Well the first week of my holiday has gone and I’m still to start writing my next story. Plain laziness on my part. I did start out well by getting the work done in the garden though I could have done more. Yes the weeding and slab laying went faster than I thought it would. Of course now I have the front flower bed needing done. I noticed the weeds were gaining ground there today so is needing me to get out there. Only problem has been the weather today, heavy showers stopped me. Adding to that I had to go with Magz to the doctors, she’s put her back out. The doctor gave her painkillers plus told her to use a hot water bottle where the pain is worst. With Magz though the real problem is getting her to sit and rest long enough to let her back get better. She never likes taking it easy even when her body is telling her to do so. This means she will probably try to help me with the front garden when the weather does give me a good day to do it.
At least she didn’t try helping me last weekend. I had my son working with me then which I was glad of after all some of the slabs weren’t the lightest. That is where Calum was great. He’s certainly is not my little boy any more. No he’s really becoming his own man now and it only seems like yesterday that I was cleaning his scraped knee. Now he stands over me as well as almost twice my build. It does make me smile though even if we do argue sometimes.
I’m just short of enough gooseberries to make my wine. There are still some on the bush though which I’m hoping will give me just the right weight needed. Even if I’m an oz or so short it should be fine. Magz has also been enjoying the strawberries which are now ripening as well as send out shoots in all directions. That did make the weeding trickier, still I managed which is all that matters in the end.
I’ll need to get my finger out this coming week with the new story. It’s not like I haven’t thought it through or I have writer’s block, it has just been getting the drive to start. Sometimes that can be as bad as writer’s block though. Once you let yourself fall into that trap it can be a problem pulling yourself out of it. Well it can for me any way.