I enjoy taking part in the Daybook posts. My religious views are completely different to most of the participants (for which I make no apology - each to their own), but I do enjoy the simple, homely and wholesome blog-prompting element of it. Particularly for the times that I have brain fog and want to blog but have no clue as to what to post!
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So, "FOR TODAY"
Outside my window... It's dark now at just a little after 8pm here in the UK. It's getting cold too and I think I need to seek out my fleecy blanket to cuddle up in. I'm 92 yer know!
I am thinking... that a cup of hot choccie may be in order very shortly.
I am thankful... that for the most part, I am at last pain free. Its only taken six months!
In the kitchen... well its finished! The skirting board is up. A new blind and light fittings have been purchased and I'm still revelling in the extra space we have. I still have to sell our fridge freezer though which is sitting in the corner of the room taking up space. We've bought a new, smaller one which now fits in the cleared out pantry with the plan that without the fridge freezer in the kitchen, it will free up space so that we can have a table and chairs in there. I need to start advertising!
I am wearing... A purple (get me!) top, black skirt, black tights and my favourite comfy black knee boots.
I am creating... Not much at the moment and that is driving me mad! My craft shed is full of clutter and things set aside for charity shops and I can't bliddy well get in there!
I am going... to have a giant declutter over the course of the next few days!
I am reading... right now - nothing, having just finished The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul. This is the first book I've actually finished in months and months. Am proud!! It was a light, undemanding read which is the only sort of book my simple scarecrow brain can cope with!
I am looking forward to... catching up with friends I haven't seen in a while this weekend.
I am learning... that if you don't ask, then you don't get. Remember me ranting about work and how unfair and divisive 'they who (allegedly) must be obeyed' were? Well, over Christmas I did some hard thinking whilst I was recovering from my op. Things had happened in my old department which I was furious about and the more I thought about them the more I got wound up. Life is too damned short to be feeling like that about somewhere you have to spend the majority of your life. I asked for a department transfer back to my lovely old department where I had worked for about 13 years, prior to moving three years ago. To my delight it was accepted and I didn't have to go back to the dark and gloomy department when I returned to work. The work I'm doing now in the clinical negligence department is so much more interesting (although harrowing at times) and, as a bonus, I don't feel like I'm a bottle of fizzy pop about to explode all the time! I know that if I'd have returned, then the situation would have escalated, I'd have run my gob off at the powers that be and would have lost my job. Thank goodness that I 'asked' eh?!
Around the house... Aw its cosy cosy! The lamps are on. Red curtains and cushions bring more warmth to the room. The candles are lit. A furry hearthrug is making short work of a huge chewy whilst keeping an eye on the football on the tv. Man is asleep before his nightshift begins at 11. KTT is upstairs learning the theme tune to Friends on his guitar! Its just ours and I love it.
One of my favorite things... coming home from work. As much as I enjoy my job now (blimey listen to me - that feeling has been a loooong time returning!) I just adore stepping through the front door into our sanctuary, being greeted by an over-enthusiastic ball of fur who obviously hasn't seen me for WEEKS, welcome home cuddles from the man, a barrage of chatter from the Diva about her escapades during the day, and (eventually when he deems it necessary to emerge from his bedroom) being grunted at by Kevin the Teenager.
A few plans for the rest of the week: drinks with a work colleague tomorrow evening, shopping on Saturday morning, catching up with my bestie on Saturday afternoon, a training session at Samaritans on Sunday, MAJOR sorting out of the shed on Monday (no work for two days - yay!), and hairdressers and meeting up with a friend for coffee on Tuesday. Phew!
A peek into my day... he's been watching the football like this now for the last 20 minutes!! Barmy animal!
It looks like you have changed your environment in both the home and workplace and brightened up your life. Way to go, Kim!
ReplyDeleteI think you needed to change your department, sounds as though you made the right decision. Like you say, life is just too short to be wound up like a toy all the time. Glad you are now pain free.
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