Word of the Week -Apathy

 

In contrast to my last word of the week,I have felt rather disinterested in doing anything this half of the month but sitting watching Youtube or Netflix. It is not normally like me as I like to feel like I am being productive most of the time. I haven’t read for pleasure and I have only completed one craft project and that was only because it is a gift for Mother’s Day. I have had ideas for blog posts and then not written them. The only thing I have managed to do consistently is cleaning. This is normally pushed down the list of priorities when I am in a creative frame of mind so I suppose it isn’t a bad thing.

 I have also had a really bad cold that floored me for a week including spending a day in bed and a day lying on the sofa. It wasn’t Covid as all the tests I did came back negative. I have never had a cold that bad. Normally I can just push through it and get things done and although I tried this time I just couldn’t. I had to have three days off work because I felt so ill.

 I know this feeling is only temporary and I will soon be back to my normal self. It is only because at the moment things have been quiet in work and I have had to drag some of my tasks out to fill the day. I like to be busy in work, not to the point where I am snowed under with work but enough to keep me ticking over and the day is filled. I like to be under a certain amount of pressure as I get more done both at home and at work. When I am quiet in work I find that I do less at home because I feel more tired due to a bit of boredom. That is going to change in the next couple of weeks once I get a new project to work on.

 I can already feel that things are starting to improve with the fact that I have written and published this post. I have also completed a scrapbook /journaling project that was outstanding from the end of last year and I am looking to make a pair of pyjama bottoms this weekend.

Linking up with Anne at Raisie Bay

Word of the Week-Busy

 

Despite wanting to live a slower and simpler life, this week I have been busier than I have been so far this year. Craig and I were away last weekend for a Masonic Ladies Weekend. Although we had a thoroughly enjoyable time and it was something we both needed, it meant that the jobs I do at weekend did not get done. I got dates mixed up and almost forgot that a W.I meeting was this week so I have been out 3 nights this week with various W.I commitments. Wednesday was the only evening I had at home apart from today and that was spent catching up with ironing.  I have not gone to the gym this week in an attempt to get some cleaning done. Craig has also been out 4 evenings with his Masonic meetings and practises and on Saturday he is going to be out helping a friend build a new shed. Emma works in the evenings and has spent her days applying for  ‘9 to 5’ jobs and Matthew has been doing revision for his second round of ‘mocks’.  

 Craig and I are out again Saturday evening at another Masonic Ladies Evening.  The Ladies Evenings/Weekends are the Lodges way of saying ‘thank you’ to the wives and partners of the Masons for as I say ‘ letting them go out and play’. There is a meal, entertainment and all the Ladies receive a gift. The evening is also a way of raising money for Charity as there is always some form of raffle or game. For example the Ladies weekend raised over £1200 from a tombola, a rolling raffle for a pamper hamper and a raffle for a weekend stay at the hotel.

 It isn’t helped by the fact that now the worst of the winter is hopefully over my mind has turned to spring cleaning and wanting to get everywhere decluttered and organised. I know this is self-imposed and the cleaning police are not going to come and lock me up for having cluttered cupboards. Does anyone else get that feeling at this time of year? It means that I am going to have to juggle doing all the crafts that I had planned (including 2 Mothers Day gifts) with the Spring cleaning on top of my normal weekly cleaning because I know it will just play on my mind until things are done.

 It is at times like this when I wish I didn’t work full time and I could spend my days decluttering, cleaning, reading, taking Penny out for long walks, crafting and enjoying the cooking process.  I had a taste of this life when I was furloughed and loved every minute of it. I felt like I was leading a slower life even though there were still the W.I meetings via Zoom. It was probably because I had the extra time when I would normally be working so wasn’t having to cram everything into the few hours between finishing dinner and going to bed.

 Does anyone else feel like now Spring is on its way that they are getting busier?

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