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turpsTwo days ago we took my niece and nephew out for the afternoon. Included in that was taking them to the aquarium, and man, I'd forgotten how expensive it can be to do things as a family. Over £30 and that was with me getting in free as James' carer and two kids tickets. Then we were in for less than 30 minutes. Thankfully things are looking up for my in-laws. My SiL is still working side by side with social services doing everything they ask, and it's working out for her.
Yesterday I went to see The Art of Racing In the Rain at the cinema. We were talking to one of the men we know who works there and he was joking we should just take a sleeping bag with us and stay there. I didn't tell him we also regularly go to two other Odeon locations. Anyway, I enjoyed the film, though as it focussed on a dog and had a warning of emotional scenes I knew I'd come out crying, and yep.
After that, we met up with Corey for some dinner. He's doing so well right now. For various reasons, he didn't fully graduate uni but a letter came for him and we took it to him and it's his degree certificate, so while he didn't do the whole walking on stage thing, he's still got his qualifications. I'm so incredibly proud of him, uni was so hard for him, especially losing his granddad, great nanna and then nanna during his time there. He was diagnosed with SAD a while back and ended up on meds to help cope and looking back repeating the last year was probably a mistake as uni wasn't a good fit for him at that point. But he tried his best, has worked full time through all the years to self-fund himself and has a good job now. He's also recently cold turkey stopped his meds which I wasn't impressed about and told him so, but he says he's feeling better off them than on, and that he thinks having left uni completely has done more for his mood than any meds. It's still nothing I would have advised, but I'm taking him at his word as he does seem happier now. Though he'll be happier when the freshers come to the city as he'll get more shifts at work.
It's been another horrible rainy cold day again today. We did grocery shopping earlier and have been in since, candles lit, salt lamp on, and it very much feels more like autumn than summer. Though I did pick a few more courgettes that caught my eye when I was putting rubbish in the bin. I have seven huge ones in the kitchen right now. So, some sweetcorn and courgette fritters may be in my future soon.
We paid the remainder of Freesia's vet bill, and while I'm glad the debt is settled it's still a case of, ouch. But at least we won't starve with our glut of veggies.
Yesterday I went to see The Art of Racing In the Rain at the cinema. We were talking to one of the men we know who works there and he was joking we should just take a sleeping bag with us and stay there. I didn't tell him we also regularly go to two other Odeon locations. Anyway, I enjoyed the film, though as it focussed on a dog and had a warning of emotional scenes I knew I'd come out crying, and yep.
After that, we met up with Corey for some dinner. He's doing so well right now. For various reasons, he didn't fully graduate uni but a letter came for him and we took it to him and it's his degree certificate, so while he didn't do the whole walking on stage thing, he's still got his qualifications. I'm so incredibly proud of him, uni was so hard for him, especially losing his granddad, great nanna and then nanna during his time there. He was diagnosed with SAD a while back and ended up on meds to help cope and looking back repeating the last year was probably a mistake as uni wasn't a good fit for him at that point. But he tried his best, has worked full time through all the years to self-fund himself and has a good job now. He's also recently cold turkey stopped his meds which I wasn't impressed about and told him so, but he says he's feeling better off them than on, and that he thinks having left uni completely has done more for his mood than any meds. It's still nothing I would have advised, but I'm taking him at his word as he does seem happier now. Though he'll be happier when the freshers come to the city as he'll get more shifts at work.
It's been another horrible rainy cold day again today. We did grocery shopping earlier and have been in since, candles lit, salt lamp on, and it very much feels more like autumn than summer. Though I did pick a few more courgettes that caught my eye when I was putting rubbish in the bin. I have seven huge ones in the kitchen right now. So, some sweetcorn and courgette fritters may be in my future soon.
We paid the remainder of Freesia's vet bill, and while I'm glad the debt is settled it's still a case of, ouch. But at least we won't starve with our glut of veggies.
