Life certainly feels quite jam-packed at the moment. With less than two weeks to go until opening night of Calendar Girls, it’s been a busy week of preparations for the show, including a publicity event in a shopping centre and three rehearsals, including the first run-through of the show. My car is currently jam-packed full of props for rehearsals and will be staying that way until we get into the theatre a week on Sunday. I’ve also been baking scones which are one of the props for the show and have to be eaten on stage by a couple of the characters. And as well as all the preparations for our production of Calendar Girls, I also got to see a friend of mine play Chris in another production of Calendar Girls which was a fabulous production and I loved watching it.
Outside of the show, life feels jam-packed with various other things going on. We went out for a meal on Sunday evening as an early birthday celebration for my father-in-law which was lovely. My mum was due to have her surgery on Monday but it got postponed to Tuesday as there were no beds available. It was a huge relief that it went ahead the next day and all went well. She’s now back home and recovering well. Work has also been busy this week and there have been a couple of other things going on that have needed my support so my mental load has felt quite jam-packed too! But on the plus side, my husband hasn’t been travelling with work this week so has been around to support.
Sophie has started panto rehearsals for Sleeping Beauty and is preparing for the Year 7 singing festival at school next week. Thomas is coping very well with everything that is going on at the moment and seems to be really settled at school which is great. So far, I’ve been very happy with the support in place and the focus on what works well for Thomas. He even went running into school one morning this week which was so lovely to see.
What I’ve been grateful for this week:
- Day 276 – I am grateful that Thomas enjoyed having a piano lesson with Mummy.
- Day 277 – I am grateful for a publicity event at the Chimes singing some of the numbers from Calendar Girls.
- Day 278 – I am grateful for Thomas getting his Duckling 3 certificate at swimming today.
- Day 279 – I am grateful for a 3D printed ‘Colorball’ which made Thomas very happy.
- Day 280 – I am grateful that my mum’s surgery went well and she is now recovering on the ward. This was her waiting to go down to theatre and her positivity reminds me so much of Jessica and the way she was always full of smiles going down to theatre too.
- Day 281 – I am grateful for a bit of variety from my usual baking – swapping my usual cheese scones for fruit scones for tonight’s run through of Calendar Girls.
- Day 282 – I am grateful for a lovely evening seeing Shinfield Players Theatre‘s production of Calendar Girls.
Other things that have made me smile this week:
- Getting out with my walking group and having some calming time in nature.
- Sophie leaving me a lovely note on the whiteboard on the fridge.
- Getting my monthly flower delivery.
Joining in with Raisie Bay for Word of the Week.
