So after a fun and hectic summer we settled back into our routines.

The start of school was tough – anxiety about new classes and new teachers meant crappy behaviour at home. All of a sudden the new school uniform that fit just fine when we tried it on in the shop in July was too big and not right, and I bought the wrong kind of sweetcorn, and so on.

There was a lot of yelling at me in general!

But things settled down eventually and the girls got back into their routines and I went back to work.

I had some great news at work that a course I worked on for over a year was shortlisted for two awards which was really great so I was very pleased with myself! And I continued to struggle with my manager who I find patronising and irritating. But I also got an interview for a really good job (I won’t get it but being shortlisted for interview was exciting!).

We have spent most of September weighing up whether or not we should move to France (see my other post on this), and are now considering where else we might move to if it’s not France.

I have a lot of things to consider in all corners!

Also I had a really fun work trip to Tajikistan (Dushanbe) for a week to run a training. It was hard work and very tiring but really fun to get back into delivering training again and to be out in the world! Sadly I couldn’t stay on to see much of the country but did manage a weekend exploring a little of the parks in the city and shopping my little heart out!

Here are some pics for you: