Alasdair received his practising certificate from the Law Society on Monday so he is now a qualified solicitor, hooray! When he came home from work he opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate the occasion.
James and I have had a social time this week; we visited Janie and Robert's fabulous new house on Monday, and my uncle Stuart came round for coffee on Tuesday with his lovely wife Anne. It was genuinely great to see them and catch up with family news. I have quite a large family on my Mum’s side but over the years we have become fairly scattered around the UK. Now that I’m retired I hope to see them a bit more often.
Now that we are getting towards the end of summer I have started a couple of fitness classes at the sports centre. It’s years since I have been to Zumba and I was shocked at how strenuous I found it. I also found the dance studio to be very warm which didn’t help. On Wednesday I went along to a FitSteps class and it was much more up my street; I loved the music and it was a bit less terrifying than Zumba. These classes have also turned out to be unexpectedly social - I have been welcomed enthusiastically by several ex-colleagues (from various schools and agencies) who are also retired, as well as people I used to know at church and at the boys’ playgroups. I didn’t expect this but it’s rather pleasant.
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