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a day full of promisePosted on Sun 11 November 2007 at 07:43The sun is shining here in Hamilton: the sky is blue; the birds are singing; it is a day full of promise. Days like this are good for the soul. I still (as you can probably tell) have my serenity and a sense of peace. I'm going to make major inroads into packing today - but there again, you can only do so much until the last few days or you find yourself rumaging through boxes looking for something vital. But I can at least start in the garage. I am leaving the tools we bought for the gully - he can sort them out once I've gone. So I need to do a 'hers' and 'his' pile. Still coming across stuff in the house that I don't want or were always his so I show great restraint (most of the time!!) and pack them up for him to collect.So, it sounds like a plan, eh?
And although not one person turned up yesterday for the open home, as today is full of promise, maybe today is the day that the new owner of my lovely home will walk through that door and and see the same things we saw when we decided this was the house for us. I love this house and I will miss it more than I miss him.
Having asked permission, I can now tell the waiting world the good news from Rothes. Yet again, on my day of promise, here is the promise of a new joy. My beautiful sister Shona and her husband Fraser are expecting their first baby, due next May. To Shona and Fraser: You've waited a long time and had a rough journey getting there but you so deserve to be happy now. And seeing as yet again, I can't see the keyboard through my tears, I may as well go the whole hog and express my huge gratitude to Shona - she has always been there to support me and keep me going, my best friend in the whole world, my rock. She loves me unconditonally and will always be there for me -Shone, couldn't have got this far without you, love you lots.
I went out with friends from work on Friday and apart from people asking me how it was going, found I did have other things to talk about. When it first happened, there was no room for anything else - it just filled my thoughts from waking to sleeping. I'm so glad that's not the case any more - that there is more in my life than that. Good to get out, good be have some mates you can be yourself with.
The girl is over in Cambridge staying with friends. Jan did ask me if I would like to go too but I regretfully declined and did a bit of packing yesterday as well. I did find time for a peaceful hour basking on the trampoline - I can't be bothered finding the hammock and putting it up at this late stage. {Note to self: my new rental, when I get that length, must have a big enough space for the trampoline and somewhere to put the hammock!}. And in the evening, I put the stereo on and picked up my book. A few weeks ago, the thought of being on my own would have been sad but again, it (to me) shows I've moved on and can relish a quiet evening. So I need to go and collect her this afternoon - hopefully Jan will put the kettle on!
The next three days are 12 hour shifts so it's difficult doing anything else on those days but work. I only have 9 shifts left to work!!! And 6 days in between to do everything that needs to be done. At least things like cancelling the phone connection and stopping the gas/electricity can be left with him - it makes sense to me - I simply have enough else without that. I asked for my accomodation to be booked from the 29th of the month - and I will actually arrive the 28th, so seeing as I will be in or around the Hutt Valley, I have asked if I can again stay with Jac & Adie that night. That means I can drop the cats off with Zoe and hopefully see them again the next day as we head over to Porirua.
So, here's to all of you: I hope your day is as full of promise as mine. Karen X
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