The storm has blown itself out and it's all calm again. There's a bit of sunshine and surprisingly it was warm enough to sit out on the patio this morning with a mug of hot coffee ... wrapped up warm in a coat, the air was completely still with no sign of a breeze and it was a pleasant ten or so minutes.
I had quite a good night's sleep and woke just after 10:30 feeling more refreshed than I have done recently. I had a soak in the bath, then dressed and had breakfast followed by coffee (on the patio). Since then I've been alternating between reading and updating my diary. I'm half way through Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh, a thriller which I am enjoying but the tiredness makes me forget what I've read so I have to keep going back over bits!
Julie gave me a month at a view planner for Christmas so I'm using it to track the balance between planned and unplanned days. So far I have looked at January, February and March and am pleased with how it is looking. Each month the split is currently about 50/50 which means that for half the days in each month I have plans in place to spend an amount of time with others and the remaining days will be spent quite happily on my own. If I look back at the months I'm sure the split will change to show more social activities as there will undoubtedly be invites to meet for coffee, lunch, cinema, etc. Looking at this overview on the planner, I think I'd like to find one more regular event in addition to the choir and maybe a couple of additional pupils, but on the whole I think it's a good balance.
I'm at home all day today. S is poorly so he cancelled our regular coffee date; I was planning to go shopping when I was out but now can't be bothered, so that'll happen either tomorrow or Friday. On the way home from choir on Monday I bought a gammon ham on yellow sticker, reduced from £5.75 to £1.44, so I cooked that this morning and had a simple meal of ham, mashed potatoes and peas with piccalilli for lunch. There's enough left for about five more meals, so it was a bargain buy. I'll keep one portion out for tomorrow and will freeze the rest.
I've done my meal plan for the next month so will have to get organised and restock the cupboards and freezer over the next couple of days. If the forecast is correct we are due some bad weather with the possibility of snow, so I want to make sure I have plenty in. I don't mind venturing out in snow to take photos but I don't like driving in it so, although I am hoping and praying that the forecast is wrong, I want to be prepared.
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