It's oh so quiet.....

 

{sunset over Snettisham Nature Reserve, Norfolk}

Firstly: has anyone else seen glorious sunsets the last few days, thanks to the volcanic ash in the atmosphere? We've had some beautiful and intensely coloured sunsets for this time of year in the East of England. It reminded me of the wonderful sunsets we used to watch over the wash when we lived in Norfolk. Alas, no sea here. We have also been enjoying the peace of no planes stacking or coming into land.   I hope you have had the chance to be still and watch the sun in all it's glory this weekend. Spring and the sunsets have made me so glad to live with such beauty. I feel that as long as I can still see the beauty, stand still and watch the sunset, or the moon rise that life will always have joy in it, whatever else happens.

Secondly:  I am aware of the time, and I haven't broken out in vampish tendencies (any more than usual).

I should be soundly asleep, especially as I'm starting training for my new job tomorrow. Frustratingly my pelvic infection (thanks surgery & mirena coil) is not clearing up as quickly as my doctors would like. Today it has been very painful (possibly due to the prodding this morning) and I am back on four-hourly antibiotics and painkillers.  At the moment I am in too much pain to sleep, so I have been listening to Enya and  waiting for some codiene to take effect.  The doctor thinks that my excruciating pain has  been  due to cysts bursting.  Thankfully, I have an appointment for Wednesday morning to attempt removal of the mirena IUS, and I stand a chance of things being calm enough for it to be successful. It wasn't this morning, so I have more antibiotics and more anti-inflammatories.

I'm technically signed off work for the week, but I can't face phoning into a new employer ill on my first day. As it's only theory-based training and sitting still for five hours I am going to do my best to go and stay for the whole session. I also need to start doing *something* more than sitting still all day.  I''m not on the rota for any more training this week, so maybe I can negotiate that I start very slowly until I'm back at full strength. As for my other job, I think I shall just have to see what happens Wednesday morning. I may need to be seen at the hospital if the mirena is imbedded or playing hard to get. If that happens I will not be in any state to look after myself, let alone my special children.

Apart from a crash course in gynaecology, I have been doing many things (and yes,  a few I shouldn't have been)  Planning, dreaming, organising,making lists, and more lists  mainly. More on that later. 

But for now, a question.  What do you want to have achieved in six months time? Something practical? Something spiritual/emotional? What is your heart's desire for the coming months?