Back where I belong

Categories: house, gardening

Date: 30 July 2011 21:11:46

.. on the sofa, in the sitting room! Which is such a treat after a week or so camped out in the kitchen! I am, however, grateful I could move most of the furniture from the sitting room in to the kitchen, it made dealing with the sitting room so much easier – furniture that’s too large for the room it occupies is a pain.

I’ve even gardened today. Grass cutting and general tidying rather than real gardening, but I was still working in the garden. Not bad going, considering I was wanting to leave it until Tuesday (one of my two non-paid working days next week) and was doing my very best to talk myself out of it.

All this energy is very splendid, especially as  it's been a long, long time in hiding. It also has me querying a few things about work. It may have been with so much going on in my own life that all I've had energy for has been work, which I've not liked one little bit. Or it may be that in term time work is so full-on I've no energy for anything other than work, anyway, regardless of what is going on in my own life. And, is that what I want my life to be? I think not.

It could just be that doing this painting and decorating has made here feel that little bit more like home, and as several friends have remarked recently, I've really needed this bit of time to settle down and feel somewhere is home, rather than knowing I'm going to be on the move again within months.

But, for now, I'm enjoying a delightul work/life balance, even if it's going to be financially tight for a month or so, and really appreciating the fruits of my labours.