A blog a day #7 - holiday booked

We’re going to Tenerife in July!

I’m not sure how I’m going to afford that, along with trips to Bologna and Aalen also this spring/summer but I’m sure we’ll make it work.

The kids are buzzing and I really did want them to have something nice to look forward to this summer.

However, the cost for a week is mental. Even more annoying that we have to fly for Manchester because the additional cost of flying out from Scotland made it unaffordable. Really frustrating.

At work, I’m interested in applying for a development role with our Service Design team. I spoke to the team manager today and had a positive conversation about what the role entails and I spoke with my current manager and she was, as ever, very supportive. I’ll get my application in and see where it leads. It would be for a higher grade and without being too desperate I really need this.

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Started off the day by looking at YouTube and never really recovered after that. I did go to the local high school Grace will attend for a parents info evening all about the transition from P7 to S1. Quite impressed with the school and she is absolutely buzzing to get started. Rangers comfortably beat Aberdeen 3-0 at Ibrox. Not really starting this year on the front foot. I’m poor, it’s cold and I’m not in the mood. Picture from Lake Como last summer.

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