I’ve had a lovely day.

My energy levels are up as I’ve been watching my food intake this week.

I’m not just stuffing my face full of food and not tasting it.

I’ve cooked and made salads and tried not to eat junk.

So… I slept like a log but woke at 5.30.

I lay and wasted time…. For a while.

We had coffee and Craig made bagels with steak strips and horseradish, for breakfast… lovely.

I took the dogs up the hill and saw an injured deer 🦌 in the field.

It was hardly able to walk. I felt awful for it and didn’t know what to do so I called our local wildlife centre and they came out straight away. They are just around the corner thankfully.

I have to say I felt pretty old when the two girls that turned up looked late teens. I’m sure they weren’t!! I don’t know if they will have been able to find it as they didn’t want me to go back up the hill with them.

I then tackled the oak worktops in the kitchen that have been driving me mad for ages…..

I’m sooooo chuffed with my progress, still another 25 hours and 2 more coats of Danish Oil to go.

Then I had a shower to de-dust and have sat working on my Donna Ashworth journal and Her Travel Circle post about the PS Waverley.

What next… oh clean bed!!!! Yay! Hoovering and cleaning up all my sanding dust.

I am hungry tonight but I feel so much better for eating a wee bit better and a wee bit less.

Salmon and broccoli tonight…. Check me.

I’ll give it a few days 🫣😆

Oh and it has rained so much today.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

I did t sleep well waking at 10.30pm, 12.30pm and finally 2.43am 🫣 I didn’t actually have to get up until about 4.30 but of course I couldn’t get back to sleep.

My mind was racing.

I got up and let the dogs out the back…. They barked…… it wasn’t even 4.30!!! 🫣

Quick shower changed and out the door to realise the car was frozen! It’s our first frost of 2025. I could have taken a photo of the car but I went into “fastest way to defrost mode!”

Of course you are never ready for the first frost.

Goodness knows where my de-icer is?

I hadn’t had any thought to put the frost cover on.

So I used the best method my neighbour Helen gave me…. Fill a sandwich bag full of hot water and seal it. Then rub it across the windows.

Perfect.

I was only -0.5°C so it wasn’t cold enough for the melted frost to freeze again, so that was a bonus. 😆

I set off for Edinburgh Aiport.

There was freezing fog.

Just at Glasgow Airport a van seemed to almost blow up and the smoke that belched out the back of his van actually made me almost stop. I couldn’t see a thing. There were huge clouds of thick smoke!

He pulled over eventually and was still at the side of the motorway when Craig and I came home.

My drive was uneventful after that. A message came through from Craig as I passed Harthill Service Station!

He pretty much sailed through immigration and baggage reclaim and was out 30 minutes after landing. I think that’s pretty good for an international flight.

I went to the petrol station at Newbridge and filled up.

I sat in a car parking space for a few minutes until he called to tell me he was out.

The early morning sunrise sky was beautiful!

So huge big hug in the drop off and pick up zone and off we go back to home… via the supermarket for a quick shop… as you do!

Work flew by and now we’re in the village pub. One of our lovely neighbours is back from Australia and it’s so good to see her!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Claire was my dog walking angel this morning and walked the girls to allow me to run.

We ran at 5.45 as usual and she took the dogs out while I showered.

My other next door neighbour, Holly, walked them this afternoon! Holly has been such a support this week, letting them out and walking them every day.

So very kind of them both.

Here we are after our 5k run. I didn’t record it properly on my Strava dammit.

Work was wet, windy, cold and sunny just a typical Scottish weather day.

I did drive home under a beautiful rainbow 🌈 for the second night in a row.

Some pics of sunset out the back tonight.

So Craigie is finally home tomorrow so picking him up early in the morning. He lands at 6am! In Edinburgh obviously.

Be great to have him back!!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

What a wild morning!

I don’t watch the news to protect my peace but I have seen lots of photos of the hurricane over Jamaica right now 🇯🇲🫶🏼

We complain about our weather but we are so lucky not to ever face anything like that.

It must be terrifying.

This morning was very dark, wet and windy.

