So if you read the first blog, you will know we were very lucky to get power back at 12.30am!

Lights on at that time is always going to give you a fright. I conked straight back out while Craig was left to deal with all the lights around the house….

I have friends who STILL don’t have power. I can’t believe it has taken so long. I watched the helicopter follow the power lines again today checking for breakages.

It was a lovely morning. We had condensation inside the windows as the bedroom had been so cold.

It’s so calm and peaceful.

Not a breath when I took the dogs out the back.

Now that we have power I had to re-wash the washing in the machine. Tidy away all the camping lights and stove. Hoover the sunroom again. Get everything back to normal.

I took Calaidh, Bhruic and Freya up the hill for a walk and a run about.

I was not being in the present moment at all.

I was angry and stressed. I didn’t want to do any of the chores but they had to be done.

I stomped up and down that hill. I didn’t appreciate any of it. I can see that now.

The sun was lovely in the sky…. By the time I actually remembered to take a photo.

I stopped to look at it for a while and started to breathe.

My new view again today…..

Then when I was further down the hill I noticed the Emirates flight literally hanging in the sky.

Flights that are bound for Glasgow usually turn just past our village and head north east towards the runway.

Emirates didn’t turn where the flights usually do…. It carried on to the west for ages and then turned and headed straight back towards me.

Right towards me. I’ve never seen that before. (It is in this photo!!)

I actually started to panic a bit as I thought there must be something wrong. It finally banked slightly to the west and turned course heading for Glasgow. It was so low in the sky that I videoed it… I had such a bad feeling!

And yet all was well.

It probably does that everyday! I’ve just never seen it before.

That got me back to the present moment.

I took Calaidh back out with Khalessi, just to give her an extra walk.

I’ve also woken with a frozen shoulder and pain down my arms. Not quite sure what that’s all about? Maybe I was sleeping in a funny position last night, trying to avoid the puddle caused by my leaky hot water bottle!

We have clean bed for tonight… heaven!

I also had a lovely shower and washed my hair… what a luxury…

So this afternoon I had Claire in for a movie afternoon! We watched one of my favourites, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off!

She had never seen it before.

She did tell Craig it came out 3 years before she was born!!

😳

This was Bhruic all cooried up as we watched.

So we had a lovely, calm afternoon. Lots of good chats.

I made the usual fakeaway for dinner tonight! It was good to make use of the food we have in the freezer. We have… I….. have decided that the freezer food will still be good. I’m binning the prawn ring as you can never trust a prawn!! 😆

What a strange weekend indeed.

I am so grateful that we seemed to be so well prepared. We never ran out of lights, gas for the camping stove or power in our phones.

The strangest thing was living without the internet. Without access to any updates.

All through the storm they told us to stay informed but it’s very hard to do that without signal.

Thanks so much to everyone who checked up on us and who offered support.

It’s lovely how everyone works together at times like this.

And just like that, back to work tomorrow.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Our power switched back on a 12.30am!!

The light came on in our bedroom as we slept!

It was FREEZING up there last night. I think about 12°C AND…. The hot water bottle I took to bed created a big puddle in the already freezing bed and soaked all the clothes I was wearing?!? You could not make that up!!!

I did not wet myself…. I can hear a few voices in my head that would say this. 😆😆

This is right up the top of the end as I was cuddling the hot water bottle. 😆

The dogs started barking as they got as much of a fright as we did but it’s lovely to wake to a warm house this morning. I had to take layers off as we went through the night.

Looking forward to a day of just being and not waiting.

Oh and a shower.

That will be nice.

My hair stays up in its top bun by itself now. 😆

Thanks to everyone for your messages of support over the last few days. I’ll catch back up today. I know Mum was going to put a message up to say that we didn’t have enough phone signal to be able to reply.

So grateful for all the chargers, camping lights, stove, gas and candles we have. So grateful.

Anyway, more later.

Stay very safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️