As a result of the horrible results debacle there was another silver cloud. Kings Interhigh Online (Pip’s online school) offered her a year’s free education 🙂. Pip didn’t want to study A Level’s online but instead chose to work towards an art GCSE in one year. She uses her photography as her main focus with mixed media and drawing skills thrown into the mix. Here is her observational drawing of a cat via a photograph she found on the internet:
On Wednesday we managed a trip to Salts Mill which is just over an hour away from home. The website can be found here
The last time Dave and I were there was the summer of 2022 and this was Pip’s first visit. It was a bitterly cold day but a lovely one nonetheless:
Pip turned seventeen on the 23rd December and I was utterly grateful that I was able to celebrate her day. The previous week on the 15th I had a terrible allergic reaction to the flu vaccine ( shortness of breath and rampant tachycardia occurred within minutes of the jab) which essentially lasted the entire week and consisted of off the wall tachycardia, two severe migraines including light intolerance and needing to wear Ben’s dark glasses and an infection that went from 0-60 and was horrendous! No vaccines for me going forward!!
Dave’s mum spent Christmas week with us and we had a lovely, quiet time together. For the first time ever I actually managed to watch some lovely programmes on Christmas Eve as there was no Christmas baking for me this year 🙂. We had a video call with my mum on Christmas Day as well as a video call from Dave’s brother and his partner - they are still currently in Thailand as I type. On Boxing Day we managed a trip to the seaside and enjoyed blue skies, sunshine and the bracing fresh air 💕