My alarm was set for 5.30am but I woke just before 5.

I had a nice chat with Craig out in sunny Doha to start the day.

I got showered and dressed ready for work and took the dogs out about 6.15am.

I had to walk through that huge big puddle!

I’ve got my headtorch on.

I love the way the clouds follow the shape of the road.

My headtorch died right about now!!

A lovely light coming back into our village.

It’s much calmer tonight, it’s rained on and off all day but the wind has settled for a bit. I thought this nighttime photo of the tree from our garden looks so like the morning one above.

I had dog calls to do tonight as well.

I’m shattered.

The dogs are calm and sleeping.

I might just have to do that too.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

What a lovely morning it was.

This is what a shower looks like, when you leave the door open, in a house with 3 Border Collies.

I went outside to play with the dogs for a while.

They are knackered after running about with tennis balls.

Work was really busy and passed quickly.

I feel a bit off today and I can’t put my finger on it.

I’m antsy.

I’m tired.

I’m bored being tired.

I have lots I want to do but I literally can’t be bothered doing any of it… yet I’m annoyed by my lethargy…. Yet never happier in my big comfy blanket and jammies.

I took the dogs for a walk as soon as I got home. This next pic showed lovely red sky but it’s not showing up as it looked.

Mild panic on the way back down the hill as there was a loose cow on the road. I slowly walked behind it…I started to message the village chat to suggest I may need rescued 😆😆😆

This photo is dark but the cow turned right into the farm entrance and up to the sheds.

Thank god 😆

She was a big one!!!

We walk back home relieved

So sit down for this next bit…. I actually cooked two chicken breasts, made 2 homemade burgers from 5% mince…. And then I made some spicy bolognaise with the rest of the mine.

I mean, come on. So much batch cooking… she who doesn’t cook anything much… so many meals in one day.

I then had a Scottish Dog Behaviourist enquiry call to make.

And finally I sat down on comfies to eat and watch the rest of Celebrity Traitors.

This is blurry but Calaidh is watching me eat my dinner.

Craig’s still having a blast out in Doha. What an opportunity of a lifetime!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

I was in bed early, so naturally, woke early and not a cough in sight!!! Thank goodness.

I still feel exhausted but I’m not hacking my lungs up anymore.

I saw a strange light on the bedroom wall and I jumped up, got changed, grabbed the dogs and ran out to experience this.

The sky was stunning. I think Claire and Rachel met out in their respective back gardens, and the sky was purple and orange before I got out.

I was literally running to try to get to the best view point before sunrise.

There was almost a red rainbow 🌈 but I was in too much of a hurry to stop… 😆😆

We are heading towards sunrise.

The sky is burning 🔥

This guy cycled past me and gave me a fright!! I took a photo of him cycling off into the sunrise.

(I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve typed sunset instead of sunrise!

Isn’t it stunning?

These lovely trees on the sunrise horizon… these used to be the trees I drove past when I first went to counselling when I was off sick… my counselling trees.

There is a thick band of cloud over the rest of the sky so the sun is only visible for minutes.

And there it goes already.

It was raining by the time we headed home and it’s rained all day.

This little robin flew across the road in front of us so many times.

There could have been many robins but I like to think it was Khaleesi, joining us on our walk. 🫶🏼 Bless her.

I went for a healthy food shopping in our local Tesco.

Tesco has been completely revamped and it felt very strange being in it. I’ve obviously not been for a while. 😆

When I got home I felt completely exhausted.

I got changed into clean jammies and sat down with puppy Calaidh. It was only 11.50am and I was done for the day. I was yawning my head off.

I felt much calmer when I made the decision to relax and stop trying to do housework etc

Toe beans 🫘 🐾

So I’ve done nothing really in the house this weekend… and that’s ok.

I decided to watch Cekebrity Traitors on BBC iPlayer.

Then Gayle messaged to ask if I fancied a trip to IKEA.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

And yes please!!

I jumped up and showered and got changed and was ready to go.

I spent £1.50 on this mat for the dog’s water bowls, it matches the kitchen perfectly!!

