You should have been here with me!
Just come back from a weekend at Butlins, Bognor Regis.
Just was a fun weekend. There must have been nearly 10,000 people there on Saturday night! The function room we were in had 3,000 people there, so they said!
Here are a couple of reels that I took.
It was the first time I have seen Limahl – real name Christopher Hamill, though I was a fan of Kajagoogoo when it was going strong.
Autumn is a good time for reflection and recuperation and live life at a slower pace when you can after work in the evenings and weekends.
I’m grateful for the Hybrid working pattern, now it’s 3 days in the office and 2 working from home.
Love the drive in the countryside to work. This week it’s been dangerous with torrential rain, trees fallen down, flooded roads making traffic jams and sadly accidents. 😩
My town was gridlocked with traffic jams and flooded streets. Had to give going to the Health Club a miss in the week but thankfully got there today for Aqua Fit. While I was in the car I went shopping.
A friend went into hospital so no Wednesday Fellowship Group this week. Nice to have the night in 😜.
Dark evenings – the season of winter. I am grateful for the chance to slow the pace. Cost of living rises is a contribution to this. But since Covid doing less has been beneficial. Even when I met up with a friend who lives locally we spent a lot of time staying local, eating in and watching films at home. It has been lovely. ❤️
You can enjoy your life without spending lots of money.
Everyone is feeling the changes in our cost of living making everything so expensive.
My favourite band – http://www.the-big-blue.com/listings.html Been a follower since 2012. Going to see them play in various locations in East Sussex. I keep this as a commitment at least once a month.
I am quite good with money. I buy my food and snacks for work from the supermarket. Take sandwiches every day.
Other things I buy via subscription on Amazon – heavy goods like the cat food gets 15% off when ordered with 4 other items and is delivered too.
I understand the philosophy of paying by cash and locally – great for non chain businesses but some items these days are really hard to get hold of in the local store
For example bereavement/sympathy cards, can never buy them locally any more.
Got invited to opportunities to make addition income. Have a few meetings to listen in on this weekend.
I am just going to cook a small roast pork joint for myself to eat Will be ok for tomorrow too. Managed to buy some parsnips. I never think a roast is the same without parsnips. 😜
September went fast.
Ultra Challenge Day went well. Met a few new people (women) that enjoyed walking. Discussed doing a similar challenge next year. I said it would need to be flatter, enjoyed the sunshine and got a lot of exercise. My feet survived it. No blisters thankfully.
Week 2 – not so good- thought I had a Gastritis flare up, chemist gave me “Milk of Magnesia” which really seemed to give me a burning sensation in my gut. For a long time, I was unable to eat anything. Just drinking sips of water and lying in bed due to having a fever. Went back to work on the Thursday and found two others had had the same issue.
Week 3 – my long awaited vacation but due to a type of gastric flu not able to venture out too much. Most plans for this week cancelled because of the death of Queen Elisabeth.
In a way I was grateful not to have to go up to London even though I had been looking forward to seeing my Entrepreneurial friends. Not seen them in person since before lockdown/covid. Actually, I’ve not been on a train since before Covid either.
I have just been driving in my car and using the bus. Started my Sussex Gospel Partnership Bible Study Course, one a month for 2 years.
Week 3- On my week off I went to the local health club, went to watch some friends playing in their bands at various venues in Hastings.
Week 4 – Then I was fortunate to be able to work from home for a few weeks.
Discovered I had lost 10kilos. Now I can wear my super dry jacket again.
Keen to keep up the fitness regime. Making sure I actively walk or go to the gym weekly to walk on the treadmill.
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