Hello September

““Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.””
– J.K Rowling

Oh, my gosh! When I stated in July that I would not be posting until September due to being busy, etc… I have actually not done anything that I intended to do. I have been busy with other things, things I had no knowledge of at the beginning of July. Life is a funny thing at times.

Update

During July my mother had to have an operation on her eye. She went for an eye test during the first week of July, and the optician noticed that she had two very tiny cataracts, so she referred her. By the time she saw the specialist which was roughly a week later one had grown quite fast, and was told she had a fast growing cataract. Then a week later she was having it removed. It all happened very quickly, and than she was in recovery for 4 weeks. This meant that she could not do anything due to putting presure on the eye. Amazingly, due to the fact we all work different days and shifts none of us had time off to look after her, as there was always someone around.

I am not sure if I have mentioned this before, but just incase you don’t know. Myself and my daughter live with my parents. When my daughter was younger, it was the best situation as I had help and I could spend time with her due to not having to work 24/7 to survive. Now, we stay as we have no where else to go… lol! Seriously, though, we stay because we enjoy living with them , and we all help each other.

Anyway, my mother got signed off from the hospital last week, so she is happy to be moving around and getting on with life as normal now. My daughter is also happy as she is no longer doing all the ironing.

In Other News…

Even though July and August were busy, I have found time to do a few things.

#1 – I joined a gym. Well, I joined Everyone Active, so I now have access to gyms and swimming pools, besides fitness classes and badminton/tennis courts. I joined on Monday as there was a £1 admin fee, instead of £10. I am going tonight for the first time and also going swimming. I will update you later in the month on how it went.

#2 – I went to Worcester. Before my mother had her operation we went out for the day. None of us had been to Worcester before and we had a great day out. Again, there will be a post about this later in the month.

#3 – Open Air Cinema – Last Friday, myself and my daughter went to Coombe Abbey to watch Elvis at the outdoor cinema experience. We had a great evening even if it was a bit chilly.

#4 – Open University – Today I have finally enrolled on the OU to complete my last module for my degree. I have chosen advanced creative writing. Once completed I will have a BA Hons in Humanities. Just need to fit it in with everything else now.

Plans

My Word for 2023: PRODUCTIVITY

To go to the gym or fitness class once a week
Do at least one Health and Fitness Blog.
Prepare for my OU Course, which starts in October.
Post a 101 List update

Goals for 2023

Below are a five goals I have for this blog for 2023.

To post at least twice a week on Lulu-By-Place – September we try again.
Keep track of my fitness and (hopefully) weight loss in a monthly post – This will be happening.
Post my 50 Things before 50 List – Need to check the list and update it.
Do something interesting at least once a month – full disclosure, this will be of interest to me, so my interesting thing might not be that interesting – July – went to Worcester and August did the Open Air Cinema.
Social Media Goal – To post at least once a week on Instagram (I keep forgetting) – Failing miserably! Will try to remember to post tonight at the GYM, lol!

Hope you all have a good September. It’s nice to be back.

Toodles Lu x