And so I’m back home after a lovely wee afternoon out.

I’m back in jammies and I’ve had more chickpea curry.

I’m relaxing with the pups and it’s soooo dark outside.

Craig’s still having a great time, training and exploring Doha. I am fairly certain there’s going to be a trip for me on the horizon.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Stay safe everyone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✈️🇶🇦

I am completely wiped out. (I wrote this at 4pm)

I could sleep…. I’ve dragged myself around half the day stressing about feeling tired, fighting it, trying not to fight it….. but I do think it could be a wee teensy, weensy bit of loneliness….. she who seeks out silence at every opportunity, really wishes she was in Doha too!!!

Gayle has just messaged and asked if I want to go to Largs and I have instantly perked up…. I don’t feel tired anymore, how funny.

I woke at 4.44am…..

The good news is that I didn’t cough once… ALL NIGHT.

How is it possible you can cough all night one night and not at all the next?!?

I got the dogs up and brought them through with me and we snuggled.

I got slapped with various paws in the face.

I had claws dig in my skin but I loved chattering away to them.

I finally got up about 7, fed the dogs and headed out in the dark for a walk with them.

I took lots of photos of spooky trees this morning. They still remind me of my inlaws neighbour Carole. She loved a spooky tree.

The light is coming…..

Huge clouds on the horizon.

The girls are having fun.

It’s cold and a wee bit windy but it’s lovely.

At 8.30 I meet Rachel for our 5k… just the two of us today.

I found it soooooooo hard. Honestly my legs were like lead weights, so heavy and I really struggled to keep moving.

This is the same road as the earlier photo, the sun is now up!

I am so happy it was over! Rachel was dressed for summer and I was dressed for a cold run!

We’d had a good chat about diet and I came home and made an omelette for breakfast and I really enjoyed it.

I had 3 Scottish Dog Behaviourist calls to make today. One at 11, one at 12 and one at 1pm.

No answer at 11 and the other two went well. I did some housework and some Her Travel Circle work in between.

Then just like that it was 2pm!!

I’ve moved some logs in the garden, done some more tidying but literally humphed myself around the house complaining about being so tired!!

So yeah, I’m really looking forward to meeting Gayle tonight and won’t post this yet in case I get some photos!!!

We went to Largs and there are photos!!

We ended up going to Nardinis in Largs as Wetherspoons was heaving.

Death by sugar…. We need to find something to do in the winter that doesn’t involve so many calories!

Gayle’s car looks amazing under the lights on Largs prom.

That was good for the soul. A great natter!

Craig is still having a great time out in Doha and I really do wish I had gone out took maybe one day. The place he is staying is lovely!!

Really randomly my brother, sis in law and nephew are in Doha for 3 hours layover tonight. Such a shame they can’t meet up!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

What a rotten sleep…..

I coughed ALL night.

I didn’t.

But it felt like it.

I was up and down like a yo-yo!

I eventually got the dogs up at 5.30 and they were half asleep!

We all went back to bed until walkies with Holly and Leo at 8am.

It was beautiful morning. The sky was stunning…. Zoom in for the low cloud over the Garnock Valley.

I came home and made a few Dog Behaviour calls and got ready to meet my Auntie Jac.

She got the bus all the way to Beith!

We headed straight to The Little Coffee Caravan and had a lovely chat with Donna and Richard. I don’t get there often enough but Jac and I used to got lots when I was off sick.

We had a lovely coffee and I had a raspberry and white chocolate blondie…. Sooooo good.

The sun was shining.

We sat in the house and talked till the cows came home 😆 (at length!) and ended up in Mocha JaK’s for lunch.

We had a lovely bowl of lentil soup and brown bread.

We may have them shared a mint brownie and had another coffee!

It was a lovely wee day!

I found this picture of us both taken about 20 years ago…. I was the thinnest I have ever been.

I didn’t have time to go for a food shopping as I had another dog call to make when I got home…. So I raided the cupboards and had everything to make a Chickpea and Spinach Curry. Healthy Living James Recipe

Check me….

I am very proud!

Calaidh and Bhruic are shocked!

