A New Era

Following a heart to heart chat with my Boss a couple of weeks ago & another one on Monday, I , or rather we, as in Herself & I , have made a huge decision regarding our life style. Basically, I don't work full time any more. We have a couple of irons in the fire with regards to financial independence, but nothing is finalised at this point. Those of you who know me well enough will understand that this is a huge leap of faith for me. As a card carrying Virgo, I like to have things fairly cut & dried. I don't think that this has worked too well for me over the years, because every time I get my self all comfortable & think I know where my life is going, somebody kicks my little warm dung heap helter skelter. Maybe this is lifes way of saying don't sweat the big stuff, because you ain't got a lot of control over it anyway.

I haven't, & in retrospect I am the first to admit it, been giving as much as I could to my job in the last few months. I have resented late nights on the road, which sadly are part & parcel of being a trucky. They take me away from Herself too much. I compensated by dragging her along with me. I'm starting to realise that although she willingly comes, too often is too much for her as she tires a lot easier than she used to. So I'm just on call now, for when it suits to do just the odd run here & there. Its a little bit scary, as I am used to working all my life, but I'm starting to adjust. At the moment, there is a lot of paper work to sort out for our new life. I don't do paperwork well, but I'm starting to learn.

I'm also finding that I have much more energy available for doing the things that are important to Herself. Interfacing with other people, particularly on the phone is a biggy now. Yesterday, I raised our bed by 8 inches. A major undertaking involving 7 new castors, 7 bolts, 84 screws, half a pot of PVA glue, various & sundry bits of wood & half the day.New attitude meant that I kept going till it was finished, rather than doing half a job & setting it aside because I was too tired & just plain couldn't be bothered like I have been doing. Today, so far I have lifted the path through the garden in the back lawn, put two layers of polythene down & relaid it. When I originally laid it, I put it down on el cheapo weed mat from the Ware House. Trust me, its not a great deal of use. We have had all sorts grow through it, including Docks. Hopefully, it will be alright now. Its giving me a lot of satisfaction seeing projects completed. The path is the first step in finishing the concreting in the back yard. Once our finances are settled, I will start buying stuff like builders mix & concrete & finally get the back yard how I want it.

I think my life from now on will be very busy, but at least I will be spending it with my Darling. That above all else is the most important thing to us both now.