Making it to the Top of My Own List

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When she was four and a half, Daughter bought me a bracelet with a locket on it.   I suspect she had help; she’s always been smart but she wasn’t tall enough to reach over the counter at that age.   It was a silver bracelet with a heart that says ‘I love you Mummy’ on the front and ‘There’s not a Mummy in the world more special than you’ on the back.   Cheesy, right? But of course my most treasured possession. When it was new, the locket was anchored on to a particular link on the bracelet.   It was where it should be at all times.   I wore this bracelet 24/7, and there the heart was, same place all the time.   Then about a year later, out with the girls for a meal, it fell off.   Luckily, it dropped onto my lap and I was able to take it to the jewellers and get it fixed.   But I didn’t get it fixed on to a link, on the advice of the jeweller.   So suddenly, it wasn’t exactly where I thought it was.   It moved up and down, caused a bit of distraction. And then you guessed it;

Day 312 of working from home…and learning from home…and homing from home…What’s that you say?   It’s only Day 2?   Oh.   I feel I may have been a bit premature with my 5:45 glass of wine then.   Must try harder. So it’s all a bit odd isn’t it.   For everyone, I know I’m no different.   I’ve got a List of Things to Do and am wondering about adding ‘running a book about how many of the things I’ll actually do’ to the list.   It’s all good stuff.   All this extra time!   Usually I have about five minutes an evening to myself, what with child collecting, dinner, lunches, washing, homework, hair washing etc etc, and suddenly there’s all this time .   I was literally ripping clean clothes from the fellow housemates today as I’d emptied the washing basket yesterday (in scheduled breaks and lunchtime, of course).   I’m saving ironing, don’t want to peak too soon.   I had a bath, cleansing mask and moisturising mask, meditated, watched some TV, and then it was 7pm!   Ha ha, I joke.   I