Now I have to be honest and burst this bubble a bit….. it didn’t taste of anything much and I wonder if my spices were maybe a bit past their sell by date 🫣😬

It’s still good, wholesome, if slightly off, food!!

Meanwhile my other half is having a wonderful time acclimatising, training dogs and exploring Doha in Qatar.

It’s stunning to see.

I am gutted I didn’t go but I’m equally pleased to be able to be with our pups and spend time with them.

I have no plans for the rest of the weekend except a run in the morning. Just how I like it.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

This is the longest Thursday ever in history…. And it’s still only 6.45pm!

I’m still going. I flagged about 11am with a few yawns but I’ve been fine since… she says yawning as I type the word yawn. 🥱

I didn’t sleep well.

I was in bed for the back of 8pm I think. I coughed and coughed and coughed and finally moved to the couch at 12.30am to let one of us get some sleep.

I hadn’t coughed much at all the night before… but hey…. I heard Craig come down our very creaky stairs at 2.44am followed by a herd of Border Collies.

Time to get up. 2.44am.

I felt hungover…. Which was obviously not possible.

I’d showered last night but I got my lunch ready, made a smoothie and got ready to go to work.

We left about 3.40am.

My eyes were all over the place, I couldn’t focus on the road I felt so tired.

And then, a mere 10 minutes into our trip my FUEL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON.

😤

Now being the organised lady that I am, one of the things to check would have been that the vehicle making the very early morning dash to the airport….. HAD ENOUGH FUEL IN IT?!?!?

I was not driving said vehicle in the week prior to the trip. I did ask if there was sufficient fuel….. I may not have been heard.

So we turn off the M8 just after Glasgow Airport and head to Essso on Renfrew Road…. Closed…. But don’t panic…. There’s another petrol station a few minutes away on Paisley Road.

You guessed it.

CLOSED.

You can imagine my internal reactions.

Outwardly I was WAY more calm than I would have been pre anti-depressant.

To access the 2nd closed Esso garage… I turned right across a dual carriageway and drove right over the central reservation!!!!!!

I still can’t believe I never saw it was a central reservation and to be fair, Craig didn’t seen it either until Bertie Beetle walloped down the other side of it.

I just hope no one saw me 🫣

So we get back on to the motorway after using up more precious fuel and settle for 24 hour Asda in Govan, where we watch an urban fox meander across the forecourt and into the bushes. Brave fox living there right next to the M8 motorway!

I am refuelled and back on the road a mere 15 minutes later than we would have been, but we have plenty of time.

The roads are surprisingly busy. I mean, not busy but enough that you do wonder where everyone else is going.

I drop the Scottish Dog Behaviourist off at Edinburgh Airport just before 5am. He’s off to Doha in Qatar at the request of a lovely Scottish girl who needs help with her dogs!

Bless him…. Despite avoiding each other for a week, I may have sent him away with my cold!

His case is full of dog toys and balls and chews and poo bags and all things doggy as they can’t get them out there so she sent them here!!

I pray he’s not stopped. 🫣

So of course, by this time Mrs Weak Bladder needs the loo.

I pull into the petrol station just outside Edinburgh Airport and order a soya latte and an almond croissant.

“I’m just nipping to the loo” I shout to the coffee guy.

“Sorry they’re out of order” he says.

GULP.

Bladder springs into action…….

So I have to drive to Harthill Service Station to find one. That’s half way across Scotland!!!

Very relived. Literally.

I got to work at 6.15am!!!

Thanks to my lovely neighbour Holly for not only letting the dogs out a few times today, she walked them twice AND left me my dinner in the fridge!!!!

How lovely is that?!?! So very kind.

So by the time I thought about checking Craig’s flight, he was already one of ten billion flights across Europe 🫣 spot the red plane.

He’s then over Turkey.

Then Baghdad!!!!

Heading to Basra!!!!

Before finally landing in Doha!

I am still working by this time and managed 15 minutes short of a 10 hour shift today!!!

I don’t know where the energy came from.

