The Cat Cup

I've had a lovely day today, despite it being grey and rainy for most of it! I got up early (huge shock to the system during the holidays that does not bode well for the return to work next week!) as I went to visit my friend Jessie. She invited me to see her new house, which is a new build and completely gorgeous! We had a lovely 3 hours, nattering away about everything :-) Her little girl Sofia was a poppet and played quite happily until she passed out with exhaustion on her mummy's lap! Jessie and I have discovered we are so similar in so many ways, it's scary! I'm already looking forward to our next catch up, and I can show her my house. The best friendships are indeed the ones that even when lots of time has passed, you still pick up where you left off, like no time has passed. Definitely one of the best things to come out of 2013 in my book :-)

On my way home I made myself call in to Camberley (ugh!) to go to Laura Ashley to get a few homey bits in the sale. I had a bit of a clear out, as I've lived in my house just over a year and there are still little things that need sorting out. In one of my boxes I found my little cat cup. I always loved this thing, and I can remember my dad pouring tea for me in it every morning when I was about 6.

So here we are, at the dawn of 2014. I've read so many Facebook updates this evening of people writing the same old stuff. I know for lots of them it's been a great year, with some getting married, having babies, getting engaged, etc. But for me it has been less eventful! Although it's fair to say 2013 hasn't been a brilliant year, it's not been the worst either. I've pushed myself to do many things I thought I couldn't, and it's been quite liberating. My life has always been lived in baby steps, so it's really no surprise that I'm further behind everybody else. But that's ok. I've always done things differently to everybody else, as if I'm not meant to follow the normal routes that everybody else takes. But I usually get there in the end, and as I've been told many times, I always land on my feet! So here's to hoping that a happy ending is on the cards for me. And if not in 2014, then that's ok. I am happy that we are healthy, and (mostly!) happy, and that is enough for now.

Goodbye 2013, it's been swell :-)