Time Out

Today i had a day off work, not for any particular reason, just because I felt like it....................... I had nothing to do, for once, i could do what i pleased, i didn't have to answer to anyone, i didn't have to be any place at any specific time, i didn't have to take my daughter to the docter, i didn't have to pick anyone up or drop anyone off, i didn't have to arrange anything, or think about anything.............................. now many times does that happen in a year.

As it happens, i ended up having a very busy day, it is almost like there is a network of invisible spy's who drive around all day and look for people who are not doing anything they then put their names on some invisible board, so when anyone wants something doing, hey presto your name is by some means on that board and they just "happen" to phone to see if you can help...........................

I started by going to get my daughter new ear phones, for her cell phone, my cat had taken a liking to her previous pair, and had tried to eat them, ear phones are a need not a want, so that she can listen to music, which is a must in our house, if she cannot listen to music some of the time, that would mean that there is more time for talking, and boy can my daughter talk, she is like one of those wind up toys that is powered by duracell batteries that go on...........and on.................and on.........

And then i took a friend that i have neglected for coffee and breakfast. And then i found another car licence that had not been paid which i had forgot in my car when i went there on Thursday before i went away for a few days.

Then a friend phoned to ask if i could do a half hour talk on HIV/Aids which i could so i did.................it is always frightning to see how little people know about the subject, one of the ladies was brave enough to admit that she has aids....... wow.............. after just one half hour talk she was so comfortable with the subject that she was not afraid to admit to her status. This is really a passion of mine, telling people about the disease and that it is not a death sentence, that you can still live for 20 years and have a good life.

Then i had to pick my daughter up from school, because i had to take her to have her trousers taylored, she has been wearing them for 2 months already and today, she decides that she can no longer handle them and needs them fixed today.......................otherwise she can never go to school again.............................. nice try.

Then i decided to go to the nursery and buy some plants, really the absolute wrong time of the year, but i was in the mood to garden so i wanted to strike while the iron is hot.

My "better" half hired someone to paint the back veranda, well, we now have green walls, green pots, green verandah, and anything else that was stationary has paint all over it, he then moved all my pots and just put them back where ever he felt like it, needless to say my "better" half did nothing to correct the problem, so using all my strength, i think i need to work on the arms much more at gym, i moved them back into the correct position, even if they are flecked with green.

Now i am off to cook supper, for today and tomorrow because it is gym tomorrow, and i must do the programme tonight for the woman's retreat, and i need to prepare the lesson for our cell group on Wednesday, and i need to finish my friends scarf, and i need to finish a book that i need to give back to a friend.......................... thank goodness i had nothing to do today.......................