Five weeks later

I have spent most of the past five weeks really really unwell. But I'm hopeful it's going to get better. After Christmas we spent a week at Centerparcs and I did tiny bits of cycling and lots of playing in the swimming pool, then we traveled back and the following day I was unable to stay awake for more than 10 minutes at a time, but that's ok.

Today we got out of the house in the daylight and ran some necessary errands, and I've made an appointment for an eye test, and the children are starting on their workbooks again. Emer has taught herself to crochet and Linnea's interest in Things And Stuff continues unabated. Astrid learned to swim while we were away and can now propel herself forwards in the water and breathe.

Ta da list

1. Got up before 8am
2. Had shower
3. Got dressed
4. Tidied bathroom and set toothbrush to charge, toothbrush charger was disgusting, seriously how does that happen?!
5. Took delivery of groceries, put some away
6. Put on a load of laundry from the holiday
7. Emptied and refilled the dishwasher
8. Cleared mouldy food off table, dear god, ew
9. Went to charity shop with three children, delivered donations and bought some things in my new, larger size
10. Went to pharmacy to pick up hairties, chapstick etc
11. Supervised kids doing some workbooks
12. Booked Linnea's summer camp
13. Booked my optician's appointment
14. Paid a bill
15. Let the electricity meter reader in
16. Made enquiries about Linnea's summer school
17. Registered for the potato council's educational growing kit
18. Started sorting fluids for the trip on a plane in a few weeks. Carry-on only, the children are anxious about REALLY WANTING to bring (nail varnish, shower milk, detangler, whatever) so I'm trying to sort it out ahead of time. The good news is, because there are no children's fares any more, we have five adult cabin baggage allowances.
19. In the last three days I have also booked all those flights, bus and taxi transfers etc.
20. And I remembered to eat food.