Draw Something

Slight twist of the challenge. My drawing skills aren't great and wasn't really up for trying today. Not with the kids watching and jeering at me anyway ;-)

Bit of a poo day today. J was made redundant. It's been suspected that it could be on the cards for some time but it's still feels a bit shocking to be realised today. Due to the company's instability, j has been looking for a new job for months and was hoping to find something new while he was still employed. I just hope that a new job comes his way quickly as I know how competitive the job market is at the moment.

Also had some news about my mums health. Not sure if it's something we should be worrying immediately about or whether it's something that could take some time to show itself. I knew she had things on her mind over Christmas but she kept saying that she didn't. She'd been very tearful and saying little things about there not being enough time and having wasted the journey. She maintained she was just getting use to a new version of herself as she muddled through the menopause and I accepted it as just that. Turns out she was having some tests during that time and had mixed feedback from different consultants. For now she seems well though and with her giving up smoking 9 months ago, and starting the running, I'm hoping she'll stay that way for a long time.

I came home from my run and shared what my mum had told me to J and then really wished I hadn't. He's had an awful day already and having lost his mum in sad circumstances 3 years ago, I think it was all a bit much.

Strange how we sometimes have days where things get turned completely upside down and stop to make you think about what's important. And also how something's can feel absolutely massive at the time that actually, once you've mulled them over a few times, don't change a lot in the grand scheme theme of things.