September has just arrived and Summer has nearly left us for another year, luckily the weather hasn't turned completely dire yet but it's definitely getting darker earlier and I'm totally not a fan of that.
Technically though, my Summer Holidays aren't quite over yet, and I still have more adventures to look forward to. Since last writing I've also had lots of other exciting things happen.
Everything to do with my heart and CHD etc is still ticking along nicely and one of the nice things was to do with that, so you can read about that here.
As well as that, The Boyf turned 21, so we had a nice quiet evening celebrating and I cooked a special 3 course dinner, he opened pressies and we just relaxed and enjoyed a quiet evening together. I bought him the new Leicester Tigers rugby shirt since he is a season ticket holder now and he proudly sported it to the first game of the season on Saturday.
The Best Friend has been learning to ride, after finally overcoming her fear of horses, so since I can't ride at the moment I have been accompanying the Best Friend and her sister to their lessons so that I still have a reason to go down and see my friends from the yard, and my favourite horses too! She's doing really well in her lessons and is really enjoying it, so we're all happy ladies now.
As well as this we have been to the August Bank Holiday battle. This was at Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire and it was a bloody good weekend! We did a battle here last year too, but luckily this time it was a hell of a lot drier than the one in 2012. It was also a very good way to be celebrating being 1 month post surgery and being with The Boyf for 4 years now. I can't believe it's 4 years, it seems like it was only yesterday, yet he's been in my life all along at the same time!
During these past few weeks though we did have Kieran's funeral, Kieran is The Boyf's little brother who tragically drowned off the coast of France at the end of July. It's been a rough ride for everyone and especially The Boyf who was in England whilst the rest of the family were still in France and I was in hospital when it happened. It meant that The Boyf was here, there and everywhere trying to sort out all the logistics of the accident on this side of the channel whilst trying to visit me in hospital and comfort his Grandparents who were all still back at home too. I am immensely proud of how well he has done and the fact he is back to work now and back to rugby training now, something which he hopes to do consistently this year, is brilliant. Kieran's funeral was emotional as expected but was a very lovely celebration of the young man he was becoming. With a Doctor Who theme running throughout, I think he'd have been very pleased to see so many Daleks, TARDIS (TARDII?), K9s, Cybermen and Sonic Screwdrivers all in the same room.
So it's now onwards and upwards getting ready to go back to Uni and start the dreaded final year. I'm very much looking forward to moving into the little cottage with Leicestershire Housemate and Yorkshire Housemate (different Yorkshire Housemate from last year) and with the Engineering Boys just down the road.
I still have a few things to look forward to before going back though. The Best Friend and I are heading to the Zoo for another adventure at the weekend and I will be going back to Church and hopefully going out for dinner with friends from Church next week. I have coffee arranged with a friend for later this week and we're hopefully going to the Game Fair at Weston Park next weekend. As well as this there are a couple of Sunday Night Pub Quizzes (highest score and finishing position ever the Sunday just gone, I'll have you know!) left and something I'm really looking forward to, a holiday in Wales with The Boyf and the Elder Basons. It's something that I think we all desperately need after the high emotions of this Summer to make sure we're all relaxed again before getting back into the swing of Uni and being back at work with less lovely weekends in between.
If you're wondering why Autumn is on the way in more than one sense, well, my baby cousin, who will be called Autumn is due to be born in a couple of weeks and having not had a baby in the immediate family since her big brother was born nearly 16 years ago, we're all very excited, plus, out of my 3 fully related cousins, she's the only girl!
If you would like to see what else is happening over the next few weeks, in 140 characters or less, you can find me on Twitter @Basonnn.
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