I survived...

This is the first time I have stopped since the beginning of last week. I've been working from the crack of dawn until 8pm for the last week, culminating in me working until 10.30pm last night. I am exhausted, my house is messy, I have no clean clothes, the fridge and the cupboard are completely bare, and I haven't even opened the door on my craft room! I've actually lost weight, which ordinarily would be a good thing, but I just haven't been eating due to lack of time! I'm taking Thursday afternoon off or working from home so that I can have a 2-hour golf lesson. I just need to not do work and not have to use my brain for a bit.

Last week my first advisory board went really well and the client were very pleased indeed. I've received a pat on the back from the big bosses, which makes it all worth while. Naturally I hated giving the presentation at the end, but that's an issue that I need to sort out for myself. I'm my own worst critic and just need to learn to accept that I'm not Martin Luther King (as Yasmina said on the 'Apprentice' - good wasn't it?) and move on.

I binned the crappy Argos bike and ventured to the Evans bike warehouse sale in Crawley. I ended buying this beauty:

I've been out on it and I'm very pleased with it! :-) My golf clubs arrive on Thursday so I'll be properly kitted out!

I didn't have a stall on Sunday, I decided that I have enough stress at work and couldn't pile the stress onto my weekend so I bailed out. Instead, we opted to dig out the ivy over the garage and re-paint the wall. I don't think I have a before picture of this, but the wall had gone brown, there was a rotten trellis and it was covered in thick rather boring looking ivy. It looks fantastic now! We'll be planting the lovely fragrant jasmine in there just to make it look a little less industrial.



Here are some pictures of our veg plot. The garlic didn't work unfortunately, which was shame because 2 years ago we had a really good crop of garlic.


[Bottom to top: potatoes, sweetcorn, tomatoes (various Italian), onions, broad beans. French beans and runner beans have just been planted for a late crop and we have some chilli and aubergine plants on the window sil.]

[lovely toms grown on the window sil from seed]

I'm going to take it relatively easy for the rest of the week. I have a pitch next week, but I'm trying not to think about that now, I just need to get my life back in order and not let work take over. Anyway, it's good to be back!

I hope you are all having a lovely week! :-)

TTFN

Sian x