Weekly Reflections

one of the spring flowering clematis is confused
and has produced some more flowers!

 

Update: I'm hoping this post is the return to blogging regularly, though probably not daily for a while .... it's difficult to know what to write about when the daily migraines prevent me doing much of interest and I don't want the blog to become a pity party. 

Reasons to be cheerful ...

• phoning, texting and emailing with family and friends.
• feeling that life isn't all doom and gloom; I'm still getting daily migraines but it's not the really severe ones every time, so I am still managing to fit in some social events.
• making a couple of new friends - one online who lives in Norway (but thankfully speaks excellent English!), and one in person who lives locally.
• continuing to improve my fitness levels with the weekly personal training sessions plus the addition of a weekly swimming session. These obviously depend on how well I feel but most weeks I have been able to manage something, which is important for both my physical and emotional wellbeing.
• celebrating a friend's birthday with a trip on the Watercress Line's Real Ale Train ... it's not really my sort of thing but I naively allowed him to choose an event to celebrate his birthday! All things considered, we had a great time.
• managing to lose some weight. It's only 4lbs loss (over 5 week) so far, but it's a start.
• treating myself to some new clothes.
• enjoying time sitting out in the garden.
• continuing with my attempts to teach myself to play the piano when I feel able. Despite the fact that I'm not always well enough to practice every day, I'm still making reasonable progress.
• watching, and really enjoying, the Breaking Bad series 
• adding more dates to my diary and keeping my fingers crossed that I will be well enough to do everything I have arranged!

I am grateful ...

• for the support of family and friends.
• for cleaners and gardeners who keep everything up together for me ... I honestly don't know how I'd manage without them the way things are at the moment.
• that, despite the ongoing health issues, life continues to present many opportunities for me.