Rollercoasters

I love rollercoasters! One of the highlights of my year used to be our annual trip to Lightwater Valley. The Ultimate was the best! I doubt that I'll be able to go on it again. I can't imagine the pain it would cause, rattling along as it does, shaking my back up. I think my rollercoaster days are over - physically, at least.

The last year has been an emotional rollercoaster. I haven't enjoyed that anywhere near as much as a real one. Even as I sit here in my favourite place at the airport (not that I like airports much) I'm excited about seeing Neil and Josh, sad that I've just left Andy and uncertain about what the future holds. It's at times like this, I'm glad I'm a Christian. When life is a rollercoaster, there's a God who loves us and has everything under control.

Despicable Me 2

If you want to see a film that is funny without needing to concentrate too hard, then this is the one. We went to a tiny weeny cinema to see it. The seats were enormous though!

One nice thing is that there were no subtitles... 

not Finnish, nor Swedish. Just a whole screen of film. Nice!

Found a house

Today has been an exciting and busy day! Andy had appointments to open new bank accounts and to get his National Insurance number, both of which are now sorted. We also went to the estate agent to fill in all the paperwork for what we hope will be our new home. It isn't signed and delivered but the owners have agreed to us taking it and we're hoping there won't be any problems.

It's a dormer bungalow in a village just outside town. I like the gardens, which are clean, tidy and simple. Unlike most of the town, this estate is completely flat - handy for me. Andy and I went back for a second look yesterday, just to be sure. It's hard to be 100% sure when Neil and Josh haven't seen it but I think they will both like the place. 

So that's work sorted (for me, at least), a house sorted... now I'm thinking about a car.

Lost - brain cells

Where did today go? I spent the entire morning on the phone to school, estate agents, Neil and I can't remember who else.

After lunch, we went into town and sorted out a few things and I forgot to buy a new tube of toothpaste.

This evening, we sat quietly and caught up with some work. Andy did a maths test that they gave him on his sixth form induction day. Then I suddenly remembered that we needed milk and toothpaste, so we walked to Sainsbury's... bought milk... and forgot toothpaste! Agh!

Hope my brain cells are back with me tomorrow. I'm going into school to find out what my job will be and meet the teachers I'll be covering for.

Barbecue

We've had disappointingly hot weather today and I've mainly been trying to hibernate. This evening, though, we went to my auntie's house for a barbecue. The food was fantastic - lots of different meats. Pudding was lovely too.

New school

Well, after various interviews, ummings and aahings, September is now sorted. I'm going to be teaching 4 days a week to cover management release time at my old primary school. Even though I really wanted full-time, I'm really excited about being able to give something back to the school that gave me so much as a child.

Preparing for interview

Yesterday morning, Andy and I went to the beach to get some photos for a lesson I have to teach as part of my interview. While we were there, we saw a sign that reminded me of a day, many years ago, when I got stranded on the beach. It was so scary and I ended up having to climb part way up the cliff to avoid being swept away by the sea. Thankfully, it wasn't a rough day and I escaped with wet feet.