Domestic bliss - almost
I have had periods when I have taken time off work, the longest being siz months, and it doesn’t take me long to get bored with all the domesticated stuff. But I rarely get time to really clear out and sort and I feel so much better afterwards that I’m glad I’ve taken the time. If Kieran had been more mobile I would have felt the pressure to be out & about doing stuff but I’ve been content to let him play on his PS2 & watch TV (I’d usually be moaning about sitting in front of the TV etc for more than an hour). So I’ve been able to really get stuff done.
The weather was overcast today and spitting at times, but I’m hoping it will get better so I can start some gardening work. I found my big hedge trimmers hidden at the bottom of a chest in the garage, which was a pleasant surprise because I thought they had been taken when I had some workmen hear a few years ago and ever since I have struggled to keep the hedges under control by hand. So as soon as its dry enough I’m going out, machine in hand and being ruthless with the shrubs. For once my neighbours will not think I have the scruffiest garden. Because the front is so large I have always struggled to keep it neat. Luckily the grass grows at half the speed of the back garden, and last year I created a small meadow area where I can deliberately let the grass grow as long as it likes. I had to shape it in a semi-circle though to make it look deliberate because I kept getting people knocking at my door. They would say how they understood that I worked all day, that it must be so hard to manage, and would I like the number of their gardener?
Kieran gave his video statement to the police today, so hopefully that incident will come to an end soon.
