Nobody Here But Us Rabbits

Well, my housemate moved out on Thursday so it's just me, two crazy cats and a paranoid puppy (no rabbits). I know friends and family were a bit concerned about how I would cope with less help and more to do, but I have been practising! Over the past few weeks I have been doing a little more; hoovering, floor washing, gardening. I have taken on a gardener who will come once a month or so and do the small hill that is my front garden, but I managed to get the lawnmower out this week (trickiest bit is getting it in and out of the garden storage box) and I attacked the back lawn. It does look more attacked and less mowed but it's tidier and besides it's littered with brown dead patches where I had to kill off ten red ant and flying ant nests. Now the hot weather is here I am having to water the garden, but that is manageable. Today I have hoovered and washed floors downstairs and am off out for breckie with the girls in an hour. I am also pleased to report that I have lost the weight I put on because I am eating better, and subsequently feeling better. So, I'm back to that age-old phrase: everything in moderation; food, exercise, housework and fun! I know at the chronic fatigue clinic they said reading wasn't proper rest, but I find it restful and it's one of few things that makes me sit still for a while. I read for an hour when I got in last night before doing my dinner and starting to sort the part of the spare room that used to be my office and is in a bit of a pickle. This afternoon I will paint the red wall in there a nice teal colour to go with the new bedding, picture and lampshade that Mum and my step dad helped me install and that will be that. So, along with the weather, life is pretty sunny at the moment - and long may it last.