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Date: 13 March 2007 15:47:22
I knew it had been a while since I last blogged, but hadn't realised that it was actually last month! For a Lady of Leisure I seem to have a surprising number of commitments. It's been interesting trying to get this weekly heartrate check sorted out with the midwife because I seem to have so many other things going on! But so far so good, all has been well with the checks up to now. Thanks for thoughts and prayers on that subject.
Last week was rather manic. I was in London on Monday, Thursday and Friday for meetings. The in between times were spent preparing/following up and generally not doing anything much else. However, things went ok and this week I have no such actual meetings (only follow-up stuff, and thankfully not too much of that).
So this week is a bit like a week off! Yesterday was lovely. I had a lesson in the Alexander technique in the morning, did a bit of shopping and discovered some fantastic Gluten Free chocolate bourbon biscuits (made by a company called Prewetts - can't seem to find a link for them) and mostly relaxed in the afternoon/evening (including talking to neighbours outside the garage, drinking tea and eating some aforementioned bourbon biscuits, catching up with my Mum on the phone, cooking, watching some TV, etc.). Today I've been out again in the morning to a quite interesting talk on Climate Change (although it was really a pulling together of a lot of things I'd already heard or read about), and following up committee stuff this afternoon.
This evening is the 3rd session of the Lent Group that I have been attending. It's really good - I haven't been along to a study group for some years and I am very much enjoying being part of one again. When I was living in Canada (back in 2001) I attended a study group for the duration of my stay (about 6 months) and it was such a support, a real sense of fellowship. This group is a little big for that and I've only been twice, but I am enjoying it. We're following the Love Life, Live Lent 2 adult bible study programme (towards the bottom of the linked page), and it's been quite interesting. The great thing about groups is hearing other points of view that had never even entered my mind before. It's also interesting to see group dynamics when people obviously have very different points of view which are sometimes opposing. Last Tuesday I was at another Lent talk, and the speaker quoted Anais Nin:
'We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are"
Very profound, don't you think?
I am very excited because towards the end of the week Hubby has business in Swansea so I am going to join him on the trip. A great opportunity to catch up with some people and hopefully spend a little time on the beach appreciating the surroundings.