I did not sleep well last night….. the first day without full caffeine in weeks and I slept like I was still switched on. All night I tossed and turned like a tossy turney thing.

I felt pretty tired when I got up but wanted to head up to Braehead Shopping Centre early, to return clothes to M&S and exchange my Turkish Lira back.

For what it’s worth, my advice is not to take foreign cash abroad anymore. It cost a fortune to exchange and we hardly used any. The woman at the counter said to take English pounds as we all know our Scottish legal tender is not considered legal tender anywhere else in the UK. 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 that drives us Scots nuts….. but hey…. I also reckon paying by card abroad is more than enough these days.

So I had a quick wander round Braehead before heading to Aldi for a quick food shop, though I had bought tonight’s dinner from M&S. Well seeing Craig’s away!

He left after lunch to head to Glenrothes for a dog training weekend with Jo-Rosie Haffendon, Khaleesi’s previous owner. He’s taken Khal with him so she can see her.

So I headed off out on two walks… with hoddit and doddit first.

It’s been like April showers today. I was lucky enough to get out in between them.

Saw this lovely rainbow as we walked round.

I have to say that I am not feeling full of sweetness and light today. I’m not appreciating the present moment…. Each step was a struggle. My knees are sore, my right ankle is sore and I just felt generally ugh. I was fighting it all the way. I’m annoyed that I don’t drink, don’t smoke, take supplements and drink pretty much only water and the odd coffee and yet I still feel a bit rotten. How is that fair?!? I talked myself into accepting it was what it was and it wasn’t the end of the world. I managed to feel a bit of peace at that.

I came home to swap out for ploddit…

By the time I got back I have actually walked nearly 15K steps today so I’ve hardly sat down to it. Another positive.

I made my M&S stir fry for dinner.

Randomly with garlic and lemon prawns and feta to go with the pad Thai stir fry!

Then I had a wee 0% Guinness… again randomly… don’t have this very often and it’s really nice. A wee treat.

Finally look how pretty the ivy is out the back now.

Isn’t nature beautiful!

The moral for me today is to stop fighting how I feel. Acceptance is half the battle. I have my feet up writing this and I’m going to do some stretches to try and loosen off my tight muscles.

Then I’m going to get into a clean bed and have a lovely sleep.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️