Staying Sane and Getting Groovy

I am joining Kate on Thin Ice this week.

I got away from it all and went to Folkestone for the weekend with Aaron, but after fab views, fab food, fab weather, fab sea air, etc... it was REALLY hard coming home.

Sunday night, Monday and Monday night, I really felt my grasp on "this life" weaken.  I felt like I was going stir crazy.  In fact at Stratford Station on the way home, I REALLY lost the plot!

I got up at 6 a.m. Tuesday, which is REALLY early for me, and got Aaron up at 6:45 a.m.

He had to be at nursery for 8 a.m. as I had managed to secure a DAY'S work at Cambridge - actually not even a day: 12-5 p.m.  After having been out of work for 5 long months.

So after dropping him at nursery on foot - we left at 07:40 but with hindsight should have left home at 07:30 - I then had to get back and get all of the laundry to take it to the laundrette to be dried (we don't have space for a tumble dryer).  The husband made clear that I should show my ability to be organised by fitting in drying it between nursery drop-off and Cambridge.  I rose to the challenge! He was in bed when we left for nursery and he was still in bed when I left for cambridge, having dried the washing successfully.  I then made a hectic dash to the train station and arrived in Cambridge in good time.

The minute I arrived there, I felt sane again.  It was like arriving in a movie set.  Places like Cambridge really are a world away.

The "job" I'd been booked for finished at 15:30 instead of 17:00 and I wandered down the street towards the station.  None of the shops appealed to me until I saw a Christian Bookshop.

Now my yoga beliefs mean more to me than my Catholic ones, but my Catholic beliefs I guess run deeper so I was drawn in and went with it.  I went with the flow and what felt right.

Ended up spending an hour in there, in a really relaxed mood and spent £23 on books - some for Aaron and one for me.  I got him some gorgeous ones about the real meaning of CHRISTmas!

The train I got home ended up being a "stopping"' train so I had plenty of time to read on the way back, with a delicious Chai Steamer in my hand.

I felt more and more sane as the train chugged along.

As there was no guarantee I'd get back in time, the husband had collected Aaron and taken him to his Mum's. Which we had planned in advance.

So, upon arriving home, I decided, instead of tackling a LONG list of things I needed to do on computer, instead I would tackle an area of the bedroom that had been bothering me.

Now, not only have I not done any yoga since Aaron was born, 29 long months ago, I also haven't been listening to my yoga CDs, which quite frankly is a crime when they can lift one's spirits and the energy so much.

So I played a Snatam Kaur CD (on repeat): "Mother's Blessing" which is the same CD I had listened to in labour.

1. I straightened up my knickers drawer.
2. I straightened up my sock drawer.
3. I put away *neatly* all the laundry I had dried in the morning.
4. I unpacked all of our luggage from the weekend in Folkestone.
5. I tidied the corner of the bedroom that had been bothering me.
6. All the while I listened to the CD and the atmosphere in the room and within me LIFTED.
7. As a deserved treat I then watched Eastenders - my usual mistake is my treats don't feel deserved.  When they are not, and you know it, you don't *really* enjoy it!
8. I enjoyed the evening and felt sane calm and relaxed and like me!
9. Listening to the mantras and the music elevated and transported me!
10. I NEED MORE OF THAT!

So, I need to get OUT of the hole I am in, and get WHOLE instead.

So for the first time, I am finally joining in with Kate at Groovy Mums - you can too!

So, if you know tidy drawers rock your world, then get tidying.  It was lovely to see this as a result:

Bye for now, Liska xx

I am a Celebrity Meme for Mums

Hi

Kate on Thin Ice started this.

I then blagged a tag from Hello it's Gemma

So this meme is called: I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Blogger Fun

The rules are as follows

1) Answer the 10 questions and consider the mission.
2) Tag a blogger or two or more to do the same
3) Come back to me and tell me you have done the questions and answers.

Kate on Thin Ice "tried to make the questions Ok for those who watch the television programme and those that don’t".

So here goes:

1. What one thing about being a parent makes you scream “Get me out of here!”
DEFINITELY when my husband is acting like a little boy. I then feel like I have two sons and no support and yes I feel like screaming AND leaving the country!

2. What skills, if any, do you have that would be useful in the jungle?
I am a born organiser even though I am untidy. I also have quite good leadership skills even though I am scatty. I frequently make people laugh which would be helpful when they are hungry or not had enough sleep :-)

3. How are you likely to annoy people in your were stuck with them for 3 weeks?
That's very easy - I would talk too much.

4. What is the worst thing you have ever eaten?
A hot dog when drunk in the late 1990s that gave me a 3 day hangover and a Delhi Belly!

5. What luxury item would you take into the jungle with you?
My Samsung smartphone!

6. What is the most daring thing you have ever done?
Jumped over a till bank to deal with scammers.

7. Who would you miss most if you went into the jungle with a bunch of strangers?
Aaron of course

8. What celebrity alive or dead would you like to have with you in the jungle?
Gok Wan :-)

9. What would scare you about being in the jungle?
All the creepy crawlies.

10. After leaving the jungle, you go to a luxury hotel. What would be the first thing you did on reaching your hotel?
Long luxurious hot bath and a big tall cool soft drink. Then sleep in a proper bed.

11th mission should you choose to accept it is to tell us why the person who tagged you is a star.

Hello It's Gemma is a star because she writes in a really down to earth way that I can relate to. I have loved her blog for a long time now - now that I am back into blogging after a long summer break I better start reading hers regularly again...

I tag:

Mama Syder
Wendy - Inside The Wendy House
Kate - Wit Wit Woo...
Karen - Would Like To Be
Clare - seasider in the city
Claire - Grumpinator
Hannah - Mummy and the Beastie
Mrs E - mummydaddyandmemakesthree
Mammasaurus
Frances at Mother Venting

Liska xx