Assessing the Situation

 Thank you for all the comments on my last post. I think there’s a whole ACOTAR community out there, and some of you on here too. 

Anyway, I kicked off the week by having a wonderfully relaxed day in York with the chap, on Sunday. It’s been a while since we just had an idle day to ourselves, so we met early in York and dodged rain showers for the first hour.

Enjoying the vibe at Cut and Craft

It soon brightened up though and the chap dutifully nodded his head through dress shops, and subtly (or not so subtly) tried to steer me away from fondling extortionately priced handbags, a favourite hobby of mine. 

The happy face of the chap in a steak house

Then, we finished up with a delicious steak dinner at the Cut and Craft, which we’ve been to a few times and always has a nice vibe. I’m not usually a big fan of steak. It’s not that I don’t like it, but it’s something I rarely crave. It was delicious though, and my side of spicy potato wedges even had a dollop of caviar on them. I’ve only ever had it on blini, it was nicer on wedges, probably because it doesn’t actually taste of that much by itself. A perfect way to wind down before the week started.

Much of the early part of the week was spent revising for my Leadership and Management Diploma end of course Assessment. I felt the pressure of it. I’m sure I never used to get so unsettled by exams, but I’m out of practice these days.

Wednesday I was back down to York for the final assessment. A full 2 hours of me speaking, delivering presentations and answering questions. It was done though, and I could shelve the revision! I won’t know the outcome until the end of the month, so I’m not going to dwell on it. 

Busking in the sunshine 

I enjoyed a nice walk around York on my lunch break to clear my head, and popped into the shop where my friend works for a bit of a natter. York was looking very pretty in the sunshine.

Love these little wildflower areas popping up around York

On the way home I stopped into the Zara sale and treated myself to a new skirt, it’s definitely not my usual style but it’s very cute. Then, once home I was finally able to download the fourth book in the Acotar series to my kindle. I’d been putting it off knowing it would distract me from my revision, but I don’t need to worry about that now, thankfully. 

Friday was the day we’d been waiting weeks for, little Miss’ cast came off! At last her arm is free, and she feels so much better about it, as do I! This will be the first weekend of the summer holidays where she hasn’t been in a cast. We’ll be having a pretty quiet one though to get ready for some more exciting adventures during the second half of the holidays.