Friday 15 July 2011

Small moments of joy

Hello lovelies,

It's Friday (apparently!) which means it's nearly the weekend - do you have anything lovely planned? For me, the weekend and weekdays are barely distinguishable from one another at the moment! I thought I'd share some of the small moments of joy from the past week that have made my 5th week of house arrest a little more bearable...

 Leaving the house on Monday night
I went to a pub, an actual pub with people and everything. It's a long time since I've been to a pub (because of anxiety issues) so this was really quite special - I spent an evening with awesome people I didn't really know, chatting about protesting and the best thing? The pub had a cat that I got to fuss!

 A visit from my best friend on Tuesday
Admittedly, I was a little silly as I made us walk into town and wore myself out but I love spending time with Katie and her gorgeous son. It was so lovely and I very much appreciated my Iced Tea!

 Even more visits on Thursday
My friend Graham came to see me on Thursday afternoon - I love spending time with Graham, we always have such interesting chats. On Thursday we chatted about activism, anarchist philosophy, theology, feminism and gender. Graham and I kept each other sane when we were working for the same church so it's always nice to get time to catch up with him. I then had a lovely visit from my mother-in-law and one of my other best friends, Mary who took me off to the Farmer's Cart for afternoon tea, which was a bit of a disaster as they served no gluten free options and no vegan options either. I had to beg them to do me a bowl of crisps. I did however have this gorgeous smoothie:
I felt like I should have been sipping it by a pool somewhere hot!

 Random surprise gifts
Sorry that I look an absolute state, however the flowers themselves are beautiful! I was just given them by a lady I barely know from a church I no longer go to who'd heard I was ill. It was such a wonderful surprise and the flowers are gorgeous (some of my favourite flowers actually!)

Question:
What have been the small joys in your life this week?

7 comments:

  1. Awww how sweet of that lady to give you some flowers! They are beautiful x

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  2. I love reading this sort of post - I'm in a bit of a negative frame of mind most of the time, and these posts make me stop and think about the little things I DO have that bring positivity into my life! x

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  3. The flowers look so pretty - flowers always make me feel happier :-)
    That smootie would have made me feel seriously happy as well.

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  4. Rachel - it was lovely and the photo doesn't do them justice! They're gorgeous :D

    Jen - *hugs* Glad to have helped :)

    EDAP - same here! Nothing cheers me up quite like a bunch of pretty flowers! The smoothie was such a lovely treat - I don't think I've ever had such a fancy looking one!

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  5. Mmmmmmm that smoothie looks delicious. Definitely want to be sipping that by a pool somewhere. Yes please. Also, everyone loves surprise flowers.

    The small joys of this week have been hosting a live music competition in a music venue, and being pleasantly surprised with the response from my peers. That was lovely.

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  6. Awww bless her getting you flowers....and that smoothie looks yummy xxx

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  7. awww random presents of flowers are the best! the pub with a cat sounds cool I love kittys!

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Your comments and thoughts are really appreciated :) Thank you for taking the time to chat xx