Those of you who follow me regularly will know that my
life underwent a major change earlier this year when I stopped working. I had been working full time for many years
in what had become a very stressful job and I just stopped. It was very much a “stop the world I want to
get off” moment. There were quite a few
dark days. I’m still adjusting to the
change in circumstances and dealing with the upset of it all. I try and keep busy but I haven’t really made
long term plans. I have things I want to
do but I’ve not really made a lot of headway with them.
One of the things I have done is got back into blogging
reasonably regularly. Blogging is
something I really enjoy. Many of you
will know that I did this by launching myself into the A-Z Challenge last April. I’ve met a lot of lovely bloggers from there
and by taking part in the Wednesday Hodgepodge I’ve met more.
One person that I follow is Jane
at The Witty Ways of a Wayward Wife.
Jane is a published author and is really funny. While we were away last week I read her book
(The Changing Room). It tells the story
of a woman at a certain age who has a chaotic life and a mother with
Alzheimer’s.
“Sandy
Lovett's confused mother and chaotic life are having an effect on her waistline.
She knows she needs to change her life but doesn't know how until she buys a
risqué dress which sets in motion a sequence of life-changing events. After years as a mother, carer and full-time
employee, Sandy quits her job and places her mother in a care home, and life
seems on the up.”
Of course things are never that simple as the book goes on to show.
Having had the experience of a Mother with Alzheimer’s and placing her
into a care home there was lots in the book that I could relate to. One thing that did strike home to me from a
particular part of the book was that if my Mum was around today and in command
of her faculties she would be giving me a kick up the backside and telling me
to get on with things. It was a wakeup
call. So thanks Jane, I think.
I have been better this week – I’ve got up earlier and I’ve started work
in one of our spare bedrooms. I need to
strip the wallpaper off to see how good/bad the surfaces are underneath then
get a plasterer in to do the ceiling and possibly the walls before I continue
with decorating. Hopefully having
started I will continue! I do have the
incentive of next year’s wedding and probably having guests to stay to spur me
on.
I nearly signed up for another blog challenge too but that required
posting every day in October and with the wedding coming up very soon I decided
that might be pushing things too far. I
have my outfit now but I still need to get accessories. On Sunday I’m going with my daughter for her
first fitting of her dress so that’s exciting.
Hopefully there might be time to look for my accessories too.
I’m thankful for the power of prayer today. My MIL has come through her surgery for
breast cancer so we can all breathe a sigh of relief for that. At 87 any time under an anaesthetic is a
worry. Hopefully she will be feeling
much better for the wedding. It wouldn’t
be the same if she wasn’t there.