There was a lovely rainbow on the way home and I had to stop for photos….. a gate at the end of the rainbow 🌈 😆

There is a double rainbow but the second is very faint.

The big dark hump is my car!

I came home to Holly’s lovely dinner… Thai Green Curry and Sticky Toffee Pudding.

Exactly what the doctor ordered.

Still not done, I have two Scottish Dog enquiry calls to make and then Andy the milkman comes to the door and then I sit to write this.

Freya doesn’t want me to write the blog tonight.

I’m under a puppy pile!

Oh should say Craig is very happy and settling in well and they’ve already had the dogs out for a walk to suss the surroundings.

It’s now 8pm. I’m finally flagging….

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

It’s 7.52pm and I am in bed.

Scottish Dog Behaviourist flies to Doha at 8am tomorrow morning from Edinburgh…. And I have to get him there. Think we’re leaving about 3.30am!

I slept like a log until 5.21am and the alarm was due to go off at 5.25!!

I had a coughing fit when I woke but the cold symptoms have been a lot less severe today…. Thankfully. Maybe finally turning the corner?!?

I ran with Claire, Lynsey and Rachel this morning and I managed it… once I managed to find a left and right sock.

This is Claire coming out of her house next door with her head torch on, reflecting on the village hall windows!

I cut out a bit of our normal run to make it shorter but I still ran over 5kms.

It was slow as my legs were heavy while strangely, my breathing was ok.

Then poor Rachel two doors door tripped up the kerb on the Beith Bypass and hit the ground.

We have made the decision to stop running over the bypass in the dark. It’s got so busy this last year. The traffic is fast and relentless with few gaps.

She’s ok but scraped her hands and knuckles as she reached out to catch herself. It could have been so much worse so lesson learned!!

I’m so glad I managed to e run, it was good to be back.

I did lots more sorting out at work today so was in my element. More to do tomorrow.

It was lovely and sunny and we sat out at lunch. lovely blue sky.

But now I need to sleep. Think of me when you wake up as I’ll have crossed Scotland twice! Call me if you can’t sleep!!

Wishing Craig the most amazing trip to Doha and hoping this becomes a regular thing for him. Scottish Dog Behaviourist goes global!!

Stay safe everyone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✈️🇶🇦

I woke at 3.30am after a great 6 hour sleep and then I started to cough.

I coughed and coughed and coughed…. I eventually got up and came down to the living room…..

I sat and read for a bit and had a Lemsip with honey and I actually fell back to sleep for another hour or so before the alarm.

I still feel wiped out but I’m waking up a bit more every day.

So work was fine, it poured with rain today, misty and smirry rain for most of the day.

I sound really down but I’m honestly not. It was just a day with little happening.

I’m going to run in the morning, this is not in my chest so I think I’ll manage.

The fresh air and the exercise will do me good. I’ve been so lethargic these last few days, I need to run.

I saw this the other day and thought it was a really good read!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Ok let’s get my moany stuff out the way first.

I still feel rotten.

If anything my cold is worse, but I went back to work because my head is actually more focussed… so that’s a bonus. My hacking cough is not a bonus… it hurts and I feel all sorry for myself.

But I’m fine…. It’s been a beautiful day today. A lovely sunrise, a warm, sunny day and a lovely sunset.

Check our two latest vans for sale at work!

Ellison and I sat out at lunch and it felt really hot.

I had a new apple that’s red inside. It still tastes like apple but it’s kinda cool.

I came home to a lovely dinner that Craig had made between jobs.

I then took the puppers out!

The hedges have all been cut so the road looks so different! There’s also lots of thorns on the road now.

The sky was lovely and it was still quite warm.

I came home and made 3 Scottish Dog Behaviourist calls for Craig.

And now I’ve sat down to eat some ice cream and someone wants some… I love her but I’m not sharing!!

Bless I love when you get the puppy dog eyes!

So all in all a lovely day. I am ok… just needing these germs to be gone. 🤧

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Lurgy still here.

Slept in Khaleesi’s room which brought a whole wave of sadness.

Was up for an hour and half at 12.30 and then again at 5am.

Slept until 9 though.

