Hey lovely, and welcome to the Mum diaries.
The Mum Diaries is a weekly column all about what we’re up to, what family life is like at the moment and any random thoughts and feelings that come up.
Think of it like a chat with a good friend that you haven’t seen for a while.
When you’re ready, grab your coffee, sit down with me, and lets have a catch up.
The school run
After homeschooling our eldest for 10 months, we’ve decided to give flexi-schooling a try. The main reason for flexi-schooling is the social aspect of things. As much as I try, I just can’t give him what he needs socially, and I feel bad about that.
He now does 2 days a week at school and 3 days a week at home, and its working out really well so far. He settled in super quick, like within the first couple of days, and now actually walks around the house from 7 am saying ‘I want to go to school‘. So we couldn’t get better than that really!
The infamous school run, which is hated by a lot of parents was something that I wasn’t really looking forward to, but have actually been pleasantly surprised by.
I know, I know, I won’t be saying the same thing come December when we’re trudging through the snow in the dark! But right now, I do enjoy it.
It’s nice to have the opportunity to meet other Mums and have a conversation, and it’s also nice to see the children happy to see each other and run off to play.
The only bad thing about it all is work…
Work
Ah, work. A necessary evil hey? To be honest my job isn’t that bad, but I still don’t particularly enjoy being there, you know.
Being at work means that I miss 4 of the school runs, and I do struggle with that. Work wont budge with the days that I work, so Im stuck with it for now.
As you know, I struggled with going back to work after maternity leave, and this just adds to the struggle.
But, at least I do get to do some of the drops offs and pick ups, so it’s not all bad.
I am looking to have a career change though and have just started a counselling course which is going really well so far. It’s all online too which is perfect for me.
I’m super excited about it and Im looking forward to where it might lead. The only problem is that I’m wondering when I’m going to have to the time to sit down and do some work.
I see some late nights coming up for me! But, it will all be worth it.
Fun fact – I have an assessment coming up next weekend, so it’ll be interesting to see how that goes. I haven’t done anything like this for a while so Im actually a little bit nervous!
And… a new look
At the start of the year, I decided that I wanted to see how many different colours I could dye my hair. I’ve always loved hair dye and trying out different looks, so I thought why not. Its something fun to do and a little challenge for the year.
So far I have tried bleach blonde, hot pink, pale pink and peach (which was the colour the pink went when it faded).
The pink has just about all washed out now, so I’m wondering what colour I should go for next? I’m thinking either purple or mermaid blue…
Or red. Possibly. Like bright red.
Ah, so many possibilities!
