Manchester!

The Engage Awards are a set of awards given to young people from a range of different schools across the country who have been nominated for different awards to do with their achievements in education. In 2021, the Engage Awards were held in Manchester and two of the young people from the home that we work in were nominated for awards. Jordan and I, along with one of our colleague and three young people travelled to Manchester Wednesday-Friday in order to watch the young people get their awards as well…

Here Come the Girls – Reunion!

We then got to Christmas, and with Christmas we get the great return of the Wymondham College friendship group as the majority of those that chose to leave Norfolk, return to spend Christmas with their families. This usually means that we can have a great meet up with us all. This happens so irregularly and honestly over COVID its something that I have really missed. These girls have been there through thick and thin and while we may be horrible to each other most of the time, we love each…

Exhilarating Halloween 1&2

So, as seems to be traditional in my life, I celebrated Halloween twice, once with William and Jordan and then again at work. Some might resent this, but I love it! With William, we tried something that we had never done before as our way of sharing Halloween with him. All of us, me, Jordan, William and Sam (Williams Mum) went Pumpkin Picking and while I was mildly dreading it, it I was actually great. There is a fluctuating relationship between me, Jordan and Sam depending on a number of…