It’s rained ALL day. It’s been torrential at times an everything is wet and soggy and dark.

I have the wood stove burning and it’s a lovely orange glow.

I’ve had the dogs beside me all morning as they didn’t want to go out in the wet.

I’ve hoovered the downstairs of the house,

I’ve swept leaves from the decking… in the rain… in my jammies. It’s mild and it was refreshing.

We’re a bit flooded….

I’ve tried to sweep leaves off the grass…. It’s possible but not certain about my tactics.

I took the dogs for a walk in the rain which was actually really lovely.

I read my book….

I can confirm that at 12.30am there was no sign of the Aurora above North Ayrshire.

So now during this torrential rain I’m going to take you back to sunnier days. I’m taking me back to sunnier days when the blue sky made me smile.

Blue sky makes me smile.

I just love the colours…. life was so lovely when we were there. We had so many plans for life changes when we came home.

I need to remember what they were and get onto them as soon as I shift this cold.

Hope you’ve all had a great weekend!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

I’m so disappointed… I felt a bit better by last night and agreed to run with the girls this morning.

I woke at 5am and there was no way I could run.

I’ve much more of a tickly cough today. I think it was my body’s way of telling me that I shouldn’t be running.

I just feel exhausted.

I’ve tried to do some Her travel Circle posts today so I feel a bit better about that. My heart wasn’t really in it but it’s a start.

I did my Donna Ashworth journalling and this was my random selection from her book Joy Chose You.

I took the dogs for a walk again and I actually saw some sunshine for the first time this week!

It felt lovely for the ten minutes it shone through the clouds.

I managed a couple of loads of washing and then Gayle picked me up and we went to the Boatyard in Lochwinnoch for hot chocolate and a scone with cream and jam.

It was so lovely to catch up with her. It feels like it’s been ages with our holiday, then Khaleesi and then the cold….

So yeah, I might sleep in the spare room tonight as the cough is driving me nuts…. It’s not bad, it’s not loud it’s just irritating.

I’m so grateful to have another day off to relax tomorrow.

Bring on the lemsip!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

I’m feeling a wee bit better today but still stayed in my jammies for most of the day.

Just taking it easy.

I sat outside with the pups for a bit. None of them looking at the camera!

That’s slightly better….

I turned the phone upside down again.

I put lots of things up for sale on Vinted today. I could just do it at my own pace and stop for coffees!

I’ve already sold one of Craig’s shirts!

I just have been at that for bout 3 or 4 hours.

I then had. Shower, got dressed and took the dogs up the hill. I felt a bit stronger today.

I played with portrait mode on my phone.

Yup she went in the burn to get a stone out!

So yeah, I enjoyed the walk today.

Straight back into jammies when I got home and I have my feet up in front of the fire.

So yeah, nothing much else to report…

Ok if I’m honest I’m feeling dreadful I’ve not done anything for Her Travel Circle since Rhodes… I need to get the finger out and get back to it. That’s the only things that’s really eating away at me now… anyhoo…

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Not much to report today.

I am feeling a little bit better as the pain in my head and sinuses has eased but I still want to sleep for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

That’s ok because I can. I have no plans for the weekend.

I did get up at 8am and sat out in the garden with the dogs for a half hour or so. The fresh air was lovely.

I went back to bed about 11 and slept until 2pm.

Just throw that ball 🥎

I had a nail appointment at 4.45pm that I remembered about when I woke up. So I had to have a shower and head out for that. I went for a nice autumnal colour.

I took the dogs for a slow walk up the hill while I was still dressed. The fresh air does me good.

I noticed these beautiful trees in the village hall as I walked back home. They were planted for the Queen’s Jubilee. They are beautiful.

And they match my toes and my toes match my jammies ♥️

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

I put myself first and stayed home sick today.

I took a lemsip before bed and slept like a log until 2am. Then was wide awake… it’s funny that after a whole day of craving sleep.

I stayed in bed until 2pm and only got up because I was hungry I want to be able to sleep tonight.

The puppers have been looking after me.

