Project 52 2026 week 44

This week’s gone by so fast I think. One week into mock exams, one week to go. This year’s going to go by so fast. Here’s what I got up to this week, week 44 of Project 52.

Sunday – bit of a lie in reading, then into the out of town M&S to drop off a return and get some bread. Then back home for a relaxing day. Spent some time doing broken link check for the blog. I really should do them more frequently. My brother also stopped by briefly to check in with N. I also sorted out all of my tops in my wardrobe – pile for Vinted, pile for recycling and still need to go through jeans/trousers and then the drawers which are also overflowing. That’s a job for another day.

Monday – work and back to school. In the evening we watched Romeo & Juliet from the 90s, so N could revise for his english lit mock. I’d never seen the film, so it was interesting to watch.  Finally got round to setting up an ISA for N. Better late than never, and hopefully once he’s 18, he’ll keep it for at least a few more years.

Tuesday – early wake up to get a Tesco Christmas slot. Got in at 6.01, only to be kicked straight back out to the queue again. 1 hour later, luckily I got in just before jumping in the shower. 

Mock GCSEs started for N. The bus didn’t seem to exist, so had to go back to the village and take N to school before getting back to go to the office on time. It was nice to catch up with a couple of people in the office I rarely see nowadays. 

After work, I sat in the car for a bit reading, and listening to the pub quiz on Radio 2, then off to dancing. Hanging around inbetween work and dancing isn’t great when it’s colder and dark, but I didn’t have any shopping to do, so had my kindle out to read instead. Dancing was good, but so hot. I think I’m getting fitter though, I don’t get so hot or sweaty in the first class, but now we’re at the straight in, or only fast recap stage of the dances we’ve been learning, my hair and top was a sweaty mess after the 2nd class.

Wednesday – not a lot on today. Just work. Had run out of bread that N will eat (he prefers white), so we headed for a Sainsbury’s trip after tea. Trying to move him to wholemeal thanks to the whole folic acid being added to white bread. He eats granary at the farm, but didn’t fancy getting that instead. So, let’s see if he’ll actually eat it.

Thursday – fairly quiet day. Apart from the fireworks that went off at 10pm nearby. We’ve got cows out in the fields near where we think they went off, so hopefully they weren’t too spooked. And the dog was shut up, so hopefully was ok in her kennel along with the other dog too at that time.

Dancing in the evening. But chilly in the room, and noticeable how much less of a work out I get in the cooler weather even if I remove the fact I’ve lost a bit of weight and am a little fitter. She taught one of the nice dances from the workshop a few weeks ago so that was good. But the last few weeks have been quieter. I think people just can’t be bothered going out in the dark..

Friday – before work I made some ‘healthy’ twix bars. I made a mistake using a whole tin of chickpeas instead of only a cup of them. And they were a bit soft. They tasted nice (bit banana’y), but they weren’t anything like a twix lol. There’s no way you can make ‘caramel’ out of cannelini beans. But at least my fibre intake will be good. 

We got notification from N’s first choice college that school will send in his reference after the mock results are out. That’s quite a long wait, given it’s nearly 4 weeks since applying, and results won’t be out for another few weeks unless they provide them before telling the students. That’s the really popular college and course, so I hope he doesn’t lose out. He’s got a place at the other college as back up, but even so, he wants that fair shot at the 1st choice one

Cold tennis lesson for N, followed by pizza tea.

Saturday – woke early despite staying up way too late reading. Off to butchers, bakery and Sainsbury’s for a couple of bits I couldn’t get in my food shop. It was so foggy and murky all day, but so many cars didn’t have their lights on at all, let alone fog lights. Had a quick chat to my neighbour as we arrived home at the same time.

Spent a bit of time trying to remember some line dances I know are going to come up in tomorrow’s workshop/social, but struggling. I need to get back to my Wednesday classes to remember them. Made a crumble (plus plenty of topping to put in the freezer for next time). Then read, watched Christmas movies, and snuggled under my blankets.

New posts this week:

• Exploring afternoon in Dawlish

Things I’ve enjoyed this week:

• collating all my books read on Storygraph and my dances on Bootstepper (love analytics)
• Christmas movies
• faster running through dances at class this week

Things I’m grateful for this week:

• thermals and new jumpers
• my new footrest for under my desk. Nice to stretch my legs up and out sometimes
• slow cookers – so handy for when I’m working and not having to faff with cooking much in the evening