Zen

A weekend away is just what the doctor ordered! It’s a pity John didn’t have the same experience! I came back from my yoga retreat very zen. It was lovely. Good company, good food, good weather and, above all, good yoga!

We were at Braziers Park again, which is a commune, so it was all very grounded and great fun. This neo-gothic house is where Ian Fleming lived when he was a little boy – and there were still two hooks in the beam of what was the nursery, where he had his swing. Fascinating!

Back to it at home now though, and the humdrum beckons. Hospital appointments will be interspersed with time among friends and family this week, however, so it’s not all bad.

We are off to see the oncologist tomorrow to see what they have to say. We are both feeling anxious about the progression of John’s prostate cancer and are hoping for a miracle. We’ll see. Everything crossed and on my knees in prayer.

In the meantime, while I was away, John decided that he’d change the guttering at the back of the house……. honestly, that boy! He’s done a very good job and there’s only one area of a drip, drip, drip as the rain falls, which we’ll sort out in the next few days. Naturally, he overdid it though, didn’t he? He was exhausted when I got home yesterday and was still tired today. Didn’t stop him having another fiddle with the bit that still needed doing this morning, though.

Now then, on a totally different note – what’s the consensus? Put your heating on or not? The temperature is going to drop over the next few days…….. We have succumbed to lighting the fire in the lounge so that our evenings are not totally chilly, but it’s a bit of a shock when we come out into the rest of the house! And we might put the heating on for an hour in the mornings – even though it’s still September. Or we might bring our bed into the lounge……. what d’ya reckon? Hehehe.

Nothing much to report on activities today. John slept for much of the afternoon and I have done nothing and have simply whiled away my time, trying to retain that zen feeling…… it doesn’t last long, unfortunately. Never mind, there’s a yoga class tomorrow morning!

Take care everyone. God bless