Plea for normality

And now it’s Scotland’s turn to disappear under water. Is there no end to it? Certainly not today as it rains once more. We continue to wring out the wet cloths at our back door. Only another couple of days now & then the new door will be installed & hopefully there will be no more need to do that task.

The last few days we seem to have been inundated with holiday brochures. The curious thing is that neither of us feel that fussed about sorting out holidays. We feel curiously contented to stay at home. The itchy feet have stopped itching, for the moment at least. Our holiday to Austria last summer left us feeling so relaxed that life isn’t getting us down. We had a momentary blip when all these grey days began but the excitement of coping with blackouts & floods has been sufficient to assuage our urge to travel anywhere. We just want to settle to our normal everyday humdrum life, to be surrounded by friends, to feel safe in our own home.

I’m not saying the urge won’t return. We just need something to grab us, as the booked trip to the Netherlands has. We’re still looking forward to that & maybe that in itself is part of the reason we’re not inspired to look further at holidays. Until we’ve had that one, we’re reluctant to book another.

Still all of this will wait until the new year that comes tonight. 2015 hasn’t been a bad year, better than some. But now I come to the real point of this blog, & that is to wish you all

Happy New Year

May 2016 be good for you all