Notes:-Walk with Mum and Ross. Drove up Thursday night. Interesting to note my usual anxiety driving at night at certain points, including Shap seemed to be none existent, same for the return journey. The Brampton Junction Rowe bank walk is lovely, even on a grey cold day like this was. Came up to see how mum is and do a couple of jobs around the house. Worked Friday and had a few annoying Teams call connectivity issues. Sarah came over from Newcastle and stayed Friday night. We had an Indian and lovely night catching up with Mum and Mark. Fran came over but got upset by a discussion on the flat and damage to the chimney caused by the builders working on the roof of the old Furness building. Damaged chimney caused smoke damage to the flat which Fran seems to think is somehow Marks fault.... she left upset after Mum said Fran was within her rights as the occupant to tell the builders not to climb on the flat roof without her permission. Something about Fran not owning the flat seems to have hit a nerve, but nothing Mum said was unreasonable or aimed at upsetting her. I did speak to Fran before I left and she did say she felt bad for shouting and walking out. Still a very tense situation Fran says she wants to move out but cant until she moves up the pay scale. She still earns 3 times more than Mark and pays very little towards bills and no rent which has now go to stop. Starting salary for a social worker is about 23k. Sarah had a genius idea about the rabbit and contacted the pat shop she uses in Newcastle, they said they would take the rabbit which is one less tension point. Mum didnt want it in the house and this was causing more issues between Mum and Fran. Anyways we continued to have a great catch up and stayed up until 3am. Had a great Saturday also and went to the garden center for lunch. I picked up a new Christmas tree. Drove back Saturday night. To note the knee pain is back so I think its a combination of driving, sitting too long, weight gain and not enough exercise.
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