Holidays, holidays!

I took a holiday, a much needed holiday!

It had been booked for several months, almost 10 months.

My nephew was getting married, and he lives in the United States, he had popped over in February to introduce his bride-to-be, and in October they finally tied the knot.

Normally when you go away on holiday it is a chance to recharge the batteries, a time to rest, let the mind and body relax so that when you get back to work, you are raring to go with some added zest, with some new ideas, but on this occasion it was a week long party and I felt I needed a proper holiday to get over it.

We arrived on the Wednesday and was staying with my sister and family, and so the first night was a big catch up, lots of hugs and telling of stories. Plenty of wine involved too! On the Thursday there was a mini-stag do, with the groom staying over along with some friends, both local and from the UK, another late night where plenty of beer was drunk. Friday, we decamped to the hotel where everyone was staying for two nights, and there was a rehearsal dinner to attend, fine food and more wine. On the Saturday we had the wedding and what a wedding, a fantastic time was had. The reception had plenty of food, wine and bless me, they even had a barrel of London Pride for us Brits to drink.

Time to relax on Sunday, oh no! A post-wedding party/BBQ, where friends who didn't come to the wedding also came to say hi to the bride and groom - luckily this was a daytime party, and so our first early night!

We had a day off on Monday, before yet another party to go to on the Tuesday - the brides birthday!

We did fit in a bit of sightseeing after that and arrived home duly shattered, and it has taken me and my liver a week to feel as if we are back to normal.

Many thanks to my sister, my nephew, his bride and her family, my other family members who travelled as well, of course my wife and all those new friends that we met whilst there.

Now, back to work!

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Half term, grandkids & work!

The grandkids went home Saturday!

They stayed a best part of a week, and with gran looking after one & me - gramps - looking after the other most days it was tough to get a full days work done. However, we managed to get most things done and Monday has come around and the ToDo list is as long as you like!

Luckily, most of my customers must have had a similar experience as it was reasonably quiet but we still managed to have a near record week of orders coming in - hence the ToDo list being long!

Working from home does allow you flexibility and whilst it is always difficult to take a proper holiday it is relatively easy to take a few hours off some days!

How do you cope?

Kids go back to school next week!

My kids have grown up and have long fled the family nest, but we have grandkids and grandkid number one is staying with us this week.

It has meant a couple of things - firstly, I have to get my work done in less hours, as I am expected to spend time with him to keep him occupied! It has got me out of the office with a chance to relax and just think about things, a time where occasionally you get that flash of inspiration. It didn't happen this time, but I was able to put a few things into order!

We got to spend the afternoon at Westward Ho! beach on Wednesday and very dapper does the grandkid look with his body board - I looked on from the beach as he had fun jumping in and out of the waves - he wants to go again this week before he heads home!

Working for yourself has trials and tribulations, but having the ability to nip out for a couple of hours to the beach, or to the local swimming pool as we did yesterday is one of the tribulations.

Back to the coalface today, a few things to get done, a networking lunch to go to, back to the office, a few more things to get done, and then it's the weekend. The grandkid goes back home Monday next week, life will return to normal & the kids go back to school.

Phew!

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