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Saturday we went to see Michael at the Odeon and I enjoyed it a lot, especially the music parts. I also liked that a few people had dressed up to watch, with some excellent sparkly outfits around. What I did find unsettling was how Janet was totally erased from the film, and checking afterwards she didn't want to be involved, saying it was exploiting Michael's memory. Which, good for her, but does show how easily facts can be changed in these kinds of films.

As we'd gone to an early showing we went out to eat for dinner, and got to talking to a server who was admiring James' 'cat dad' t-shirt. She also said she had 12 rescue cats of her own and one had just had a litter of kittens which were ready to be rehomed. Which, yeah, no. I'm not going for a pizza and coming home with a kitten as an extra, no matter the gentle hints.

As it was forecast to rain all day on Sunday, we made plans to go to the big gym in Sunderland, and tbh, probably wouldn't go on a weekend again. While it was busy, you could still easily get on a machine, even if it meant waiting sometimes. It was just, the people there were mostly the hard core type, with so much grunting going on while lifting very heavy. They were still perfectly nice, and one lovely guy helped take off a 25k weight plate of the sled when I couldn't move it, it's just, I prefer the more relaxed atmosphere of during the week.

But, we got our hydro massage which is always a plus, even if we did have to wait a bit for the beds to come free.

From there we did a bit of grocery shopping, going to Company first, then onto Aldi, where we found out close to closing they take all the reduced items to an area near the tills and sell everything for 10p. So, that meant we got more bread, veggies, and fruit than planned. But, at that price I couldn't turn it down and everything will be and is getting used.

Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny bank holiday. James was off so we went to go buy our tomato plants. The guy we usually get them from was back selling this year after a year off, and I was adamant I wouldn't get more than six. So of course, ten came home with us. Then I got some bedding plants and a geranium from Lidl on the way home, planting those out in the afternoon. While the tomatoes are settled nicely in the greenhouse.

Today I was superposed to be dropped off at Kayleigh and Lucy's at seven, wait there until eight and then walk Bodhi to school as Lucy was going out on an early shift while Kayleigh was finishing a sleep in shift. But Bodhi wasn't well during the night so what happened was I looked after her until Kayleigh finished at 10. Not that much looking after happened as she didn't wake until after nine.

Now I'm home, have tidied up and have a while before I need to set off for a nurse appointment for a routine screening. Can't say I'm looking forward to it, but I'll be a grown up and go.

turps

I think every Camp Sparkler who is on my flist is on

pensnest 's, but just in case, check out

campsparkle for some potential Camp plans. Twenty years, man, who can believe it. A lot has gone on since that first weekend away with the other Campers. And so many memories tied to various Camps.

It's another gorgeous day out there today, so I'll be going back into the garden soon. I started a good tidy up yesterday, including a hard prune of the butterfly bush that has grown at an insane rate. I'm very glad I potted it in a huge container and not the ground as I suspect the thing would have taken over the garden completely otherwise. So, today one of the jobs will be cutting up the branches so I can take them to the tip over the weekend. Then, I suspect a first read in the rocking chair while basking in the sun will happen.

Wednesday was a busy one. It was class at 9am, where we talked about gut health. With being allowed to stay in the programme this is about the third time I've heard this talk, but it was still interesting stuff. There were a couple of newbies, which was nice, and the battle ropes were out for the exercise part, and I do like a good bash of the floor.

Oh, and as part of the cool down stretches we always try to touch out heels with our hands while standing, and I always fail by quite a lot. But, I nearly did it on Wednesday! It made me laugh as at one point Rosie noticed and started to urge me on, saying, come on, you're nearly there, while the rest of the class looked on. Which, unlike the badminton people, I didn't mind at all. The regulars in class have been there from the start when I could barely do a thing, so their attention is uplifting.

Then, after class it was on to our one to ones, which I'll cut for talk about weight ( behind here )

It was about 11:30 when we left the one to one room and I had my B12 appointment at 1:20. Considering the two buildings are so close it was pointless going anywhere else so we had an early lunch at the gym café, then headed for the doctors at 12:30. I was the only person there when I booked in, and I hoped that with it only being an injection that always takes all of a few minutes they'd call me in early. Which is exactly what happened, and I'd barely sat down when I was called in.

Left the doctors to drive to the craft shop where we restocked the coasters, and then went to Greggs to get Bodhi a sausage roll and unicorn cupcake as we were supposed to be picking her up from school. Drove onto Aldi to get some stuff for James' bait, only to get a message from Lucy saying she'd finished work early so we were off the pickup hook. We still went and dropped off the baked goods to Lucy, though.

Which meant we got home earlier than I expected after a day going here, there and everywhere.

And now, I think it's time I went to chop up some branches.

turps

Happiest of birthdays to

turlough, who is one of the kindest and most supportive people I know.

I hope you're having a fantastic day ♥

turps

Weight management exercise only class was yesterday and the usual hall we do it in was unavailable so we ended up in the sports hall, sharing with the badminton people. They had two nets and half the hall, we had the other side, and I tried my best to ignore the fact strangers could easily see me exercise. Rosie did say she considered asking for more nets to be brought in so we could play too, but decided against that, which I'm glad about. She was also considering taking the class for a walk, but decided she'd look like the Pied Piper just randomly leading us all around town *g*

So, in the end she just brought in a few bands, some lighter dumbbells and two steps, and added in some body weight moves to increase the stations. One of which was a wall sit as she's a sadist. At one point as I was doing the move, she told me I looked very Zen, which was great to know as inside I was crying.

It's my one to one after class tomorrow, so we'll see where I'm at then.

Bodhi's coming here after school for half an hour as her mams are going to her school parents evening. I also watched her on Saturday as the mams had gone for an early showing at the cinema. Safe to say, considering I'm also picking Bodhi up from school tomorrow, you can tell Kayleigh is back in full-time work. Maybe today is the day I'll actually remember all the Demon Hunter characters. I can only hope before I permanently lose my cool auntie points.

Sunday was such a beautiful day, and we ended up at a transport museum that's local to us. Despite being so close I haven't been there for a very long time, mainly because transport really isn't my thing. But James likes that stuff so we called in, and when we went to pay the guy on the till made a zipped lip motion and then said, just go in for free. Which was unexpected and lovely of him.

Apparently we'd gone on some kind of cosplay military day, and there was tank firing later on. Not that we stayed long enough to see that as the place is pretty small, and we'd seen everything in an hour. I did have a go on the fundraising tombola and won a latte coffee mug filled with coffee sachets which was a nice win. If you do have a TikTok account you can see James' video about it here. Including a photo of me in it, I'm on one of the vintage army jeeps and while you could go fully inside, the seats were so low I had visions of getting stuck, and didn't really fancy being prised out of a vehicle.

Today I've been for a walk to the local shops to buy felt circles as there has been a run of coaster sales at the craft shop so they need a restock. This is my contribution to the crafty side of things, James creates, I stick on the feet *g*

And now I must go and get ready for hurricane Bodes to arrive.

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