Dreaded Dailies

Well hey there, its been a while! So the last *cough* month and a half *cough* has been a prime example of letting life get the better of you! It's funny though, the pattern of writing I'd started to develop stuck with me, I know that because I've thought about the blog almost daily. I can't promise that my next few post will be anything very interesting (the same could be said about the whole blog), but I'm back. If I'm entirely honest it was coursework that drew me away, but it has been letting life bog me down that has kept me from writing.

Letting life get in the way is, I am sure, something we are all guilty of. It happens and it's nothing to be ashamed of. Letting life get into your pores and drag you down is another thing entirely. Maybe life is the wrong word, its the details that get under your skin. That age, old adage of getting lost in the trees and being unable to see you've stumbled in to the wood. Next thing you know you've tried clearing out a little spot for a sit down but the leaves keep blowing back in and a week and a half has gone by. The children have been taken into social services and all the utilities have been cut of back at home. Maybe that's a little extreme, but who hasn't had that feeling of sinking under the mundanity of what has to be done.

Again I need to remind myself to take time for me, I doubt I need to remind you guys, you've heard me bang on about it enough. Not only is it about taking time for me though, but taking it before the 'dailies' steal it from me. Sometimes it is not enough to say I am going to set aside time for me, sometimes you have to say I am going to take some time NOW or else I'll lose it. Sure the sink might be about to collapse through the work surface under the weight of dirty crockery, no I have no pants to wear and the laundry basket has become a laundry mountain, fine 75% of the light bulbs in the house need replacing and I am liable to set fire to myself using candles, but you know what, that can all wait five minutes. I am going to sit here, have a cuppa and read my book/ write my blog/ do something that makes me smile.

So that is what I am going to be practising this week. Well that and getting cross with the government for pretty much everything, and wondering why on earth my employers can't maintain a constants temperature in our office! For now though, my lovelies, my five minutes is up and I really do need to go and finish my final piece of coursework. You though should go and get yourself a couple of biscuits, you deserve it.