How are you doing this week? How is mental health? The news is a bit worrying again, isn’t it? We are back into local lockdown here, being part of one of the places with the spikes. Nothing much changed other than people can’t meet indoors or outside and we are all in the 6 groups, so that makes things harder. Limiting outdoor play for Aria hasn’t been the easiest. I’ve struggled a bit with migraines again this week and don’t feel my best mentally, but all in all, things are good and we are healthy, so that is the main thing. What about you guys? Sending my air hugs your way. And I am here if you guys ever want someone to talk to. Do DM me on twitter, FB or email, whatever you feel comfortable with. The listening ear is there.
So we have we been up to since I finished last week’s weekly post well, a few hours after typing, we went into local lockdown in North and South Lanarkshire. They are big areas and it will affect a lot of people. I really hope it helps. I think we have another week and it gets reviewed. Saturday saw it pour with rain most of the day. Didn’t stop Aria going out to play and even jumping on a trampoline. She cam in drenched, but happy, so that was good. Lucas had stayed over a friend the night before so that was lucky before lockdown. He’d been out playing football so he was happy. Tyler was chatting away with his classmates on Facetime, it is very fun to hear them all chat on the odd time you pass his room. It was a lazy day and evening with jammies on, a Chinese and some tv for Robert and I. No new shows this week, still watched The Umbrella Academy, The Prodigal Son and Good Girls. Thrown in with some Schitt’s Creek to lighten the evenings viewing.
Sunday we went shopping to get some art supplies for me, very exciting, some super skinny jeans for Tyler and Aria had wanted to get some clothes for Parker. Her doll, who also has to wear a mask when out shopping. He got a couple of teeny tiny outfits from Primark and was happy with that. He is the best-dressed doll in the place. The cat as you can see has taken up residence on my office chair and it’s a fight to get it back. She does look so cute and comfy.
Monday was a busy working day and Robert has been in Edinburgh working most of the week, so it’s been quite quiet in my wee home office space. We got Aria one of those GPS watches, but not quite sure it’s working right and when she walked a friend home, well we were a bit confused as to where she went and it was the longest 5 minutes in the twilight moment of my life. Thankfully all was well. But, boy did I feel like I needed a drink to calm those nerves.
Tuesday was working, but working from home means I can get the washing done too, so I did that too. It was a nice day and I got a nice photo at the top of the hill after walking the kids all home. It is such a nice view up there. Plus with the darker nights coming in, I get to see more pretty skies. I’ve been so lax in taking photos recently and still struggling to post on Instagram. I’ve really struggled with social media recently. I watched an editing masterclass in the evening, but not sure keen on it. The boys were both at football. Lucas helping Robert out with coaching.
Wednesday another working day on my own. I put The Duchess on in the background for some noise, the language is a tad colourful in it shall we say. Looks good though. I did my Illustration workshop in the evening which was great fun. It was batman this week and we learned about mixing different mediums and it was really enjoyable. I am still rubbish, but it is fun to do. You can see my piece above.
Thursday was busy with work and I had a really bad migraine, felt awful. Really struggled with work and did nothing productive or useful in the evening. Fell asleep and woke up with Robert coming to bed and thought it was time to get up for work. That was how my day was going.
And hooray for Friday. Migraine still lingering, but hopefully doesn’t go full-blown like yesterdays. I’ve not had them as bad since I’ve had all the preventative medicine, but this week seems to haven’t been great. Feel like I’ve fallen behind and not been productive and things aren’t right, but well, we all feel this way at times. Here’s to a calmer weekend. What are your plans?
I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Amazing skyline, the orange is so bright #mysundayphoto
Thank you x
Sorry to hear that the migraines are back, that must be so hard. It must be strange being back in lockdown. I feel like it will probably happen everywhere soon enough.
Your Batman drawing is fantastic and that sky is beautiful. x
Thank you lovely. It’s not changed too much, but hard not to see family again. Thank you x
Hope your migraines get better.
Stay safe.
Thank you. You too x
love your black kitty – give her a hug for me – I’m still mostly staying home alone, sigh – hope numbers go down in your area soon
Aww thank you lovey. I will do xx
I am glad things are good with you and you’re all fit and well, well apart from the migraines. I hope you are feeling better now.
hehehe! I remember buying clothes for my youngest girls dolls. It worked out cheaper buying baby clothes than real doll clothes. lol x
Thank you lovely. It really is crazy isn’t it. xx
That sky is stunning. I think most people will be in lockdown in the coming weeks
Thank you for linking up to #MySundayPhoto
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Was it the film of The Duchess? The festival I work for made an opera based on her last year as she lived close by at Chatsworth. Have a lovely week Susan x
No, I have seen that and it’s amazing. That is so cool. Hope you have a good week xx
I must show your Batman to Eddie, he will love it. He hasn’t been doing much art recently, so hopefully your artwork will inspire him.
