I woke at 6am. I’d been awake a few times through the night but my amazing ear plugs meant I never heard any of the storm.

It was WILD when we went to bed!

I had the alarm set for 6.25 and we were making a call about this mornings run… we said we weren’t running at 6am as a few of us were awake.

Then at 6.30am we said we would. 😆

It was dry until we got soaked!! Claire and I ran 4.5kms.

There were twigs everywhere.

So I decided to walk the dogs while I was still soaking but we’re not going that way….. flood!

So we went this way instead and we had to walk through this!!

The burn was really high but looked like it may have been higher through the night.

Then what did I do?!?!

I got my wellies on, picked up my trusty trowel and went back to the first flood and cleared it!!!

It was really deep, 3/4 the way up my wellies at its worst and I had so much fun.

I have found my vocation in life.

It was so satisfying.

At one point the water actually gurgled exactly like it would do draining down the plug hole. Even writing this makes me want to go back out and do it again. 😆

I’m not sure the trowel did me any good though 😆

When I finally got home after Craig was wondering what happened to me.. he said, I need to tell you something I wasn’t going to tell you.

I’d just finished saying that Khaleesi has taught me to appreciate every single minute with the dogs and to love them and cuddle them etc….

“Calaidh chewed your sock… do you still love them as much now?! ” he says….

Yes I do. I will hunt the socks down and buy another pair as they are my absolute favourite.

Normally I’d be RAGING…. Calaidh is known for a good chew of things left around…. But today I accept blame for leaving it where she could get to it and go to the little gift shop and buy myself another pair!

I had a lovely chat with Gayle and she gave us a lovely card and gift.

I then popped in to Curiosity to get Craig some of his favourite coffee beans and some carrot cake. I may have had a cake and coffee in there myself as I laughed at the chat.

My friend’s grandson served me, or at least pressed the buttons on the till and he made me smile so much. He’s just such a gorgeous wee boy. “Have a nice day!” 🫶🏼

I then came home and filled out my Donna Ashworth journal and looked for a random poem again. This was today’s… just after I’d read someone telling me i should look in the mirror and say i love you, to practise self love.

Wow.

I’m fully invested in this next one from the lovely Lisa at Coffee & Quotes.

We also got a lovely photo in a frame from Claire…

and a lovely bunch of flowers from Evelyn! (Not the best photo with the light behind them!)

Tonight saw the last of Melanie’s lovely Italian pasta sauce from the freezer…. A big serving!

And lots of cuddles with the pups.

Have a lovely Saturday night.

Stay safe everyone 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