Pumpkin's Positive Post: So Proud of Everyone

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You are most probably aware that I am quite excited about my upcoming events - my first foreign holiday and my wedding! Speaking of weddings, the picture I have attached here is for The Sophie Lancaster Foundation. My partner and I have decided to forego wedding gifts in favour of asking for donations for the charity. So far, we haven't had any donations on our Just Giving page but, hopefully, our friends and family will donate nearer the time. Well, yesterday was a brilliant day. First, I bought some Euros for my holiday. I upgraded my phone (I'd been waiting ages for that as I'd been having to use an old phone. It was my own doing because I broke the phone that came with the contract). I then came home to my new boots. They would be the footwear I chose to go with my wedding dress. I tried them on along with my dress and jewellery. I've now got my outfit all sorted. I've not decided what to do with my hair, though. My boys made dinner last night so that was another good thing. I am very proud of both of them for so many things. They made a lovely chicken curry. I am proud of my youngest step-daughter because she finally passed her English exam. This means that she can go on to do GCSE. Usually, children in England take GCSEs at age 16. It is the first formal qualification for most. Unfortunately, my step-daughter did not complete hers and had to do something at a lower level. She is now 22 so I don't know how many times she's had to take the exams to get to this point. I am proud of her for not giving up and for finally passing. Hopefully, she will pass her maths next year so she can move on with that. I am happy for my big sister @dorypanda because she has just had news that she starts a new job soon. She's still doing her old one as well. I hope she continues to enjoy both of them. So I don't miss her out, I am proud of my older step-daughter. She is doing a brilliant job of raising three beautiful daughters. She has talked about wanting one more child and then, when the children are older, becoming a midwife. She originally went to college to do animal management. I don't suppose there's much difference between animals and people babies Finally, I am really proud of my other half. He was telling a friend of mine about when I did a skydive. It did not occur to me until later that he is still proud of me for that. He seems to like telling people about it! When I told him I was proud of him, he seemed quite embarrassed/happy/surprised - you know, like the face that girls make with the blushing when you tell them they're pretty. The reason I was proud of him on this particular occasion was because he'd told me he had written an article. Well, that wasn't the reason in itself. He said I had inspired him or that he was jealous. He wanted to think of a way he could be a published writer because I am. He told me he'd written an article to do with military tactics. He sent the article to Sandhurst (where he did officer training). They emailed him to say his article is now in their Churchill Reference Library. Of course I was very proud of him for that. I couldn't believe he had waited so long to tell me. He thought he had told me. While I remember him mentioning about the writing, it did take him two months to actually tell me he'd had a response! When I get home today, I should have a new phone, possibly a new tablet, and maybe even the girls' wedding shoes (I've got red Converse for the two older ones but I don't know what I'm going to do about shoes for the little ones). Tomorrow, I am going out with my work people. I really like working with people I like! I don't socialise with them often but it's nice that I can. We could bring a 'plus one' but, sadly, the venue is not disabled friendly so my other half couldn't come. Oh and I keep forgetting about my birthday. I am getting married on my birthday. I think I'm just too excited about getting married that I forgot it's also going to be my birthday We need to write our vows so I had better get started on that. I might write an article with our vows in. We also need a guest book. I've been writing an article about Catholic saints feast days. I wrote one last year (or the year before. I can't remember now) for August saints days and it's generated almost half of my total views on Vocal. When my other half saw that, he suggested I do the same for other months. I had already got that planned but not got around to doing it. I'm waiting for my youngest son to draw some pictures for a story. He did do some drawings but I've asked if he can draw them a little bigger and more detailed. I think I've gone on a bit waffly there. I might see if my step-daughter will let me share a picture of my grandchildren with you at some point in the future. Have you ever forgotten your own birthday? Or forgotten something else because you were too busy with other things? What else is going on with you? Done anything you'd like to show off?