Monday 9 June 2014

Trying again

It's been a million years. Once you stop doing the blogging thing, it becomes quite hard to start again. I got lazy and also tried to decide whether I was being self indulgent or not. But that's like trying to work out if you're being paranoid (or if they really are all out to get you!) - you can just self-analyse to death and you get nowhere. So stopped doing that, took a break and I'm back. I think.

I'm mostly feeling v happy. I feel blessed in my life, most of the time. There are, of course, crap moments. There are days when I'm tired and grumpy, there are days when my otherwise v lovely man is tired and grumpy. But I mainly enjoy my job and I have some fabulous friends and can generally have a good life.

I've been demonstrating this by going on a wonderful holiday to New Zealand, three weeks and I could have stayed double that. How have I not been before?! It was not a cheap holiday but really good fun and everywhere so beautiful. I also caught up with some old dear friends in Austria in the summer, we should do that more often but I'm sure it will be another five years before I see a few of them again. And I'm planning some nice trips this year to see friends in the UK and overseas. It's all a count down to the big four-oh next year but there's a while to go before that and that's when life begins, right?

A dear, dear friend has had a rough few months (probably a year) of it and it does make you think how lucky you are. She's done nothing to deserve it but she's doing so well to still be standing after all the mud that's been slung in her direction.  Makes you think.

Of course, I could be moaning again soon! Not-step-daughter is back from uni and whilst she was vile when back at Christmas and in January, she has arrived back a different person. I was somewhat dreading it but am willing to let bygones lie and get on well enough if this carries on. Fingers crossed. And I'm going to try to share again if you'll have me!!