This week my Word of the Week is: Not a lot! #WotW

This week my Word of the Week is:

I have racked my brain trying to think what we've done this past week and it's not a lot. After having a busy couple of weeks with Becky's birthday and the hospital appointment for Ellie last week this week has been a lot calmer and relaxed.

We seem to have found some sort of routine but Becky being in college only one day a week and learning at home for the rest of the days is taking some getting used to. It seems selfish saying it but it feels like I am not getting a lot of time to myself. It's nice having the company but I did enjoy time alone.

Our toilet had been leaking for a few weeks and felt quite wobbly when we sat on it, we told the landlord and a plumber was sent out on Monday. The bolts holding the loo down had rusted and a couple had snapped. He took the whole loo off and did whatever he did and for a few hours it seemed like it was fixed but whatever he did has not made a lot of difference. It doesn't wobble anymore but it's still leaking. He's coming back to have another look at it soon.

I finally have a red tomato! lol I planted some seeds at the start of the year, they didn't grow so I planted more and they have taken their time, I have lots of green tomatoes but noticed one red one early this week! I was very happy! I've left it to ripen a little more and I hope the rest follow suit. 

I am sure we have all heard about the new restrictions and rules around staying safe from Coronavirus and at the moment not a lot has changed for us as a family. I have started to worry more about Becky's part time job though. She works as a waitress and will now be taking drinks to the tables as well as food and of course has to wear a mask, there isn't a lot more she can do to keep herself safe apart from giving up her job which she doesn't want to do. With there being more and more cases reported I really don't want her to put herself at risk of catching Coronavirus and it's starting to worry me. We're going to see how things go over the next couple of weeks. The way things are going at the moment I can see us being on a full lockdown before long.

After years of Ellie not having a lot of homework from school it turns out year 9 is a bit different. She is getting a couple of pieces each evening to complete for different subjects. We've had science, art, French, art and maths this week. She has been great at just getting on with it and thankfully needed little help from me when it came to the maths. Algebra and graphs are not my strong point.

I hope you have all had a good week.