Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Eastbourne Week 1

After meeting Joss on the Thursday after school, I didn't see him again until after school on the Friday which meant I could have a lie in. His Dad dropped him back home after dinner and as it was the weekend he was allowed to stay up a little later so we played a few games. On the Saturday we headed into Wellington for the afternoon and we went and had a ice cream and sat watching the buses as he loves big vehicles. Whilst in Wellington we looked round a few of the shops and did the food shop, before finally ending up in Toy World which he loved! For dinner we even had Paella as Cynthia is Spanish and that's their main dish and it tasted really good!

The following day was another chilled out morning, although we did head into Wellington again in the afternoon again for a couple of hours. We even met one of Joss's old au pairs who had just recently come back from Asia, who met us as he had left his car outside the house and wanting a lift over to pick it up. Unfortunately as he had left it for so long it didn't work so he ended up staying the night as it was too late in the day to get someone out to fix it by the time we got back. Come evening we went out to a local restaurant run by a British couple where we had a really nice roast dinner!

By Monday it was back to school which meant no more lie ins. The school had however decided to have a half day which meant Joss was home by lunchtime! On the Tuesday everything was back to normal in terms of school and after he went I had the day to myself to do whatever I wanted. I therefore decided to walk into Petone as it was such a nice day, following the coast road in via the marina. It was a nice walk and I chilled on the beach and sorted a few things out while I was in town. I caught bus back home though and it was Cynthias last day so after Joss got home from school we said goodbye before she went off to the airport.

Wednesday was another great day in terms of weather, although Joss goes sailing on a Wednesday morning which meant we had to pick him up from school at half 10 to take him down to the boating area. A group of volunteers take young people out into the harbour, and it's disabled friendly which makes it perfect for him. Whilst there I was even allowed to go on the power boat and head out to nearby rocks as some seals had made their home there, and they were really cute. After dropping him back off at school I had the afternoon to myself as his Dad was picking him up from school and dropping him back home after dinner. I therefore decided to pop into Eastbourne to explore the village which I hadn't done yet, following the road along the bays in. I even managed to pick up soon leaflets about walking opportunities in the Wellington area which was useful.

Thursday was a more hands on day round the house as because Cynthia had left who was staying in Joss's room, it needed sorting out. As it was an empty room I therefore did a deep clean as the ceiling was covered in mould which wasn't good! I soon sorted that and it looked as good as new. Come afternoon we took Max out to the pet shop as it had a diy dog wash. Apparently they take Max there every other week to get washed, although when getting there he absolutely hated it and knew exactly what was happening! I got him nice and clean eventually though with a bit of encouragement!

On Friday it was a more laid back morning as Joss had an appointment to sort out his walker which needed adjusting at half 10 over in Johnsonville, which meant we didn't bother sending him to school as he wouldn't have been there long before we needed to pick him up. His walker thing is designed to encourage him more put more weight on his legs and hips rather than actually walk and he absolutely hated using it, but the guy said if we could encourage him to use it for just 5 minutes a day it could help him in the long term.

After the appointment we dropped him back off at school and that gave me the afternoon to relax, although the weather was horrendous in a wind sense as I found out walking the dog along the bays! The issue is the stretch of coastline Eastbourne and the bays lies on is very rugged, with very little flat land. The road is barely wide enough for 2 lanes and a pedestrian walkway, and is effectively at sea level. As it was so windy the waves were crashing into the road which made walking along pretty sketchy. It's a good thing I suppose that most of the houses are built on the hillside because if a tsunami was to strike the few houses on the road level would have no chance! When Joss arrived home from school he only stayed a couple of hours before his Dad picked him to stay round his for the weekend. This gave me the weekend off so Liza took me down to the local pub to introduce me to a few of the locals which nice of her, before heading back via the Chinese for dinner.

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