The 25th & 26th; We left feeling uplifted.
The 25th of May. Double Zopiclone meant I actually had a good sleep last night, and I feel like tonight will be decent too. Let's hope I'm not wrong.
Today has been sad and lovely simultaneously. It was the funeral of Mr. Padden, one of my teachers from Hallfield. He was a great man, and I wanted to pay my respects, as did Fiona, so we went along to say goodbye and thank you.
I got there first, and found myself transported back to sixteen years ago, surrounded by the adults who were so important in my formative years. Mr. Cook, my Year 6 form teacher, who had left by the time I went back to do work experience, had to be reminded who I was, then I had to relay the past ten years to him. He gripped my hand so tightly, bless him. I was overjoyed to see Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Norton aka Matron (who reads this! Hello!), Mrs. Villiers-Cundy, Mrs. Hore, Mr. Tobin and Mr. Florance. The affection I hold for these people is really beyond measure.
The service was beautiful. He wasn't religious, so there were tributes from his daughters, friends and colleagues, plus his favourite songs, including a performance of Bring Him Home which absolutely broke me. It closed with us all singing the last two stanzas of Jerusalem, because he loved the last night of the proms and we left feeling uplifted, instead of depressed.
Fiona found me afterwards, and we followed other cars to the wake. We both had a glass of wine and started reminiscing with our old teachers about the old days. I kind of understand why so many people want to hark back to days gone by, but life has changed and we can't have those times back. I wish we could have stayed for even longer, but we had to go and pick up Fiona's children from their respective childcare. I got to meet baby Jack! He is a gorgeous ginger squidge. I did not cuddle him because he was a bit snotty, and he is not a massive fan of new people. Then Daddy picked me up and we drove home, enjoying all the chive flowers on the way.
The 26th of May.
It is warm and I am confused. And tonight it will be muggy and wet and we have to make sure my ceiling doesn't fall down during the deluge.
For once, I got the sleep I expected, and my alarm woke me up! An unusual occurrence, but one I welcome.
The morning seemed to disappear while I wrote about yesterday, and I only got round to getting dressed at about twelve. Poof, gone.
This afternoon, Daddy and I went to see Solo. It was fine. On the whole I enjoyed it, I'm just not really invested in any of the characters so I didn't care that much. Chewbacca and Lando are the best, and everyone else is a bit of a dick.
When we came out, we had to fill in a survey about the film for a girl from Universal. I was honest about my levels of enthusiasm. I'm only here for the Leia film, let's be honest.
