Good morning Mick and all GN's on a cold looking but so far clear and bright north yorkshire morning.
It served me right this morning. Last night felt so rough just ignored the kitchen and went to bed. Consequently this morning, having had another rotten night had to wash up before I could even have any coffee. Of course it was all much more messy and greasy than if I had done it yesterday!! As I am rather creaking today, it took me quite a while to sort the mess out and was reliant on the stooI have there to sit on, but now everywhere clean and bright. I was rewarded by the joy of some wonderful uplifting Bach with lovely fresh coffee, so decided that the day could restart from there!
This morning I need to get myself sorted and out on the yellow peril and hope it doesnt rain, which they have promised us for later. I am going to the first of 6 free lessons in digital stuff. They are quoting it as for beginners, so I am hoping that I can sort of retrace my steps and that it will mean that those gaps in my knowledge will be filled in and I will have some practice and also undo any bad habits I have picked up over time.
I have a keyboard here because as a telegraphist I find the keyboard on the laptop irritating, as it cant seem to keep up with me and kept locking up. So I might end up learning some good ideas ,or be driven mad and want to throw their machines through the window.!! No, promise I shall be on my best behavour, as I know that lack of sleep has me on a short fuse . Anyway hope that I can glean some good ideas and especially about safety , which is always what worries me as no sooner have we worked out how to deal with scammers etc they come up with another trick!
So yesterday my plans of tackling the ironing yet again were derailed as a guitarist friend called and we ended up looking at quite a bit of music. He is a good player and can transpose things, but I am still trying to adjust to guitar instead of piano and we are going through repetoire finding what suits us both. At the moment the Patsy Klein piece Crazy is both quite a different thing for me to sing and rather apt for how I am feeling right now. Then we were looking at quite a lot of jazz pieces and then back to 1920's stuff like Bye bye Blackbird and Unforgetable so it was all cheering and should get me back to at least practising some scales every day. I used to practise every single day and it is only really since I moved here that I have let things slide, partly because it is in a flat, but time I got going again. Music is really so much part of my life whether listening or singing or dancing I need to get back to making it more important in my life again.
The sky has changed now and at one side it is very grey and lowering and looks ready to chuck it down with rain, whilst the sun is still shining on the other side. So dont know which way the weather will go but we might at least get some rainbows!
Thank you Marydoll for letting us know how you are and hope that things improve for you Bellasnana, you sound as though you have come to the end of your energy and sort of hit the stocks. You have had to dredge up all your stored energy to keep going whilst you feel so rotten, and your dd3 obviously doesnt recognise that whilst we can still do many things that it takes us some time to bounce back. /When I was younger I thought nothing of driving back all day from the continent and then going into work the following day. Couldnt even think how I did it now. Maybe she has not even thought of this. Do you think when things have calmed down a bit you , or perhaps someone else you know, could explain to her and get her to see that you need breaks and some time to yourself if you are to continue all your sterling efforts on their behalf. Surely it would be better for y ou to take 2 or 3 days off in a planned way and have a rest and then be able to carry on. Even on a selfish level, she should be able to see that if you do not work out something like this and have a back up ready to cover for you that you could then become ill and there would be much more problem trying to sort things out last minute. You do so much for them already and from what you say she does not seem very appreciative of your efforts.
Well wallabies in the garden sound very exotic to me right now. The most I have seen this morning is one pigeon walking around inspecting the tree and looking annoyed that there are no leaves to hide in and of course the squirrel has rushed up and down the fence flicking its tail at the pigeon to claim dominance of the area. Not another sign of wildlife at all.
Well time I got started sorting out for the morning, At least my cashmere sweaters smell lovely and are very soft and clean now. This afternoon the jobs of ironing and going through clothes in the wardrobe will reappear, and if the forecast is anything to go by I shall be happy to stay in and finally get on with them. well we shall see how the day pans out. Hoping for a good day for everyone . I nearly forgot, at last a little bunch of crocus have begun flowering in my garden. finally signs of spring here. Think that is what we all need is some sunshine, flowers and to be able toget out and about. May your day go well everyone
to all who need them today.