Waving !

I'm still alive.

Life just seems to be overtaking me.

The change of office base into the city centre is nice but its making my days longer. I'm not complaining, I'm using the bus ride to read. But I leave home at 7 am and am not back until 6pm. Its a long day and I was starting to struggle. I had to really think about what I had to do, was doing and when , then prioritised what I want to do.

I bit the bullet and asked to drop to a 4 day week, I had a resounding no on that one, However when I asked why and questioned the decision, giving my rationale,  they agreed that I could do a 9 day fortnight (every other Monday off ). Tomorrow is my first non working day ! The last 2 weeks have been a bit of a stretch as I had to make the hours up before my first non day, but what a feeling.

I can't describe how much happier I feel already, It means that I am not trying to crush everything into a 2 day weekend. I get to slow down and hopefully have more time to myself. I don't really seem to have done much other than read!  Tomorrow I also get to take junior to school and no 1 son to work, not a big thing, but I rarely get to do that these days.I am becoming more aware of how grown up the boys are getting,  they are both adults now and I want to make the most of any time with them before they leave home. junior will be off to university next year !

Knitwise I have been working on my cozy memories blanket and loving it, its such a great comforting knit. I now have a whole 2 rows done. Then I cast on my Cornwallis sweater, I even swatched for it ! We're off to Cornwall for my birthday in February and I really want to wear it there ! (That's my excuse for casting on another sweater!)  I will confess I also cast on another shawl! I really shouldn't have but I wanted to knit some bright cheery yarn as its been so dark, dull and wet!  I will take pics tomorrow  and do a WIP Wednesday for you. So I have 3 projects on the needles, all of which I am enjoying knitting. The other WIPS are out of site.

And that's it really, just a normal boring predictable life, I really don't know why I blog !

I will leave you with  some street art that caught my eye on a dull day.