It's All So Normal

Everything feels so normal at the moment.

Rather than working from home I have been into the office the last couple of days to help coordinate and drive a few issues into the ground.  The accent now is on guiding others because I don't know how much the combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy will hit me next week. There is still plenty of space for me to operate in but it will be useful to move away from deadlines and pressure because the next seven weeks are critical in me getting the result I need.  I will only be allowed to go to the "treatment well" so often.

We had a lovely family anniversary and the kids made a real effort in helping prepare a meal.  I should mention that anniversaries are rife at this time of the year.  As well as Mr and Mrs "Butcher" celebrating their 40th last week,  Sam the Eagle and his good lady celebrated last week and Showden is celebrating today.  Congratulations to all of you.

So, life is normal, I feel good and I intend to enjoy myself before the next session starts.

I have noticed some change in myself and not all of it is good.  For example, I walk past a pub just before I get to work and I have started to admire their hanging baskets.  This hasn't happened to my up until now in my lifetime and I am not convinced that it is entirely normal for a boy from South Wales.

Seriously though, I am appreciating the simple things more like family, friends and sunny  days.

When living life normally it is easy to constantly strive to change the things that you don't like which means that you can be hard on yourself and hard on those around you.  I am beginning to see myself finding the enjoyment in things more and being pleased with completing tasks.  Normally, I just dismiss the things I do (and sometimes others) because I am just focused on the next thing.

I guess that is what you call taking time to smell the roses.

So, if you hear of anyone getting arrested in London for sniffing hanging baskets outside a pub, you will now know who and why.