So it has arrived, as I always knew it would. Today is the last day of what I so pompously called a “sabbatical”. The noble list of chores was touched upon but not completed. There has been plenty of relaxing and a fair smattering of indulgence. As a last kapow, we spent the last couple of days “down south”, in the delightful town of Topsham on the Exe estuary. It was the perfect winter treat, a nice hotel, great gig, a couple of glasses of red, the moistest carrot cake in the world and no rain. Now I have to face reality. It has a habit of returning to bite you on the bum. At the risk of sounding like a creep, I am actually quite looking forward to it. Early night tonight!
Off The Edge Gardening 
Yes, those periods of “free” time go by far too quickly to accommodate all that you thought you might do with them. A person needs some downtime, though–it’s easily dismissed as laziness, but it has the same effect as recharging a battery.
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I do feel recharged, am raring to go, let us see how I am feeling tomorrow night!
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My best wishes for your back to work 🙂
Time-off is so necessary, at least once in a while; it should be mandatory.
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Thanks you, I am looking forward to it. It is very hard for a nosy person to be away for too long. 🙂
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Forecast is sunshine tomorrow, ordered especially for you!
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Thanks Julie, that will help no end! 🙂
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Welcome back to the rat race! At least it’s a little more sedate down in Devon 🙂
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Hope you enjoyed your first day back!
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We always seem to bite off more than we can chew. The good thing is that all the “stuff” didn’t go away–you still have the grand opportunity to take care of things as they come. Glad you had such a great ‘sabbatical’.
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It was always optimistic! Off I go, and guess what, its raining!!!!
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A good, if somewhat sad picture. xx
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I would love to know its story, or perhaps I could make one up x
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Hope the first day’s not been too hard but I bet you’ve enjoyed it!
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You are quite right, it was great fun, pooped now!
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I hope the first day went well and that you didn’ t get blown over by Henry.
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It did thanks, was a little breezy though ….. 🙂
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