• 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

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