I changed into the giant pink marshmallow Kuddly as it’s sooooo cosy…. despite being horrifically pink. I am not a pink person, I may have mentioned that before 😆

Kisses from Bhru…. either than or she’s washing me.

Freya’s checking me out.

Bhru might need fed 😆

Calaidh’s sitting on my knee!

It’s all in my head… physically, not literally.

My head is thumping, my sinuses are heavy and sore and I’m still shattered.

It’s been a heavy few weeks, maybe that has just taken its toll.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

What a day….. honestly I had felt every long minute of it.

I feel like I have endured today rather than lived it.

I am exhausted.

I dropped my salad all over the floor this morning before work.

I picked it up and put it back in the tub and took it to work….. 😬😆

I could have slept at my desk.

My head is foggy and thick (yes moreso than usual!)

My breathing is deep.

My throat needs clearing a lot.

My head has had flashes of pain then nothing at all.

My legs feel weak

My eyes are heavy.

I didn’t put this face on… it just was 😆

I slept for hours last night but I didn’t feel rested when I woke.

By 8.08am I was already thinking are we there yet? Is it time to go home?

I dreamed of leaving at lunchtime to head to bed.

By lunchtime I thankfully thought the hairy dog salad through and ordered lentil soup and a roll from the local shop.

I was ok this afternoon and even trying some “Eye of the Tiger” style boxing moves in the toilet, to try to wake me up 😆 (if the spider from yesterday was watching it’s no wonder he stayed hidden this time 🫣😆).

I came straight home and did a Scottish Dog call for Craig. I should say I’ve done 5 calls for him and booked 4 so I’m pretty chuffed with that. The fifth was only a half hour ago so they might still book.

I played with the dogs out the back as I couldn’t muster enough energy to walk them.

I lit a fire and out my jammies on and I intend to snuggle with the Borders until Craig gets home.

I may just take the three of them up to bed with me after I’ve eaten my fish and chips and roasted broccoli 🥦

Last night I felt so tired I had crisps, peanuts and ice cream for dinner. At least I have something in the oven…. Mainly because there are no crisps, peanuts and ice cream left if I’m honest. 🫣😆

Imagine thinking of eating a salad that fell on the floor in a house full of dogs?!?!

Whatever next?

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

I had no idea if spiders can hear or see but this morning I swear I scared a huge spider as much as if scared me!!

It was MASSIVE!!!!

I screamed and did that spider leg and arm style, heebie jeebie jump that you did when you see a beastie you didn’t expect and I swear it did the same…. Just silently! 😆

So… busy day at work then to the post office to drop off a parcel and a shop to pick up a parcel.

Then home…. And walked the Borders. It’s so misty and damp today. I thought our weather was going to be great this week but it was surprisingly cold.

There are about 6 geese in the background that didn’t move as the dogs ran around… and the dogs didn’t notice them either! I kept waiting on them all to register each other!

So misty!

This wee cat just sat there pretending to be a cow!

There were a lot of mooing cows…. They were so vocal!

I came home and made some Scottish Dog Behaviourist calls for Craig. Called two booked two! Boom… drops mic 🎤 😆

So I’m now going to watch some more cheesy Sullivan’s Crossing and eat some Ben and Jerry’s ice cream!

And relax….. 🧘🏻‍♀️

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

We sat this morning watching YouTube.

Watching other people build houses in the wilderness.

Loving their homes.

We looked at each other and decided we should spend a bit more time loving our house.

It’s very old and there’s always lots needing done.

So today Craig pressure washed the garden, I weeded, swept.

Not perfect but MUCH better!

I moved stones, I replaced the stones once the grass was washed.

I was expecting lovely weather today. It’s been cloudy all day but we’ve been out in T-shirts.

I’ve done 4 loads of washing.

Stripped the bed.

Changed the towels.

It’s been a lovely weekend, I’ve enjoyed doing things around the house.

My whole body aches. 😆

I did a pupper photo shoot 😆 it’s been a while.

Still thinking of Khaleesi.

So that’s the weekend. Looks like it’s going to be nice weather here this week. Not hot but dry with some sunshine.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️