Pool closure marks the end of summerI already gave up on swimming the last time that I took my daughter about a week ago as the water was so cold already. Whenever I'd be out of the water, the wind would make it very uncomfortable for my back and I had back aches all evening after that.. But still having fabulous weather just below 30 degrees Celsius also means that the pool still looks very appealing and I noticed that Sunday (the final opening day) would have a lot less wind than the previous days of the week.. When we woke up on Sunday I proposed having one final swim. My boyfriend agreed and after having a quick breakfast, off we went.

My first silver note!Although I had my eyes on a few silver or gold notes before, I never pulled the trigger as they are either hard to get here in Europe OR way too overpriced. I mostly looked at Goldbacks but so far, there's none in my collection. And then I saw a post from @summertooth where he shared his purchase of the 2024 Silver Shoe (OzNote) and I knew I had to get one!

Best view of the houseFrom the moment we moved in to this apartment, our daughter had the best view of the house. Not only does she have a balcony in front of her windows, she had the room with the best view compared to all the other rooms. In fact, the view is so stunning that when the cats lay in the sink in the bathroom across this room, they can still enjoy this ocean view outside. I noticed that a few months ago while brushing my teeth and for once actually looking in the mirror to see the view behind me. It's weird how you don't instantly notice these cool things when you're used to something you see every day.

Out of routineThis morning is a bit strange as my boyfriend accidentally planned an exam at 8 AM without realising that this is the week the kid goes back to school, thus between 8 and 9 is rush hour. We always get up at 8 AM to have plenty of time getting ready for school but after three months of holidays, this is not in the system anymore. Therefore he planned an exam weeks ago thinking the earlier the better, without realising that it's the worst time to do this.

Long summer holidayUnlike last year, we did not book any summer school for our daughter because I felt it was a bit too much money after eating our savings pot for a few months. Therefore, I told her this year it was not happening but we'd go swimming as many times as we could and also go for plenty of tapas during the summer. Without an actual holiday booked, the tapas and some dinner moments were a welcome change in the daily routine for my boyfriend because he had to keep working all summer, of course this meant he was overloaded some weeks.

Another unusual findPersonally I love hunting for not too common finds when it comes to (partially) silver coins. This purchase was done a few weeks ago, together with the Japanese 10 Sen and Latvian 1 Lats I already shared earlier.