I've no idea what the weather is like out in the 'real world'. The sea mist rumbled in on Sunday morning and it's not going to shift for anybody. I suspect on the other side of the Downs it's lovely weather.....
Son has his first school exams today - I can't believe he's coming to the end of his first year in senior school. He continues to grow. On his door post we've marked off key people in his life eg. mum, dad, cousin, aunt, uncle, granny, grandpa etc. There are just 2 people he needs to beat now. I give it a week!
We have this great picture of him and his cousin that my sister-in-law took on Christmas day 2019. It was a lovely sunny day. We were on the beach and she took a quick snap on her phone. Best picture ever. In it my nephew is resting his chin on son's head. Son still has to catch up (nephew is one of the 2), but I suspect that if we ever get another relaxed Christmas on the beach it will be son who is resting his chin on his cousins head.
It was strange this weekend, I didn't do anything exciting, but husband went out for a 'night with the boys'. It was the first time he'd seen them in over a year - his best friends are back in his home town, which is about an hour and a quarter along the coast. I'm glad he got out to do it.
What was strange was being in the house without a full quota of my family. I slept like a log - so I can officially tell my husband it's his fault I sleep so badly normally. It's been such a long time since the house was not full of humanity. It was lovely not to feel 'unlonely'. I actually got some solitude! I know I should feel lucky that I've not been alone during all the lockdowns - but there has to be a happy balance somewhere.
My house isn't massive, but it certainly isn't small - so why is it that whenever I chose to go into a room there seems to be somebody in that room already! We're even spoilt rotten with 2 sitting rooms. I think the main issue is that the house is really open plan - so if there's somebody in the main sitting room and somebody in the dining room - they are essentially in the same room. I could go on and bore you with the rest of the house layout - but needless to say it's very open plan and as the house is built into a hill often the room splitter is a set of steps.
This didn't make life easy last summer when I kept spraining my ankle - as there are 6 steps up between the sitting room and the kitchen. It's also depressing when people give me nicknacks as presents as we don't have any window sills. Just a number of bookcases heaving with nicknacks.
Today I'm doing interviews for my new team at work. I hope I find somebody. I'm desperate to get some support with the work that needs to be done. Also I'm not sure I can cope with the whole recruitment process again. It's incredibly complex - you need a degree in using all the forms and scoring sheets. It's all about making sure decisions are fair and auditable - but actually it makes it over complicated.
Last week I actually ended up in a situation where I was being forced to ask questions that wouldn't actually enable me to analyse whether the person I was interviewing was the right person for the role. I had to put my foot down on that one, though I suspect I'll regret it at the end of the day when I have to input scores into the system and what I've got doesn't match with what the system is expecting.
Still if I find the right person it will be worth it. My other person starts next week..... hopefully.
I'll keep you in the loop.
Life is a bit samey right now. When lockdown released we went out for loads of meals and then it was husbands birthday, then mine. So until now there's been quite a lot to look forward to. Suddenly I'm in an abyss of stuff to lift my thinking - with an expanded stomach. So not only is there nothing to look forward to, but I'm on a diet... again.
I thought when we were all jabbed up we'd be able to do more, but it seems not. I haven't had my second jab yet, but it's booked in. I still wonder whether we'll be able to get away for our staycation. Watch this space.........
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