It feels like this week has been sponsored by Boots the chemist . I’ve a heavy cold and have been highly dosed up each day on throat lozenges and day / night flu remedies. I did do parkrun today, not one of my best ideas as my cold really did affect my running. However as I’m on my run-in to my 100th I’m trying to get there as quickly as possible and didn’t want to miss the run. I was hoping I could sweat the cold out!

With a cold and life as it is, there was lots of time for reading in the evenings. I loved and sped through ‘After I Do’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid. The story of a couple who take a break for a year to try and rescue their relationship. I was so invested in this story and felt the ending was true to the characters.

As well as reading, I’ve had time to potter in the evenings. My parents were able to go home on Wednesday afternoon and as Mr S is in bed by early evening, he sleeps lots as part of his recovery, I’ve had a little me time. I finished off my 24for24 list and added it to a Padlet so I can drop in a picture or comment as I complete each one. I have my first ticked off, clean my pier plaque and am working on others too. I like a mix of quick wins of things I’ve been meaning to do, little projects and more long term goals.

It was a wonderful surprise to receive some beautiful flowers from my uncle this week as a little thinking of you gesture. I was so happy to see him last year after he had been so ill and his generosity and kindness was most appreciated this week.

Finally my 5th thing of the week was a new bag. I’m always on the quest for the perfect bag and had been looking at this one for a few months online. I had liked it in bright pink but when I saw the duck egg was half price I opted for this. I love it so much, I’m using it as a work bag as it fits in my small laptop perfectly but am also toying with the idea of a different colour for non school days too. It’s a vegan leather product and has my initials embossed on it too.