Monday 10 March 2014

Sunshine, nice things and waking up


Isn’t it amazing how a few days of glorious (in our case) sunshine and slightly warmer temperatures can improve your mood? Even with BigR waking up before 5am hasn’t dented my mood. I’m embracing the start of spring.
We had a lovely family weekend walking, eating out, a trip to town for a birthday present, playing in the garden, a birthday party and enjoying our new coffee machine (the caffeine addiction runs deep).

Even being at work today, in the bit of my job that has the hellish commute, I’m finding beautiful things, such as the view above.

In amongst all this I slept so badly. I’m not usually one prone to anxiety in the middle of the night. Usually it’s only the children that wake me but this weekend I suddenly awoke and was panicked. I’d forgotten to post out packs for a workshop and spent, what felt like hours, awake wondering what I was going to do. Anyway the first time I could rectify it was today. And I did.  What’s the worst that will happen? The packs won’t be available but the sessions can still run. I‘ve decided that:
:: I need to make more lists
:: I need to buy another notebook
:: I must delegate this sort of task to our new admin person who will be much better at this than me
:: I need not to worry about things when there’s nothing I can do anything about it

I’m looking forward to a random day off tomorrow that the ABO and I plan to spend together probably without the girls for a change. A little bit of time off for us all.

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  1. Yes, a little bit of Spring puts the spring in my step, too. Jennifer over at Thistlebear wrote about worrying and enjoyment in her last post (http://www.thistlebearhome.com/). It seems that so many of us (bloggers and otherwise) worry a lot and over things we can't change. Enjoy your day off with the ABO. Cx

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    1. We had a fab day together and an impromptu family dayu on Friday. makingt he most of it before school starts for BigR in September...

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  2. It's amazing how blue sky can lift our mood in an instant. I'm hoping we have left the rain and wind behind. That's quite a skylight in your picture. Is it a library roof?

    Leanne xx

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    1. It's a research building on a hospital site Leanne. I should take some pictures of (one of) the library(s) at the Uni I work at. it's simply stunning! x

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  3. I'm so glad the weather has improved and that you could get out and enjoy it.

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    1. Being outside even for a few minutes a day really lifts my mood :)

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  4. I know that wide-awake-and-worrying feeling only too well! I hope you've slept better since then.
    Good idea about list-making, too. Lists are my saviour. And crossing things off them is so satisfying...
    Hope you enjoyed your day off and that it was restorative and didn't go by too quickly (as days off tend to do).
    Sarah x

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    1. We had a fab day...even if some of was spent in traffic on the M62 (fortunately we were able to exit before they closed it completely!!!!). I do love a good list! x

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  5. I tend to remember I've forgotten to do something just as I drift off to sleep....it's awful, isn't it, that sinking feeling. I love a good list, and write them all the time. I think that most bloggers are list makers! x

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    1. When I was studying I had terrible anxiety dreams that I'd forgotten to turn up to an exam or had missed an important meeting. I used to keep a notebook by my bed to write it down so I could check the next day....maybe I should do that again?!

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  6. hi there,

    " I need not to worry about things when there’s nothing I can do anything about it"

    oh that's a big one. master that and so much falls into place lol

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  7. Yes...perhaps if I find the magic answer I'll be able to spread the word!! It's still good to know you;re not the only one even if it does feel that way at 3am :)!

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