This week my Word of the Week is: Unplanned! #WotW

This week my Word of the Week is:

If there’s one word that sums up my week it’s unplanned!! There's been unexpected twists, last minute changes and all those moments where you say "well that wasn't on my bingo card for the week!"

We had been watching the weather forecast in the run up to last weekend as we were going to a nearby country show and some days it was forecast rain other times we looked it was going to be dry but not as warm as it had been. It turns out it was the perfect weather which I wasn't expecting. I took a jacket which sat in my backpack all day and a cardigan which I had taken off before we had even got to the end of our street! Stu actually got a little bit of sunburn on his arms. Eek! We had a great day!

We had planned to go out to see a band at our local pub after the show but the girls decided that they'd had enough moving for the day, our legs were aching from all of the walking we had done so we had an unplanned evening at home and it was lovely! We just sat in front of the TV and relaxed. We didn't have any real tea and just ate snacks and sweets that we had bought during the day.

Stu set off early for work on Monday, it is his usual day off but this week he was working it so he could have Saturday off. The bus was late which wasn't a great start and he got part of the way there and then the traffic stopped. The bus was on the Humber Bridge when traffic came to a standstill and there was a crash ahead. The Humber bridge is about a mile and a half long so if you are on the bridge when traffic stops there's nowhere to go. The bus driver wasn't letting people off to start with but then people started kicking up a fuss and made their way off the bus and walked back to the nearest town. Stu just hung tight, the crash happened at about 7am, he started work at 8am and he was still sat there at almost 10am. He rang work and said he wouldn't be in, would just work Saturday and try again for a day off next week. Yes, he wished had had got off when other people did. lol He carried on to Hull, picked a few things up that he needed and doesn't usually have time to buy and then came home. It was nice for him to have an unplanned day off even if it did start off a bit chaotic. From what I have seen online it was a five vehicle crash but thankfully there were no fatalities. I do hope everyone was OK.

The meal plan I wrote over the weekend has been pretty redundant. Some weeks it all goes to plan and weeks like this I have just been winging it! Instead of carefully prepared meals it’s been more like get what you want from the fridge! It's fine but I do feel a bit unorganised by it all. Yesterday I hadn't planned on doing any baking but there I was making cherry crumbles after picking a bag full off my dad's trees! I cheated and used the Air Fryer as I wasn't heating the kitchen up when it was so warm.

We have had quite the saga getting an appointment that Ellie needed. I'm not going to say what as it's personal to her but we didn’t expect to be waiting until the middle of September for a slot but which is so frustrating as we wanted it sorting over the summer. So rather than sitting around waiting I’ve been hunting for alternatives and thought I had found a way to get the job done by travelling to Hull and all was good until we got another phone call saying someone had checked and we're just out of their catchment area. Ugh, so now we wait although I do keep phoning back up and checking if they have any cancellations.

Usually I like routine and all the planned things but this week has been interesting and a little bit fun. The nice, unexpected weather, the unplanned day with Stu, it has been fun to feel a little bit naughty and not stick to the meal plan and even in the frustration of sorting Ellie's appointment we did have a laugh about it.

Now I just want a quiet weekend, we have no plans at all and that I am happy about! How has your week been? I hope you have had a good one! I am of course linking up with Anne who blogs at Raisie Bay for her Word of the Week linky!