I have had an wonderful relaxing weekend by myself. I've taken walks on the beach, around the park and up to the shops, ate my favorite foods and relaxed with a drink or two.
I've managed to clean my bathroom from top to bottom and helped our new neighbor out with her shower. The people she bought from were pigs, the shower glass was so dirty you couldn't tell if someone was in the shower or not. She is a lovely 80 year old lady and has been in hospital with a heart attack, we think all over the mess the place was left in. Poor thing, so that was my good deed yesterday, I cleaned her shower for her and replaced some glass in a frame for her. And gave her a nice bowl of homemade chicken soup.
I recently read a book by Suzy Welch called 10 minutes, 10 months or 10 years.
Here is a little info from this book, "We all want to lead a life of our own choosing. But in today’s accelerated world, with its competing priorities, information overload, and confounding options, we can easily find ourselves steered by impulse, stress, or expedience. Are our decisions the right ones? Or are we being governed, time and time again, and against our best intentions, by the demands of the moment? With 10-10-10, Welch proposes a transformative solution to deal with this pressure, as she shares her own life-tested strategy to help us regain control of our choices - and reclaim our lives."
I found this book empowering and have used it a few times. I have to go to Sydney this week to see my Oncologist, I have decided to take the train down, my reason: I couldn't ride in the car with my husbands driving for 10 more minutes, he drives with 2 feet, we don't own a standard, its an automatic, so there is no need to throw your passenger around at every round about or stop light. I have asked him to stop and let it be known to him how bad it makes my back pain. I gave him another chance last week before I made my decision and he did it again, so I told him I would be taking the train to Sydney, why, I said I can't take your driving for 10 more minutes. He said and you think the train is going to be any better, my reply was it would be relaxing. I'm planning on downloading this book to listen to again on my way down, its a 7 hour train ride.
I feel his reaction is very disrespectful to me. But I won't harp on it, I'll just make other arrangements for me.
Quote " There is no guilt for looking after me"
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