Playing hookey.

This morning I woke up feeling Blah with a capital B.

It was Monday morning with the added bonuses of a grey rainy day, an awfully sore shoulder and that time of the month.

It took everything I had to get the girls breakfasted, dressed, plaited and off to school happily. And once that mission was accomplished, I fell in a bit of a heap.

A heap on a Monday morning is not a good thing. One part of me started listing all of the reasons I have to be happy, listing all of the things that I had to get done before the end of the day, and listing all the reasons why I could not afford to fall in a heap. I could not fall in a heap! Happy wife-happy life and all that.

But then another, much louder, much bossier, part of me asked why the hell not?

I am exhausted. I feel flat. And uninspired. And blah. And ugh!

What I really needed is a day on the couch, snuggled under a granny blanket, sipping tea, eating soup and crocheting.

And you know what? If anyone else in the world told me that was how they were feeling, I would suggest they do just that.

So I did. I am.

And I am just so happy I listened. A teeny bit guilty maybe, but I keep reminding myself it's the right thing. I know it is.

The list may a bit longer tomorrow, the laundry pile higher, but I bet I'll be better able to cope with it.

So if you are looking for me, I'm on the couch crocheting today's square. And if you are looking for my farmer boy, the chooken whisperer, he's having an inside day too. Making potato and leek soup, kneading his bread, bringing me tea, researching highland cattle, making phone calls, doing paperwork and making me feel loved. He's ace.

I hope you are having a wonderful start to the new week.
And if not, maybe you need to stop for a little while and listen to what you really need too.
Are you?
Do you ever?

Big love. xx

ps. One week in and I am still loving the motif a day in May.
The past two days' motifs are in the photos above.
Today's is half done.