Day 9 - It’s the weekend

It’s Saturday, but all of the days are blending together so much that you’d hardly know. Stephen Fry had a very poetic way of describing our situation on the television last night, which I really liked. He said that the main thing to change for us now has been time and how we fit ourselves into our time. Where we once had a large fishing net of time, with lines and knots and lots of markers, now we have an empty expanse.

I stayed in bed longer today to mark the weekend. Then I got up and sat in my new favourite spot by the window (and beside my sunflower seedlings) for a few hours. In this time, I read a magazine, I read a little book that I had been given as an engagement present, and I did an IQ test that I got at Christmas!

After lunch, I took all my food out of the presses, threw out anything out of date and put everything neatly back. The extra space created will serve well when our upcoming online shopping arrives! I felt very satisfied with my food cupboard clearout. These few weeks are really starting to have a positive impact on my clutter, my relationship with “stuff” and on my level of organisation.

Feeling very accomplished, I sat down for our usually viewing of the six o clock news, ate some dinner that Peter had cooked and put on a film.

I’m still feeling a little bit of chest congestion, but am very much improving. I can’t wait to be back to normal. While it was raining today, the weather forecast says it’ll be sunny and 14 degrees early next week. I hope I have enough energy to get out into the garden then!Read more