- Nursing 75% of my family through COVID.
- Feeling grateful for science, vaccines and the NHS.
- Grieving cancelled plans and postponed adventures.
- Somehow managing to work amidst the chaos.
- Unlocking a level of stress and exhaustion I’ve never experienced before.
- Binging Grey’s Anatomy on Disney+.
- Finally sending Jesse off on his long-awaited road trip with my mum.
- Living for his daily updates via WhatsApp.
- Celebrating the end of isolation.
- Taking a much-needed Instagram break.
- Enjoying a week of peace and quiet while the children holidayed with their grandparents in Derby.
- Eating bao and sipping cocktails with Mr. LA at Woky Ko in Wapping Wharf.
- Anxiously awaiting Izzy’s GCSE results in the mail.
- Packing her off to London with my mum for a week at musical theatre camp.
- Opening the all-important envelope with her via Facetime.
- Popping some bubbly and feeling incredibly proud.
- Celebrating my 38th birthday with dinner at The Red Church.
- Heading to London for the first time in over two years.
- Soaking up everything I’d missed about my home city.
- Visiting The British Museum, the Cutty Sark and the National Maritime Museum.
- Eating a delicious meal at Greenwich Grind.
- Reuniting with my best friend and finally meeting one of the two babies she’s had since the last time I saw her.
- Watching Izzy perform in a showcase at The Phoenix Theatre.
- Driving back to Bristol.
- Hoping I won’t have to wait so long to visit London again.
- Packing for my first ever glamping trip.
- Surviving two nights in a yurt at Nesta Camping.
- Hating the composting toilets {but loving everything else}.
- Exploring Frome and enjoying dinner at Bistro Lotte, coffee at Rye Bakery and lunch at Tool & Gauge.
- Wandering around Nunney Castle.
- Sipping prosecco in a wood-fired hot tub tucked away among the trees.
- Toasting marshmallows around a fire pit.
- Feeling glad to be home.
- Washing the smell of woodsmoke from our clothes and bedding.
- Tucking into Sunday lunch at The Red Church after a long walk at Dyrham Park.
- Falling in love with the American Museum and Gardens in Bath. I can’t believe we waited so long to visit.
- Enjoying the Vanguard | Bristol Street Art exhibition at the MShed.
- Visiting the Arnolfini for the first time in years.
- Savouring the warmth and blue skies of a late summer heatwave.
- Feeling nervous and excited for Izzy’s new beginning at drama school and Jesse’s first day of Year 8.
- Wishing summer could last forever.
- Love Audrey xxx
P.S. 10 Things I’ll Miss About Summer
