A New Day Begins March 6, 2012

  I rose from my bed (ok clearly not my bed, my sofa) this morning feeling quite positive.  By the end of each day I am so tired that it’s all I can do to drag myself to bed and as you can see from the picture, last night it didn’t happen.  For the last couple of days I’ve been doing some ‘proper’ exercise on top of the dog walking I do for a living and the fortnightly riding lessons and I am feeling it. So having woken up feeling achy but otherwise well I am now planning my day.  I’m not sure how many of you do this. I guess for most people it’s a simple matter of getting up, going to work, coming home, then doing what needs doing, but I have always planned. So my plan for today:

1. Take medicine – check
2. Have something to eat with second hot drink of the day – check
3. Get bathed and dressed
4. First paid job of the day
5. Second job cancelled so go to town.  Pay in cheques.  Go to book shop
6. Third paid job
7. Fourth paid job
8. Fifth paid job
9. Home for car windscreen replaced
10. Possible 6th job?  Confirm this
11. Make dinner
12. Tidy up
13. Visit Father in Law
14. Make jewellery – have designed earrings I want to make
15. Husband home?
16. Write some poetry
17. Go to BED

How much of this from no 11 onwards actually happens is anyone’s guess but that’s the plan.  The least enjoyable part of the day is visiting my Father in Law, but that is also the task that will lead to the most amount of guilt if I don’t do it.  How apt that it comes in at No 13!

And today’s ultimate challenge?  No. 17 – To make it to bed

Good things….. February 12, 2012

Aaaaaaaargh!

Do I have your attention?  Good! Because I feel like I’m teetering on the edge of a great pool of despair and I’m about to fall in.

It’s been such a busy week and I am tired.  Being tired always makes me so grumpy.  I also know that a ‘friend’ wants to ‘talk’ to me and you know that any talk in inverted commas is never a good talk.   Today, for the first time in a couple of days I’ll be seeing my (senile) Father in Law (http://thedementiadiary.wordpress.com/), which because I am tired will be a struggle.  I have to keep patient. We’re taking him to my Mum’s which should help; A problem shared and all that!

 

So I’m looking now for a couple of positives to see me through the day and I’ve come up with a couple.

The first is dinner cooked by my mum.  I don’t think there’s many people in the world who don’t love their mum’s cooking (except my kids who have weird eating habits but that’s another story) and I am no exception.

The other is this post that I’ve just found http://chittlechattle.wordpress.com/a-collage-a-day/

It’s half term so the kids are at home.  My work is reduced during the holidays so I’ll be looking for creative ideas to share and do with my children, and this really inspired me.  I’m looking forward to doing some similar things.

Right off I go now into the day………..