only Tuesday

I woke up this morning and thought....it’s only Tuesday. I’m counting down to the end of this week so I can have 5 days off. I’m going away for the weekend and then having a few days at home to do very little. People have commented that I should go away for longer but I can’t help but think how nice it will be to have some time at home to do nothing. No work, no flatmates during the day, day time tv, sleeping all just sounds lovely to me and exactly what I need.

I’m not sure when life go so busy but I feel like I am constantly on the go. By the time we get through our working week, it’s the weekend and that is full of washing, cleaning, cooking, gardening etc. When you think about it, none of that stuff is really important. I would prefer to spend my time catching up with friends or having some time to myself.

I thought life was busy and then I started dating again! Dating is time consuming and nerve racking so it uses up a lot of energy! I’m pleased to say I’m in a good place in my relationship now but we got to a point where between me meeting his friends, him meeting mine and having time to get to know each other it was sooooo busy and overwhelming!  

Hello again....

Well let's try this again. Life has been crazy recently and instead of keeping the challenges and highlights to myself I'm going to share them. This is in the hope that one day someone may benefit from me sharing my story. I was first diagnosed with depression over 5 years ago and while I'm quite open about it, there is still a definite stigma attached to it. Part of coping for me is to talk about how things are for me and to be able to verbalize what I need to help me cope. I've become better at acknowledging that I need space, take a moment to breathe when I need it and having people around me when I'm feeling flat. I'm also very lucky that I have wonderful friends that so supportive. So this blog started as a record of life as a 'stepmum', then singledom and now the focus has shifted again to be just about me and how I cope with life....trying to be positive and smile :)