A moment of quiet reflection?

I am conscious that I have not been posting very much lately.

I have been having a lovely time with my family visiting.  It’s been a rapid turnaround with everyone wanting to ‘have a look at me’ as well as having the opportunity to see big sister Booie.  My Mum arrived yesterday.  My sister and I are now teenagers again! Step dad Richie will be joining us Friday to rescue Phil.

All this company is a great distraction and if it wasn’t for the fact that I descend into a sleepy fuzz after eating lunch and can do nothing other than nap I could forget about the issue at hand.  Phil has reminders in his phone for when I have to take and record my temperature to ensure we notice quickly if I have an infection and everyone is instructed to ask me why I’m not drinking if I am not sipping on water to keep me fully hydrated.  Other than that, I’m having a lovely time 🙂

It does however make time for reflection more scarce.  I woke early this morning, it was just before 4 (it’s all this water I’m having to drink!!) I could hear a couple of birds beginning to stretch their vocal chords so I opened the window wide and snuggled back into bed to listen to the gradual crescendo of the Dawn Chorus.  It has to be one of the most beautiful and chaotic sounds of nature, all those birds celebrating the fact that they’ve made it through the night, they’re alive and staking a claim to their territory.  It made me want to celebrate being alive along with them but the gradual crescendo of Phil and Dude snoring, joining in with the chorus reminded me that I really should be sleeping and I gradually drifted back off to sleep with them.

Talk to you again soon

Lots of love Mand xxx