Forgot to put this on last weekend. I was really pleased with that week’s tangling journal pages, especially the daffodils. I’ve done some this week but not both pages so it will be later in the week for the next one. Too much work the last week.

A nice Saturday for busy season. Worked this morning and got a few things done. Was seen to be working and did something to make the partner happy (billing). Then a couple of hours outside playing Pokemon Go with the usual community and got to catch up with the lady I’m friends with now, followed by Minecraft chatting with the kid. Will spend the rest of the evening with him outside of take out dinner with husband, then have our popcorn with Starfleet Academy once he’s in bed. Tomorrow I have to do more work, actual work more than show up work 😂. This is the part of the season where I feel guilty as the tax team are full on & I am less so as waiting for them to do their part. Closer to deadlines I will revert to full on again. But it’s stupid to feel guilty as the tax team have 8 weeks of crazy hours, I’ve been prepping for this and crazy since November so my season is a marathon, theirs is a sprint. But having worked on their side and pulled the 11-14 hour days, I do feel guilty that my role isn’t like that now.

When your ice cream is rock hard, let it melt in the sun (although not really hot enough for this to work I appreciate he knew this would work). First ice cream trip of the year, he was silent in the shop but helped pay and in the end ate a new flavour when he tried both sorts I got us. Nice to get him out of the house.

A good Saturday. A bit of colouring in my tangling book with coffee, a couple of hours of work (should have done more but it was sunny and tomorrow will be rain again), nice walk in the sunshine, seeing cherry blossoms and playing Pokemon Go (kid didn’t want to go out), chatted with the kid lots about Minecraft, read my book for a while on his bed, and got video of him telling me it’s 8 o’clock again as Minecraft is gone away. Looking forward to bolognese for dinner, Starfleet Academy when he’s asleep and some more colouring.

Been talking with the kid about how we have to go out for more walks this summer and get out. He wasn’t keen due to the sun and talked about red eyes. He has sunglasses but he doesn’t like wearing them with the ear protectors as it hurts when it pushes them in. I suggested that if we go for ice cream tomorrow in our brief sunny break between rain, he could take his Minecraft umbrella and we’ll call it a sunbrella to keep the sun out of his eyes. He liked the idea. We may look crazy but at least we’ll be out of the house!