Waves

Rosemary is right! I nearly always have a better day when I have a morning walk. I've got a lot of work on, but when I push too hard, it doesn't go so well. 

I didn't get far. I have just launched a research project and it's gone really well. I'm not one for following the crowd & don't usually take the easy option. That can mean battling against the status-quo. Self-respect and integrity is everything to me and I wanna do the right thing. I don't think I'm being arrogant when I suggest that I 'get' people and the world we exist in better than most. I've a brain that sees connections that others may not. Others may call that creativity. But that also means my mind works non-stop and I feel it overwhelming sometimes. Others see passion & excitement, a love for what I do. That is most certainly true. But it is also draining. 

That's why I love training, going a run or smashing myself on the bike. Or going out with my camera. I'm equally intense in doing these things but they bring balance and calm. They're my way of coping with life.

It was an amazing morning. I had my big 'wildlife' lens on but it was a high tide and waves were smashing against the coastal wall. Certainly not a time for herons to be fishing. I went down the steps by the pumping station, just listening to the waves tumbling the pebbles below. It was too windy to get my tripod out and try for a long exposure. Looking up the steps, I saw a man on the top few steps. Hood up and scarf over his face. We were doing the same thing, just experiencing our environment. It was freezing!

I had to head home though. I had tutorials, a website to finish, an important email to do and then all of the reactive things that come with my job too. I like to finish by 5pm on a Friday but I failed miserably! 

I managed to get out for my run by just after 7pm. The waves down the shore were amazing, the sea a maelstrom. The downside was that I had a tailwind and would have to run back into it. Sheesshh, it was tough.

It was homemade pizza for dinner, but everything was mise en place. Just a case of constructing the things and getting them in the oven. Rosemary nearly had an exploding tummy.....I still felt peckish afterwards!  They were delicious.

We just had to go out again to watch the sea. The waves were really big with some splashes reaching the top of the wall. Just watching them was invigorating and made me n Rosemary very happy. A good end to a long day.