Pompadour

Thursday 2 December 2010

I was having a tough time getting out of bed this morning - I could see the snow falling from the safety of my duvet and I was so cosy. I've been feeling tired as Neil has driven back to the UK to pick up a load of building materials and I never sleep as well when he isn't around. Not that I am alone in the bedroom, since the staircase has been in place Tess has been thrilled that she is no longer confined to the ground floor and is quite insistent on accompanying me to bed, and to be honest that suits me fine as I like the company.

Anyway, I had just managed to drag myself out of bed when the phone rang. It was my boss calling to tell me not to worry about coming into work, she was going to leave all the horses in and was concerned about me coming out on my own. I didn't argue too much and then gleefully got undressed again and slid back under the duvet. Even Tess seemed to be happy to jump back in her basket and go back to sleep.

When I did get up I started feeling guilty about my boss having to do all 20 horses, so I brushed the snow off the quad and wrapped up against the arctic temperatures and headed off cross country towards work.

As I sped along a track across a field the snow stopped falling and sun came out and all of a sudden the landscape was stunningly beautiful, with blue skies and the snow glistening in the sun.

It was one of those moments when you realise just how good life can be and how lucky you are. I would have paid good money in the UK to go out quadding in the snow, and today I was heading to a job I enjoy and having fun getting there.

How lucky am I?!

5 comments:

  1. It's nice when you know how lucky you are...and it's lucky when you realise it!

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  2. Nothing better than having a job that you enjoy but you can keep this weather. I hate it, I am very definitely a summer person! Diane

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  3. more snow overnight - It's quite thick now - bet it's nice in Costa Rica though!!!

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  4. Good that you found a positive, Roz. Finding 'positives' is the way to keep going forward in life. Having a difficult situation, then finding something which is good about it, that is key to that elusive state of happiness. Hope you enjoy the rest of the day.

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  5. Very nice, thank you!
    Snow is something I do not miss at all...and as for frost!
    So nice not to be huddling under the duvet wondering whether to switch the electric blanket on for a final fix of warmth before diving for the bathroom to start the day.

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