Ah, it's good to ponder upon and remember things which make life bearable, especially in Blue January, the bleak time in the cold wastes of Winter!
1. I've had two weekends with few plans- I was tired, I needed to rest- this allowed me to. Getting up hideously late. I felt guilty but needed it and revelled in it.
2. Yet, I have the following two weekends with lots of plans, so I don't get into bad habits!
3. Kind work colleagues. My deputy-head teacher retired at Christmas so yet another of my favourites and my main friends at work has not gone which I am sad about- she was old school, if you know what I mean, which I am too. She invited some of us out on Friday night and about 12-14 of us went out to dinner and it was all my favourite people, which makes sense if they were her kind of people too! It was a lovely occasion and I was glad I worked with and still work with some nice people.
4. Grateful for having found the Zero Waste shop so to be able to make some changes AND the greengrocer in town.
5. Grateful that CBC is really trying to be careful about plastic waste and recycling- even if some of my work colleagues don't care; some do and others are trying.
6. Grateful to be spending half term with my Dad and family- we haven't spent a long time together for a little while so I am excited to be spending the holiday with them in Suffolk! Nice to have that to look forward to even if I am sad that I don't get to spend it with CBC (Skiing with school. Boo!)
7. I am grateful that our Caretaker at school is trying to alleviate waste and cares just as much as I do- he keeps bringing over left-over milk and carrots that might be chucked out and we are taking/eating/drinking them!
8. I am glad for yesterday. I arrived at the station for my orchestra rehearsal to settled snow and a real blizzard- it was totally unexpected and I had non-grippy boots on but had to walk up a steep hill and then down a scary slope to get to my rehearsal with my bike and a heavy pannier as well as a rucksack. Being very scared about this, I called my fellow flute and she came and rescued me and drove me. When we reached the treacherous slope to the car park, her car skidded all over the place and her brakes wouldn't grip. Her brakes started to smell burning. She had a major panic and I suggested we try to get out and drive back to the main street and park on the flat. We did this and then I persuaded her to try and walk to the rehearsal. We made it in safely and then had a lovely rehearsal. I'm grateful for her kindness, for none of us having an accident and being there to help each other. At the end of the rehearsal, we returned to the car to discover that my door was open! And she'd accidentally left her handbag in there and I, my Brompton bike. Both were still there!
9. I'm glad for warm items of clothing to keep me cosy on my cold cycles each day!
10. I'm glad that you came to read this.
What are you grateful for?
xx
1. I've had two weekends with few plans- I was tired, I needed to rest- this allowed me to. Getting up hideously late. I felt guilty but needed it and revelled in it.
2. Yet, I have the following two weekends with lots of plans, so I don't get into bad habits!
3. Kind work colleagues. My deputy-head teacher retired at Christmas so yet another of my favourites and my main friends at work has not gone which I am sad about- she was old school, if you know what I mean, which I am too. She invited some of us out on Friday night and about 12-14 of us went out to dinner and it was all my favourite people, which makes sense if they were her kind of people too! It was a lovely occasion and I was glad I worked with and still work with some nice people.
4. Grateful for having found the Zero Waste shop so to be able to make some changes AND the greengrocer in town.
5. Grateful that CBC is really trying to be careful about plastic waste and recycling- even if some of my work colleagues don't care; some do and others are trying.
6. Grateful to be spending half term with my Dad and family- we haven't spent a long time together for a little while so I am excited to be spending the holiday with them in Suffolk! Nice to have that to look forward to even if I am sad that I don't get to spend it with CBC (Skiing with school. Boo!)
7. I am grateful that our Caretaker at school is trying to alleviate waste and cares just as much as I do- he keeps bringing over left-over milk and carrots that might be chucked out and we are taking/eating/drinking them!
8. I am glad for yesterday. I arrived at the station for my orchestra rehearsal to settled snow and a real blizzard- it was totally unexpected and I had non-grippy boots on but had to walk up a steep hill and then down a scary slope to get to my rehearsal with my bike and a heavy pannier as well as a rucksack. Being very scared about this, I called my fellow flute and she came and rescued me and drove me. When we reached the treacherous slope to the car park, her car skidded all over the place and her brakes wouldn't grip. Her brakes started to smell burning. She had a major panic and I suggested we try to get out and drive back to the main street and park on the flat. We did this and then I persuaded her to try and walk to the rehearsal. We made it in safely and then had a lovely rehearsal. I'm grateful for her kindness, for none of us having an accident and being there to help each other. At the end of the rehearsal, we returned to the car to discover that my door was open! And she'd accidentally left her handbag in there and I, my Brompton bike. Both were still there!
9. I'm glad for warm items of clothing to keep me cosy on my cold cycles each day!
10. I'm glad that you came to read this.
What are you grateful for?
xx