We have had a gorgeous day today. Blue skies and no clouds, and the weather is so hot! Our high today, according to the BBC, was 29C (85F) and tomorrow the high should be 32C (90F)! My windows are open, which of course, causes the door to slam and every twenty minutes, I get to hear the roar of the W15 bus as it winds its way around the corner. But I shouldn't complain, because it has been a truly beautiful day.
This Saturday was a day off. I'm rubbish at taking a day off. I get it from my Dad. I've been reminded (by how tired I've felt) that I need to do better at taking a day off, and I'm the only one who can control that. So, on Saturday, I decided I would take a true day of rest. If it related to work, I wouldn't do it.
Do you know how difficult that is?
I'm the type of person who does things when she thinks of them. I would check my email and see something work related. Oh I should forward that on to the team...No. It can wait a day. I thought of my finances...I need to get reimbursements ready to submit....No, I have until the 30th of June. It can wait. The tour...Oh I needed to research this and change that and call this person...And so it went.
But I stuck with my decision. It made for a very good day actually. I truly felt like I took a day off from work. Maybe in the future I won't need to be so legalistic about the details of my day, but for now, I think it's helpful.
In the end, I still did a lot. I made pancakes and coffee for my housemates and I for brunch, did a lot of dishes, laundry, pulled more of our endless selection of weeds from the garden, cut the grass, sprinkled on lawn fertilizer, swept and mopped the floor in the lounge and dining room, straightened Jo's hair for a party that night (she has super curly, thick hair!), went grocery shopping, made dinner for Laura and I, and then settled down for a film in the evening.
Nothing new is really planted yet in the garden, but here are few snaps from my phone to show you the progress in weeds removed! I actually moved a little table and chairs out to the patio portion and Laura and I ate dinner enjoying the evening light. It was quite peaceful.
We asked a few of Jo's friends for advice on our garden. The most common response was, "Pour weed-kill all over it and start over." Haha! We tried that just for the thistles in the grass. I think we are growing especially resilient weeds. Thank goodness I enjoy the physical exercise from digging and pulling because I don't think weed-kill will help us!
While grocery shopping, I was wandering the World Foods section at Tesco and had a little giggle.
Almost $5.00 for Kool-Aid, imported from the US of A. It's not what I expect to see in the international section, next to the coconut milk and ghee.
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