Day 1820 it’s still summer… cool breeze though!

I woke at 4.50am. I have a sore head and tension in my jaw. Not sure why…. Must drink more water!

I’m working at 7am this morning as I have to leave at 2pm to head to Lochwinnoch, to the doctors for bloods.

It is a beautiful morning!! 🌅 I stop on the way to work and take this… there is only a short period of time where I drive straight into this sun…. It was massive in the sky and the photo doesn’t do it justice!

It was so peaceful, it really took my breath away.

A bench with a lovely view.

So work was really busy today. To be fair I’ve only been in 3 days this week and I left at 2pm so the day went fast.

I’m off on holiday on Monday as my friend Helen is coming up from Exmouth. More about that in a minute…

So mad panic to finish up at work before 2pm and had to get to Lochwinnoch by 2.45pm.

I have to negotiate a right hand turn onto the A737 which I am scared of… I drove towards it saying I’m going to get right through, I’m going to get right through and guess what….. Road clear, drove straight up and turned right straight onto the main road. So easy.

I spoke to the receptionist at the Doctors, sat down, messaged Helen and the nurse called my name!

She took 4 vials of blood today and took my height and weight. Seems I’ve lost 4cms since January, I’m not sure I’m massively happy about that…. Height that is, not around my waist 😆😆

The bloods covered everything including kidney and liver function so it will be good to get the results… a bit like an MOT!

Straight back home to start tidying the house, despite the beeeeeeeauuuuuutiful sunshine.

Then I had counselling at 4pm with Better Help therapy.

I’ve paused my subscription now as I don’t think that I need it right now. It feels more impersonal than any therapy I’ve had and I struggle with the very, very, very tight time schedule. 45 minutes is over in a flash.

My therapist is heading to Rome shortly so I used a good 5 minutes up on that!!! The Scottish arm of the Rome Tourist Board, me. 😆

So Helen lands in Glasgow at 9.25pm and the house is as tidy as it’s going to be. Good chance she’ll be too tired to notice. 😆

If the wind direction stays as it is, she’ll be flying in over our house. It will be dark so she’ll have no idea where she is but I might see her! I know…. I hear myself, these are the things that get me excited!

So from being hardly able to walk the length of myself last weekend to actually booking a mystery trip and going away with Helen this weekend!

I am very excited. I will miss Craig and the dogs obviously but our trip will cover so many lovely places in Scotland, and the forecast is excellent. ☀️☀️☀️

Home to Loch Lomond, Glencoe, Fort William, Eileen Donan Castle, Plockton and the Skye Bridge on the way up, with the CalMac fferry from Armadale to Mallaig on the way back, taking in the silver sands of Morar and Arisaig!

My idea of heaven.

Mostly because it will be very sunny and Scotland is such a beautiful country, and we need to make the most of the sunny days.

Very excited. Just have to get a few things organised first.

I sat outside for my dinner and the sun is just about to head behind the fence so I can get on with packing my bag.

Hope you had a lovely Thursday!

Stay safe everyone ☀️☀️☀️