Ending the week with some smiles.

Last Updated on 26 June 2023 by Colette

At the end of last week I posted a particularly grumpy facebook status about a very sour faced person and their negativity setting my weekend off on a really miserable note . . . it  was a relatively insignificant exchange but it got under my skin. Lots of stuff is stressing me out at the moment, I’m tired and its easy to focus on the bad things.
 
This week I realised I was feeling considerably more chipper and posted the following: 
 

It was an update I wanted to save and in fact write a bit more about – so here it is!

Custard Leave
I’ve had a much needed few days with my best friend – chatting, shopping, eating cake and dieting (yes I know how ridiculous that sounds)

Geordie Shore 
It’s my guilty pleasure (or ours I should say – Dave will admit he loves it too!)  This week I’ve been sharing this with Kirst and we’ve watched several episodes a night starting right from the beginning.

Getting weighed 
I wrote at the start of the year that I was looking to get back to my wedding weight this year – and I’ve managed another 2lb in the right direction this week 🙂 Slow and steady wins the race.

A positive conversation 
A situation from earlier in the week had been bugging me – I didn’t like the outcome and couldn’t stop thinking about it so I spoke to the person involved and made my point. I’m hoping things have changed as a result. If nothing else I felt better for getting it off my chest!

A sour faced person
The person who set last weekend off on a bad note managed to crack a smile and speak positively today and had a completely different attitude – amazing the difference a week can make! Wonder what next Friday will bring!?

Being proud of Muff Boy 
I just am. Proud of my bessie being a mature student and how hard he’s working.

Ben’s reading record
There’s not often anything written in Ben’s record about the reading he has done at school which I find frustrating – but this week there were two messages. One to say how well he’s doing with learning his sight words and another to say that yesterday he had done some really good sounding out and in fact “his best reading ever” – Proud Mummy moment or what!

So there, I’m ending this week with a smile or two.

 

Read more about the power of positive thinking here.

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  • Colette Burgess is an experienced primary school teacher and has lived in Manchester for most of her adult life. She is married to Dave and they have three children aged 12, 15, and 16.

    Colette has been writing about days out and adventures in Manchester and beyond including day trips and short breaks in the UK and holidays abroad since 2012.

    Colette and her family love festivals, camping and generally being outside.

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3 thoughts on “Ending the week with some smiles.”

  1. Its always better to get things off your chest, and i'm pleased you're heading into weekend with a smile on your face 🙂 xx xxx

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  2. Love a positive end to the week! I've been intrigued by the term custard leave

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    • The kids call by best friend Aunty Custard (she's Kirsty really but Ben got confused when he was little and it stuck)
      We joked she should be entitled to some sort of best friend / god mother leave when Amy was born & ended up calling it Custard Leave 🙂 She took a week's holiday last week to come visit & it was fab x

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