Today has been quieter than I planned but it has been quite lovely.

After not quite feeling well, all week, it was tricky not to try to create a perfect day for my birthday.

Luckily, last night, I decided that I was just going to take the day as it came. I’m not trying to make it good but just to let it be good.

And it has been very good.

I’m not feeling well today so I am resting.

Here’s a photo of a tree I took the other day.

I had lots of time to work today.

So, of course, this is when I come down with something.

I think it’s just a cold but still.

I need a long day filled with orderly tasks that does not get interrupted by meetings and outside commitments.

I wonder how I can set myself up with that sort of boundary without creating too much of an expectation for myself how can I make it easy for myself to do that?

I think I’ve started by tidying my desk, so well, perhaps that’s step one

Today marks six months since my Dad died.

I don’t have anything profound to say about it.

It just hurts.