I am so tired folks. Between the election and post-election shenanigans in London, I've barely been at home, for the last couple of weeks and a sort of bone-deep weariness had set in. I've got a long weekend in compensation and it's so needed. (Otherwise my actual holidays would probably involve me sleeping an awful lot.) I've no energy to do anything at the moment, getting up off the sofa to do anything more complex than making food is still difficult. It's so nice to be home again. I'm super tactile at th moment, loving the fleecey throws I have in my living room, the flannel covers and squishy duvet on my bed, how comfy my slippers are to wear when I have sore feet. I'm dead snuggly at the moment and so is my house. :D
I did mean to do more formal Solstice celebrations on Saturday, but instead I just had a pyjama day, ate comfort food, lit some candles and was grateful that the light will now start returning. Then I found out that apparently yesterday was the shortest day in this neck of the woods, I'm very confused. I thought if I could find the energy to do something appropriate I would but instead I went out for drinks to celebrate a mate's birthday which was fun, though I wish I'd known we weren't eating there (the pub we were into is a proper brewpub but is best known locally for their excellent stone-fired pizzas and excellent upstairs beer garden) because I'd have eaten beforehand rather than afterwards!
So actually, I'm just sending good thoughts out to all of you, and wishing you all a light in the darkness when you need it.
(Also Happy Chanukah to all those celebrating - I didn't realise how much Jewish cultural/religious knowledge I've absorbed from reading list folks over the years, but the new camera guy at work is Jewish and it's made many a conversation less awkward over the last year. I always enjoy reading about cultural differences, but this year it's had a practical element, so thank you to everyone who's talked about the parts of it that are important to them.)
I did mean to do more formal Solstice celebrations on Saturday, but instead I just had a pyjama day, ate comfort food, lit some candles and was grateful that the light will now start returning. Then I found out that apparently yesterday was the shortest day in this neck of the woods, I'm very confused. I thought if I could find the energy to do something appropriate I would but instead I went out for drinks to celebrate a mate's birthday which was fun, though I wish I'd known we weren't eating there (the pub we were into is a proper brewpub but is best known locally for their excellent stone-fired pizzas and excellent upstairs beer garden) because I'd have eaten beforehand rather than afterwards!
So actually, I'm just sending good thoughts out to all of you, and wishing you all a light in the darkness when you need it.
(Also Happy Chanukah to all those celebrating - I didn't realise how much Jewish cultural/religious knowledge I've absorbed from reading list folks over the years, but the new camera guy at work is Jewish and it's made many a conversation less awkward over the last year. I always enjoy reading about cultural differences, but this year it's had a practical element, so thank you to everyone who's talked about the parts of it that are important to them.)