A Wonderful Weekend

This weekend has been a really enjoyable one and through this post I will touch on at least five things that bring me pleasure. On Friday night we went to a music quiz night in aid of a charity for Autism. I was there with my children and two of their partners to make up a team of six. I hadn’t been to a quiz night in over 30 years but I instantly refound my competitive spirit! Between the six of us we managed to cover music knowledge from seven decades and we just had so much fun. It was great to see how much the three children still enjoy each other’s company. We are a really close family on the quiet, but it isn’t something that they would willingly admit to 🤣🤣. At the end of the quiz our extremely consistent scoring meant that we won by three points and we celebrated our win with enthusiasm, me being the most enthusiastic!

The following morning I woke up quite early and took some time to read. It’s a great start to the day and I find it helps me no end not to be going straight onto my phone. My phone is effectively blocked from 10.30pm until 7.30am and it has definitely improved my mood and my overall mental health. My wife volunteers at a local charity shop twice a month so she was out for most of the morning and afternoon and my youngest daughter was collecting her new car so she was out pretty much all morning. I spent a lot of time trying to tidy up the house, with some success and I then prepared a meal for the family because our victorious trio were with us for dinner along with our older daughter’s partner. I cooked a really nice pasta dish and we then settled down to play The Traitors board game which was great fun. There’s still another day of the weekend remaining but it has already been one of the best in a quiet way. Quizzing, having time together as a family, reading, cooking for everyone and playing board games. Those are my five everyday things that bring me happiness and I was lucky enough to have all of them in 24 hours 😊😊