Christmas eve and all is good

So I had a whine yesterday......that's ok as I feel much better for it!

After having that whinge, I got up and cleaned the back garden. 3 bags of garden waste I found! I swept the pavers and garage out! It was quite good really.

At the end of all of that, I sat down and decided to read for a while - but the phone rang a few times and I found myself having lovely conversations with friends I hadn't spoken to in ages. One of the women I am going to the Mediterranean with in April and we were busy planning the last parts of our journey. The other friend rang me as she was shopping in a hardware shop, to invite me to a holiday place with them in a few weeks time.

It reminded me that I am loved, no matter how dark my mood may get. I was glad to have my moment of feeling sad, but today I am buoyant.

Tomorrow is Christmas day and I am looking forward to sharing the day with my family. It should be fabulous!...

likely lads

There are some lovely people who live in this group of units. In fact they all wave and say hello. It makes you feel like you are part of a community.

Then there is this issue that I noticed the Sunday before I moved in, and it has raised it's ugly head a few times.

There is a pool on the premises. I was looking forward to going for the occasional dip. Yesterday, Monday and also Sunday there were a group of young men in the pool. From what I can see and hear, they don't belong to the group of units. They come in and just use the pool! I am a little thrown by this. The pool is just down and across from my unit and the boys walk past my place to get to it.

Yesterday one of the other occupants had a chat to the boys. He is a lovely older man named Will. He chatted to them and they answered back. They were telling all sorts of tales about who allowed them to use the pool. Most of it bullshit. Eventually he walked away to get his mail. He and I had a chat on his walk back. He has lived here for 12 years and this is the first year that this issue has arisen. He is frustrated as the police don't seem to be taking much interest in the situation. He believes that the police will only take notice if something happens......but what happened to trespass? I asked him about the issue from the body corporates point of view. He doesn't think there is much that can be done from that point of view either, thinking that it is a civil issue.

I need to put some shade cloth or something on my front fence so I can go out there and do some gardening without feeling as though I am exposed. I was out in the front yard yesterday when the boys came down the drive and felt rather exposed. My other concern about this is the fact that I am concerned that some of the boys might be students from the school I work at, in which case I really want to keep my head down. I haven't had a good look at them and I really don't want to, but I don't want to feel trapped in my home, nor do I want to have to run away from the likely lads.......

Just something else to add to the unsettled feeling that I have at the moment. grr!

I just need to keep reminding myself that this is only for one summer season.

In an update... I met a few more neighbours today and they were all discussing the boys. They are trying to nip it in the bud before it becomes an issue. I met my lovely looking neighbour who is on board (he said he is) to keeping an eye on the lads. I have also discovered how to get to the beach. there is a gateway at the bottom of the drive!

procastination

Last day of the school holidays and all and I don't think I really remember them going so fast before.....maybe I didn't have as much correction to do before...

I was at dinner last night with a good friend of mine who is a physics/chemistry teacher at her school and both of us agree that this year has been the craziest year for year 12s. We both have felt slightly bombarded with year 12s this year. Same with a music teacher friend of mine from another school.....Might be the year for it.

I am also a little befuddled at the moment......Daylight savings has begun. A couple of years ago they decided to bring forward the starting date of daylight saving, which was after a successful delaying of the end of it. Essentially we have 6 months with and 6 months without. The only way I remember which way my clock goes is through a mantra I got from someone on the internet - thank you.....Spring forward. Fall back. You should have heard me last night with muttering as I changed all the clocks in the house. Perhaps it's best that you didn't.


I do like this particular time of year - each day holds so much promise as you feel like you are getting more into the day. But then I love all times of the year. Winter, when you can snuggle up and watch the tv without feeling like you should be out. Summer - spending long evenings enjoying the warm weather. Autumn with the falling leaves......I love all seasons. I just hate extremely hot days.

I suppose I should finish the corrections.