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Good morning (or whatever time of day it is where you are). Today, I should be going to archery. I missed it last week as I was unwell. I'm reluctant to go today as I was out late last night. My husband, my big sister, and I went to a Billy Idol tribute/80s night at a local place (I'll refer to it as the Trent). We went to the Trent for something else a few weeks ago - a psychic night event hosted by my sister. We liked the place so much that we decided to become members. We've still not sorted out the membership but that's husband's job now! Anyway, last night's gig started at 9:15pm. That's usually past my bed time so I was having trouble actually staying awake in between finishing work and going out. We did have a good time, though. There was a raffle. We won a prize, which we thought was a box of chocolates. However, it was a trick. There were no chocolates in the box. There were, however, four tickets to another event. This time to a UB40/ska night. My husband isn't a big fan of UB40 (I am, though), but we both enjoy ska. My sister wanted to go as well but we might give the other two tickets to my nephew if he wants them. My sister will probably still get to go as the tickets are cheap enough (as long as there are still some available, of course). I've also booked for myself and my youngest son to go to MCM comic con. Neither of us has been to a comic con before, so we're looking forward to that. We've also got tickets to see a play that my little niece is in (although we're in the process of trying to get the tickets swapped as I didn't realise she wouldn't be in the performance we'd originally booked). My eldest son (Midi) has started back at university. He went up there to move into his new place over a month ago, but the term has just officially started. He's repeating his third year. He did very well on the theory but, unfortunate, wasn't able to get any practical experience due to schools being closed (he's a trainee teacher). Some of the students were lucky enough to secure a placement while others were less fortunate. Hopefully, I'll have a fully fledged maths teacher this time next year. My other son (Mini) recently started college. He was let down by the school where he'd intended to completed his education, but it's all turned out for the best for him. He seems to be enjoying the course he's on - Diploma in Acting. He's got work experience coming up as a theatre company requires actors for a local performance. When I say local, it's being performed in the same place that I do archery - a 20 minute walk from where we live. Mini is, hopefully, going to be a performer in a scare maze for a Hallie event. He's hoping to get the part of Satan, who will be like the end of level boss. Even if he doesn't get that, I think he'll do an excellent job of scaring people! What else is going on? Oh yes, my youngest step-daughter has been having yet more tests to find out why she's falling apart. We're not too concerned about that. We're more concerned about the damage that is being done by her attention-seeking mum. Anyway, that's another story. Step-daughter is working hard to finally get herself a basic maths qualification. She's 24 so had been doing that for 8 years. She got her English last year. Apparently, the test/qualification has been changed because it was so difficult that hardly anyone was passing it. As for the other step-daughter (C), she's doing an amazing job of being a mum to our grandbabies - Baby1 is 6, Baby2 is almost 5, and Baby3 is 2. The older two are at school, and the youngest at nursery. We're calling them tomorrow so we can see how they're getting on. Last time we called C, the babies were on holiday with their other grandparents so we didn't chat with them. It was nice to just chat with C, though. It was funny because we (my husband, boys and I) spent a week in Cornwall and we were coming back as the babies were heading down. We went to different areas. I've been working on various writing projects. I wrote a poem for a competition but was unsuccessful there. It's published on Vocal, but no prizes for me. I read the winning ones and wasn't impressed. I wouldn't even call them poems. I'm not going to rate my own work - maybe other people don't think it's very good - but I've often read winning entries to things and thought it seems they're looking for talentless drivel! Not much else to tell. Work is boring. I went for a different job but didn't get it (I did get an interview and some positive feedback so not all bad). It's my birthday next weekend. I'll be out for a meal with friends in the week. That's what's happening here. What's going on with you? Image by