Pic of the week 12/4/20
This week it was official – I’ve been promoted by Somerset FA, to a level 6 referee. Due to weather, and then lockdown, I never received my third observation, but given that my first two were above standard expected, and that I’d met all the other criteria – including doing well in excess of my 20 qualifying games – I never really doubted the outcome, but I was pleased to get the letter nonetheless – an achievement! I know need to decide whether to push on to become a level 5; I must admit at the moment I’m tempted, but not sure when football will start again, so will have to put that decision on hold for a while.
In other news, the weather has been glorious for the last few days and I’ve really enjoyed our family meals – lunch and tea – outside. Lockdown ain’t so bad – we live in a big enough house, have a lovely garden and all (ie the children) are old enough to do their own thing and everyone respects each other’s personal space, but we come together at mealtimes for some lovely family time – its possible that lockdown my be our last pro-longed family time. Perhaps in the years to come we’ll look back, through rose tinted specs, at the “happy times of lockdown”! The wonderful weather has helped, and Becky having the last three days off has also been a big part in making this a wonderful Easter weekend to remember.