A Bucket List Moment

Today took an unexpected turn.

A life goal ticked without any planning or thought process.

I deliberately booked a flight home for the afternoon because I wanted to be home to get some Christmas organisation done, so I knew it was going to be

Check out of the hotel

Breakfast

Small wander/kill time

We have been to this art gallery a few times mainly because it’s not far away from the hotel we stay at and it’s free

Growing up I was poor and lived in the scheme. I genuinely wouldn’t change that for the world but I have memories at school when you had to write down your favourite food I always wrote salad. It absolutely wasn’t salad, we never had salad, it was of course frozen chicken nuggets and chips.

My hobbies did genuinely include art (I’m not shite at it either) but I also remember telling people I loved Monet and Van Gogh (that I’d seen in one of my magazines)

I did both of those things because I didn’t want to be like everyone else around me, whilst they were my ride or dies we were in the scheme. With scheme thoughts and scheme ideals which is absolutely fine I just knew they weren’t mine.

Anyway…… that pretence stayed and became fact. Eating more salad meant it did infact become my fave (goats cheese, walnut and beetroot get in my belly!) and learning more about artists did infact make me an intrigued fan.

I clocked an advert at the start of the year about a monet exhibition and I remember saying “ffs had I known I would have gone to that”

Not ashamed to admit I actually got a bit teary. My daughter is horrified.

One of the highlights of the year for me. No question.

Captured 1627383 images but primary school robyn would appreciate this one more. Mostly because she wouldn’t have a fucking clue what’s in peoples hands.

I call this

“Pretence”