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It is Wednesday and time for What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, the nicest blog hop in the world (See Julia's blog for details).  It is a little bit of colour, love and support in a crazy world.

Sadly my desk isn't colourful because I am working from home and my desk is where I can have my meetings with work colleagues and students because I can shut the door.  This isn't the only desk I have been working at this week.

I have also been working at the dining room table to try and help Alex with his school work.  Marking student literature reviews while trying to keep my ADHD son on track is a challenge, but we are making it work with giving him regular exercise breaks.  

We start the day with 30 minutes exercise (PE or the cross trainer), 4 lessons with breaks in between (bouncing on the trampoline to get fresh air and get rid of the fidgets), 

then helping in the house (gardening, tidying, hoovering etc) or going out cycling round our block. I am so glad that the weather has been so good so far. The evening is his time to do what he wants (usually screen time). 

My evenings have been spent having regular chats with family via zoom and google meet, and a little crafting.  This is my latest journal page - thinking about isolation and the self-distancing we need to do at the moment. The journaling on the page reads 'Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged, the Lord will be with you'.

For Mothering Sunday we got out into the peak district and enjoyed scrambling round the rocks 

making sure to avoid other people (everyone else was on the paths!).  

I will leave you with another encouraging verse from the Bible. Let me know if I can do anything to help, or any prayer requests that you have. Stay safe everyone.

With love and God Bless,

Caro

xxx

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It is Wednesday and after missing one week I couldn't bear to miss joining in with WOYWW...it is a bright spot in an otherwise challenging world. I am so grateful to Julia for hosting this wonderful blog hop.

This is my desk (photo taken on Tuesday evening) which is in a very unusual state - I am actually sewing!  I hate sewing with a passion as no matter what I do I always seem to get the thread tangled and knotted and it never looks neat, but anyway, greater love has no Mum than she sews on her sons endless Scouts badges.  To be fair it is about time I got on with it, as I haven't sewn on a single one since he joined Scouts two years ago! So there you have it, a large scouts shirt, hundreds of badges, my ipad for something to listen to/semi-watch while I sew and a much needed large mug of tea.

I have managed a little crafting amidst the chaos of trying to sort out MSc students who are supposed to be doing laboratory projects in labs that we have had to shut - redesigning lots of projects is time consuming and stressful. In addition to that I am having to learn on-line teaching software (I am in the vulnerable group so am working from home where I can). Playing with colour has been a bit of a therapy - no plan in mind, just colour on the background of some pages. It will be interesting to see how they turn out in the end.

Last weekend saw Alex having fun with 100 other Scouts outside getting filthy while competing in the Hallam Trophy. He was the muddiest Scout in the place and had a fantastic time.  While he was doing that I was busy prepping for the services on Sunday - I led both the Morning worship and the evening Encounter service this weekend as part of my training.  They are sadly the last services we are able to hold for a while due to the coronavirus shut down so I am glad that they were uplifting ones.

I wanted to leave you with this Bible verse which I personally find very comforting.  It is hard in the current climate not to feel anxious, but I know when I give my anxiety to God I am definitely more at peace. Take care of yourselves and stay safe.
With love and God Bless,
Caro
xxx

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Firstly an apology, last week ran away with me and I didn't manage to join in at all with the lovely blog hop that is What's on your Workdesk Wednesday (check out Head Desker Julia's blog for details).

Here is my desk as it was late last night, and almost empty mug of tea, my journal and some stickers everywhere.  There hasn't been huge amounts of crafting, but I have got my journal nearly up to date. 

This is the February monthly page all decorated and finished at the end of the month.

Since last updating my blog we went down to stay with my brother for half-term where we were joined by Mum and went for lots of walks.

And this last weekend Alex went to Freezer camp with scouts (this is the before shot)

where the wind threatened to blow their tents down, they got hailed and rained on, but also had sunshine and a lot of fun - this is the state he was in when he came back - exhausted, grubby but having had a fantastic time!
That's all from me for now, keeping it short and sweet the way Julia likes it!  Have a great week everyone,
With love and God Bless,
Caro
xxx