Sorry to hear about your migraines, and the local lockdown doesn’t sound very easy either.
Is The Duchess the old film with Keira Knightley? I watched half of it long time ago, but found it tedious, and also I am not a fan of KK.
Love the cat’s eyes, so character-ful!
Aww thank you. I hope it might encourage him. Please let me see his work. I’d love to. Thank you lovely xx
It is worrying with the rise in Covid numbers and having to live with tighter restrictions again is hard, especially for the children. That sunset is stunning and I love your Batman drawing. Sorry to hear that you had a migraine. Hope that you are now feeling better. #project366
I agree, it is a worry. Thank you xx
Sorry to hear about the migraine coming back, so debilitating. As always your sky shot wins the day #366
Thank you lovely x
Migraines suck, hope you feel better suck x #mysundayphoto
Thank you x
Your cat does look exceptionally comfy and cute on the chair. Getting art supplies is always exciting. Love the batman painting! I am suffering from migraines too. Hopefully this week will be a migraine free one for both of us.
-Soma
She love th echair. I do love your paintings. Hope you are ok from migraines too x
Hope your migraine’s eased now. Sorry you’re in local lockdown. The kids sports are still on then? Hopeful then that if we go into lockdown, N’s tennis will stay on.
Thank you. They are outdoors for now xx
My week has been filled with loads of washing too, the joys of working from home! Hope you are ok and have managed to shift the migranes!
That skyline picture is amazing, it reminded me what the sun is supposed to look like! 😉 Hope you are all having a fab week chick xx Sim
The joys indeed. Aww thank you xxx
I’m finding things a bit difficult at the moment. The rising numbers are quite worrying. I’m pretty much in my little bubble and trying to ignore everything else x
Sorry to hear that you have been in lockdown again. I am now isolating but think I have a heavy cold rather than anything else……i hate being housebound!! Your sunset picture is gorgeous
Oh no, being back in lockdown is not good. Could stress from that be making your migraines worse? I hope you manage to get them under control – it must be awful 🙁 Your Batman pic is amazing – you are really talented, so don’t keep saying you’re not ! xx
Location things at the moment seem to be all over the place. I know for a fact my daughter was in school as they don’t just let them out but her location on her phone was saying she was at the other end of the city! Weird.
Sorry to hear you have been getting migraines.
Your Batman is excellent! Well done – that’s a fantastic hobby to have 🙂
If you ever need an ear yourself, I have one waiting xx
Sorry to hear about the migraines. It is more difficult with all the new lockdowns – I think a lot of us are in these local ones now, but I’m not sure they are enough to make a difference. It will be tough if we have to go further though. Well done on Batman.
I think I’d be happier if we were to have a local lockdown if I’m honest – a national lockdown would be even better as I think we need it! I hope your migraines improve, I know how horrid they can be. Thank you as always for linking up and joining in with #MySundaySnapshot – I always love reading your posts and I adore your photos, especially the sunset snap.
We loved The Umbrella Academy, we are all caught up and ready for the next series! Hope its not too long. The Duchess is so funny! We enjoyed it colourful language and all haha. I quite like your Batman! Don’t be hard on yourself.
I am so sorry you are back in local lockdown the rules for it are so strange I think – I hope things get easier soon. I’ve been hiding from the news as it was playing on my mind a lot.
Sorry to hear your migraines are giving you trouble again, I hope you are feeling much better now…yes, I’m a bit late catching up. I love your Batman illustration, I didn’t know you were learning illustrating too, that’s fab. We too are in a lockdown area, but it hasn’t made much difference to us, my family rarely goes anywhere except school and work. And I work at home.
Take care, and feel better soon xx
Sorry to hear about the migraine, I hope it went away. It must be nice working from home alone too we are still living in each others pockets. Love Batman you are really good. We had a GPS watch too, that happened as well and he’s never worn it again. Totally freaked me out.
That’s a shame about the spike in cases and lockdown. I hope your migraine diminishes. Things are well on my side. The sunset looks lovely. That’s a very shiny cat. The batman looks awesome!