Things are a changin’ here. Mostly my job…..and it’s all a bit unsettling. Without boring you all senseless, the large organisation that I work for has decided that instead of working the evening and then going home to be ‘on call’, we are now to work waking nights based at the hospital. To make matters worse, the proposed new hours are totally unsuitable for those of us with young families. An 8.30 am finish, when our partners leave for work at 7.30 am – I think not.
Anyway to cut a long story short, I have got to accept that I am going to be more tired. The thought of going back to full nights fills me with dread. Me + no sleep = evil bitch queen, seriously. I took this job to get out of all that. I work part time but even so, this change is enough to tip the balance from ok to bloody awful. Unfortunately we can’t afford for me to give it all up and concentrate on yaarrrnn! Wonderful though that may be :)
We get the feeling that we will have to go along with what has already been decided…..and it sucks.
Typepad has not been my best friend either, with multiple browser crashes when typing. I was ready to throw in the blog towel, I tell you. 15 attempts and 2 days of exasperation to get a post up does not make for happy blogging ! I’m using Windows Writer right now, so hopefully I can get back to stress free posting. Fingers crossed.
So amongst all this doom and gloom (it’s not really that bad, I’m just totally looking at it from a half glass empty perspective…..hey, there will be more knitting time overnight, even if I am a zombie…) I am keen to point out some great things around here. Things that are small and silly but important and life enhancing none the less.
Looking through my recent pics I came across these…and they remind me how lucky we are to live in this beautiful place, with fresh air and ……..cows………
They are a frequent blockage on our way to school……the girls get all excited and lean out of the car to touch them..
(told you they were silly things, but they make me smile anyway)
Living near to my Grandparents is another source of happiness. I am very close to them and it makes me feel very complete knowing that they are just a few miles away. Mama busies herself around me, treating me like royalty, with tea and biscuits and toast, even though I tell her to just sit down ! They are lovely people and I always feel better after a visit and a wander round the garden..
I’ve spent a bit of time in Papas ‘shed’ too, where we have been making a skein winder, me drilling holes under his supervision as his eyesight is very poor now. He is very gifted with his hands and was a brilliant artist. 85 yrs old and still helping me out :)
Small things….aren’t they just the most wonderful ?
Hopefully by the end of the week I’ll post some knitting in progress (gasp !) and a rather wonderful thrifty find that I had to rearrange a whole room for.