the mountains. Mulan was a film we all enjoyed x
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Chocolate orange is one of my fav combos
Well done to both girls! Sounds like shutting till January is the best thing for the school to do. Glad your Dad is ok.
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They really should have shut the whole school and not just for some years
Cute book. Awww unicorn body wash. It’s very troubling not to go to the hospital due to fear of covid. Great that your dad’s kidney function is good. I hope your eldest didn’t catch covid. The cake looks delicious. Cute Macbeth post-its, I always found Macbeth interesting. OooOo snowing, here it snows in the hill stations only, not where I live. MashAllah, you should be proud of them. It must be scary worrying your kids will get covid from school. Oh great, i would watch Mulan only if it was free, don’t want them getting money while they support the government that is torturing Uyghur Muslims
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Thankfully the eldest didn’t show any symptoms of Covid
More cake!! 🙂 Chocolate orange, I bet that was absolutely divine, what an awesome treat! Fab news on your dad’s kidney functions going back to his normal, what a palava though! You made the right choice, walking unnecessarily through hospitals at the moment is not what anyone needs!
We use that Unicorn shower gel too, it is so lovely and smells amazing! Sim x
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Have to say I quite like using that shower gel too!
Well done to your eldest on getting student of the week. I think I preferred not having to get out for evening activities too although it is nice for the children to be able to do them in person again. Driving in the cold and dark is not fun though. I can imagine it’s a relief with the school shutting for Year 9, 10 and 11 with the rise in cases. #project366
Definitely a relief!
Well done girls for being recognised in the weekly letter. Glad to hear you made the right call on the consultant appointment, hope they manage to get his iron and calcium levels back up. The boys were keeping their fingers crossed for snow but nothing came here
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Think a lot of kids were hoping for snow!
I love Smiggle and that bag is fabulous. Lucky you got to see some snow, it has been raining here and that is it. We are looking forward to watching Mulan
It was quite a good film!
The schools sound such a nightmare for everyone with open/closed/isolating etc fingers crossed online learning is improving. What a mess up with your fathers hospital appointment, I too received multiple letters that seemed to cross over in the post as to whether they were face to face or phone call appointments, hope his iron infusions go smoothly
The consultant was very apologetic and said the systems has changed so it shouldn’t happen again with the letters