Lifting the spirits

Oh dearie me ... the breaks in between posting just keep on happening!  I think I will set myself a new challenge of how long can I make 100 days of blogging last!

Unfortunately, my 'flu-type' illness morphed into a 'chesty and not able to really breathe very easily' kind of illness and I have been laying low at home for a few days recovering.  Today I ventured out to post a letter to a friend and returned home in fine fettle, no breathlessness to spoil my home-coming.  The other aim of the walk, as well as to test fitness levels, was to try and subdue the out of this world pinkness of my new running shoes.  Alas, it did not work, but I'm sure after a few mornings of pootling up and down our muddy, forest trails that problem will sort itself out :)

As you know, I do most sincerely believe that being creative has restorative powers, and my little project today was doubly so - good for the mind and the body; I made a lovely soft bra as the underwired ones I usually wear have been most uncomfortable as I've been fighting my 'like a chest infection, but not really one' complete with aching chest.  Soft bras are so much more comfortable and allow you to be a bit freer without unleashing mayhem into the world, if you see what I mean.  An extra added bonus was the sun streaming through the window, illuminating my sewing spot with it's warming rays which did much to warm and lift the spirits.  I will share more maker details about this in the near future.

I do remember my mum saying that the flu can make you feel rather down; with this in mind I spent a small part of my day making notes on what I can do to lift my mood and keep me well - of late I have felt my mental health, although not slipping exactly, has felt like it's following a slightly descending path and I need to pay attention to it. I think I have unwittingly found myself a project, which if it goes as I'm hoping, I will share here.   Perhaps at the end of my extremely long 100 days of blogging ... but maybe sooner.  It's just at the seed stage at the moment.

What a lovely random post, much like my day really. 

Larissa x

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Choosing relaxation - a stroll along the cliff path at Shanklin

Well, I did say life might happen and stop my well laid plans for blogging 100 days non-stop - indeed it did!  I was laid low by a horrible flu-like bug for a couple of weeks and started a new job very recently which has tired my poor brain out - suppose that will happen after starting a very nearly full-time job after years of being a full-time mum/part-time worker.  I just didn't know what hit me!  It's good to be learning new things and new ways of working, as well as meeting new people.  It's not giving me time to ruminate as I could be prone to doing when spending lots of time by myself at home whilst wee man and hubby were out being busy at school and work.  So, it's a good sort of tired, the sort of tired you get from having 'done stuff' and making your brain work!

My socks ...

I'm still feeling a tad under the weather from my 'flu thing' - hoping I will feel well enough soon to take up running again after a significant amount of time not running.  I would love to do a park run early in the new year.  At the moment I get quite breathless, but have noticed that this week I can walk from the car to work slightly quicker :) 

... somebody else's socks ...

For now my creativity is very Christmas focussed as I knit socks for people and have a few handmade gifts to post overseas; I'd better get a move on - can you believe it's November already?