Make the most of every situation

If I said I wasnt a little dissappointed about not being able to go out or socialise this weekend due to babysitting, im afraid I would be lying. The truth is, there are other things I would rather do on my rare days off then babysit kids however I am determoned to make the most of it and still have a good weekend.

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I have been feeling very run down and tired lately which as far as I know is only due to a lack of sleep. Therefore a weekend of relaxing and doing very little is probably exactly what I need! Besides walking Tess I literally plan to just relax and hang out with the kids both today and tomorrow. The two girls are at pony club and dancing so it is only the little boy who I need to currently look after.

I am just waiting for the girl to get home from dancing and I am going to take the kids up to my families place for a visit. I am looking forward to seeing my family and i think the kids also want to see the farm animals and feed the lambs. My best friend jemma is going to come and keep me company tonight which I am looking forward to and tomorrow we are hoping that it will be warm enough to take the kids up the river for a swim :)

Me with my youngest cousin 

I hope that everyone is having a good weekend.

Busy weekend

This weekend is going to be a big one but not for the same reasons it usually is. This weekend I wont be partying, working or socialising, instead I am going to be babysitting my cousins all weekend. I stayed out at their place last night (Thursday night) and will be staying until Sunday Night. I had a pretty good nights sleep last night which was surprising as usually I dont sleep as well in a strange bed.

The kids are all pretty well bahaved. The youngest is a 7 year old boy and then there are also two girls a 10 year old and a 13 year old. The eldest boy is 15 so I don't really have to babysit him at all, he is capable of looking after himself. I have bought Tess on with me so that I can take her for walks (which I am about to do now, before the kids need to get up for school.

I will have to drop them off on my way to work this morning and then I will be at work all day before having to come home and cook tea for them tonight. The rest of the weekend the kids will be all over the place as they have things like dancing and pony club but luckily they have lifts to all of those things so all I have to do is look after the kids when they are actually here.

I am feeling a little better after having a rest day yesterday. Although I did take Tess for a couple of walks, I practically spent the rest of the day snoozing on the couch and watching series. This is exactly what I needed though and I plan to make the most of a quiet weekend with the kids and get some more rest time in. I have had a constant headache for the last few days and I dont know if its because i am just warn out, if i am dehydrated or it ciukd wven inficate that i am a bit iron deficient, as this happens to me quite a bit (even before I ever got anorexia)

Enjoying the weekend so far

I didn't get a lot of sleep last night so have been feeling a little tired today but I have still had a good day.  I woke up at around 4:00 am and couldn't sleep as I was really hungry so I got up and got myself a bowl of cheerio's. Once I ate those I was feeling more satisfied so fell asleep again on the couch whilst watching tv. I woke up again at 6:00 am and had the second half of my breakfast which was crunchy almond butter on toast.

It was a gorgeous morning so I really enjoyed my walk with Tess. Amy was at my house as she slept at my place last night but I couldn't get her to come for a walk with me so she stayed home and watched tv. It was nice to be able to take Tess for a bit longer walk then I usually do as I didn't have to leave early to go to work. I didn't decide before I left that I was going to go for a long walk, I only decided once I was walking as I was enjoying it so much.

I drove my little sister to her Dance lesson this morning which I was a bit anxious about. Driving myself anywhere is one thing but I am even more anxious about driving since my accident with anyone else in the car. I suppose that this is just because I have always worried about hurting others more than I worry about hurting myself. On eof the things I was most grateful for after my accident was that amy was not in the car with me as she quite often is.

Amy assured me that she wasn't scared though so that really helped as it gave me a little more confidence whilst driving. It means a lot that she trusts me so much despite my recent accident. I drove really carefully and got both of us there in one piece which was a relief. I really enjoyed watching Amy do her dancing and am looking forward to seeing their dance concert at the end of this year. 

Since getting home, Amy and I took Tess for a short walk to the beach and we also visited my nan as well as our little cousins. My uncle also came to my house to visit us which is really nice as we are extremely close to him. Because my dad never knew his father, my uncle has always been a bit like a dad to him and he therefore has been more like a grandfather to us. Growing up we saw him basically every day and he still visits my dad at our family home atleast once a day.

Amy and I are just about to have some tea before we head to my cousins placce where I am babysitting. And then Amy is staying the night at my house again. I will have to take her home quite early tomorrow morning thoough as I have quite a bit of studying to do for my trainee assesment on Monday and I also want to have a bit of a rest before I start a new week of work. Iam working next weekend too so it will be a busy few weeks for me.

I hope that everyone is having a great weekend! Does anyone have anything interesting happening? :) x

Friday night babysitting

The thing about babysitting is that it can either be the easiest of hardest job in the world. Luckily, tonight is one of those night that it is the easiest job in the world. Tonight I am looking after a one year old boy and a 6 year old girl. The one year old boy was already asleep in bed before his parents left so all I had to do was occupy the little girl for an hour or so and put her to bed. Now they are both asleep and I have 3 hours or so to occupy myself.

I hope that both of the kids stay asleep. Last time I babysat I was looking after a little girl who was probably only 3 years old and she cried and screamed for her mum until nearly midnight, so tonight has been a much more enjoyable experience, so far anyway.    

I am planning to get some posts written to have for times when I am too busy to write and also perhaps to find some good recovery advice from sites online to share with you all too. If anyone has any suggestions or requests for certain post topics you would like me to write about, please let me know. Sometimes it can be hard to think of new post ideas and I dont want my posts to get to repetitives so any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I had a good day at work today but am looking forward to a couple of days off over the weekend. I left my dog inside before I came out to babysit tonight so I hope she hasn't done to much damage inside. I thought she would bark too much if I left her outside while I was out so late but I also hope she hasn't got naughty while I am out and chewed anything up or made a mess.

What are your weekend plans? Please remember to comment anything you would like me to write about below :)