It's been a very busy couple of weeks. I've had the usual online lessons every morning with my students. It's lovely to see their happy faces, but it's exhausting too getting up so early in the morning!
It was Mum's 60th birthday on the 6th, so we went to a National Trust property for cake and a walk and then to a very posh seafood restaurant in the evening, where I had the most delicious crab and cod with mash potato. It was delicious! Matt went back to London on the Saturday for football. On Sunday, Sam and Amy drove down to the forest for the day to surprise Mum. They took us out for afternoon tea at the hotel where Matt and I got married, Moorhill House in Burley. It's such a lovely hotel. They had a wedding fair that day, so it was all decked out just like it was on our wedding day. Lovely.
This week flew by, going into my new school (i've got a job, yay) to meet with various people. The job is doing an after school club and the room is completely empty at the moment, so the girl running the club and I had lots of fun choosing the things we want to fill the room with. The club itself is due to have a grand opening after the Easter holidays. If schools are still open by that time!
Matt and I put an offer on a house near Mum and Dad's and it was accepted! yay! So, now we're going through all the legal bits to make it officially ours.
Matt flew to Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday to spend a couple of days in the sun with his friend Adam. They still had to teach their online lessons every day, but otherwise they were sitting in the sun and eating delicious curry. They even saw Chris, our friend who moved their from Shanghai after our first year. He had a great time, but is now back in Shanghai to complete his quarantine, and to pick up the rest of our belongings. I was advised by my doctor not to return due to my epilepsy, so I am still running my lessons from England. Matt is getting the cats back tomorrow and can't wait to see them. Then, hopefully he can put them on a plane and I can collect them at Heathrow in a few weeks. I really can't wait to have some cat cuddles.
Matt arrived in China fine, but I think is finding it a bit strange being on his own, since he has never lived on his own before. Hopefully, getting the cats back will help! He has heard that the school is unlikely to open on the 30th March as was planned, so he probably won't be teaching for a week. Never mind, there isn't much he can do about it. He'll just have 3 weeks of packing and cat cuddles instead. Hopefully he can see a few friends before he leaves too.
I had such a good birthday! Really spoilt!
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