Okay, so this week is officially going down in my book as one I'll be very happy to leave behind. It started with my computer crashing (seems so inconsequential now); receiving horrible news at work about current project (further delays and frustrations); failing to land the job and having that compounded by shoddy treatment ('nough said about that already); a friend was then attacked in a car park for no apparent reason by two louts, potentially endangering her pregnancy (she's absolutely fine thank goodness but it was a quite scary for a while there); contact from my very-soon-to-be-ex-husband (which despite being cordial still brings up deep hurts I'd rather not have to face, especially in this week when already feeling a bit wobbly); and finally, my external hard drive (that one I was so relieved to have because it meant I hadn't lost aaaaaalllll my data during aforementioned computer crash) crashes (apparently a known fault with these drives which I was unaware of but means that - according to my techie friend - I will actually only have a quarter of a quarter of my data - is that an eighth or a sixteenth? - which is what he's managed to retrieve for me). Seriously. What are the chances?
You know, I'm a great believer in "what goes around, comes around" but I honestly don't know what sort of bad karma I'm working off here. Will be very glad when it's done with though.
So, today I'm asking only that there be no bad stuff. That in itself would be good. And I'm wearing my rose-tinted glasses especially, which allow me to see all sorts of goodness:
~ It's Friday.
~ I'm going out with some colleagues for lunch to celebrate the fact that one of them is leaving to join his love in Australia.
~ I'm planning to have Pad Thai (with an extra wedge of fresh lime) for dinner from my favourite local Thai restaurant.
~ I've booked a long weekend to Guernsey in November to look forward to, where I'll enjoy walking the beautiful beaches and eating large quantities of delicious French cheese in equal measure (balance is all).
~ I will soon be seeing my dear friend C, in whose lovely garden I snapped these roses last month, and we will hang out and walk and laugh and chat late into the night and all through the day, 'cause that's just what we do when we're together.
~ It's due to be 16 degrees today and the sun is shining so I'm glad of that (positively balmy for the time of year - last year it looked like this around here).
Plenty of reasons to be smiling. What good stuff are you enjoying at the moment?
Whatever you're up to, wherever you are, I hope you have a very happy Friday!
♥
p.s. I've just noticed that lots of my goodness includes references to food. Strange 'cause apart from tea and toast and truffles, I don't really count food as comforting. Perhaps I need to revisit this.
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19 comments:
So sorry there's so many undesirable things happening around you this week. That is particularly distressing for your friend. I do hope she is okay.
It's good that you have something to look forward to in the long and the short term.
As for me I need desperatly to get some stuff sent off in the post. But I need to finish the sewing of the said 'stuff' first. And maybe look at what Ryanair has to offer for flights back to the UK for round Christmas time.
Enjoy your weekend.
Your rose photos are so soothing. I hope you come to the end of your rough road soon. A trip to Guernsey sounds like a great way to beat the stress. Happy Friday.
It's the old saying "when it rains, it pours" Literally true here - figuratively , there. Then, pretty soon it all becomes so ridiculous, the horror, the slaps, you just have to say "what the hell" and laugh...because life is a jokester, sometimes in the cruelest measure, and we have zero control...perhpas that is what it is about, realizing that we are running the show, so I am taking a comfy chair at the back with my bag of jelly babies and relaxing into it...think that I will stay long enough to see what happens, then I'm outtahere! in the meantime I will be enjoying tea and toast ( and jelly babies) and thinking of you. S.Af calls...hear it?
I meant NOT running the show...silly me. silly type pad...
Well, maybe it all happened in one week, and the next weeks or months will be smooth sailing? That is my friday hope for you, that and have a relaxing weekend!
well, I'm enjoying your positive outlook in the face of a horrendous week. I hope it's contagious my friend.
I am thinking about you and sending good mojo your way to more than make up for the misfortunes.
I think it is just something in the air. I spoke to my Mum tonight and I was asking about my sister's cat who died when I was away. Mum then told me that my cousin's dog and her friend's daughter's horse all died on the same day. Bad things seem to converge sometimes in the same way good things do. I like your positive list at the end and I hope your weekend is good-especially interested in the lovely food! I love Pad Thai and could happily eat some now. Oh no, I may just have to have tea and toast!
I hope you have a lovely weekend! May you skip about the sky floating on your pink cloud! I am wishing up lots of warm fuzzies for you!
gramma always told me
If you don't laugh, you WILL cry.
Sometimes so much happens all at once that you can only scratch your head and then laugh. It'll pass. Just like the good times, it'll pass. But I see another good thing -- the color of that rose is perfection. Glad your friend is physically intact, pregnancy okay, despite her harrowing ordeal. That's a blessing.
I love the way you look at/into things Kenda. You are such a spirit. Wonderful. And yes what comes around goes around. You'll see it'll get all back to you in the most wonderful way. Hugs Dagmar
Perhaps you will find that the bad things have clustered together like the last few cheerios in the bowl.
I hope your weekend has been wonderful and those huge ships of despair have floated away.
hope you have a good weekend! xx
Here I am Sunday night hoping...wishing...knowing your weekend was good...take care and know that I am thinking of you through this rough patch Kenda
Beautiful photos of roses, and they're sure to bring cheer. The trip to Guernsey sounds fabulous, too. I read a wonderful book about Guernsey and did some research. Sounds like a piece of paradise.
Things will head up...remember your words about "balance":).
For heavens sake - talk about kicking you while you're down. What a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. You had to hit the bottom with that one - so now, you deserve this week to be rose-tinted. I hope you find the little bits of sunshine in the puddles. Here's to Pad Thai with extra lime!
I don't believe in Karma. I do believe that if you live your life sensibly and lovingly things will go much better than if you didn't, but sometimes bad stuff just happens - for no reason at all! Well done for sharing and looking forward never-the-less!
I'm sorry you've had such an awful week. Truly. You deserve better and hopefully there's a whole lot of good coming your way.
I love your photos of the roses. I can practically smell them!
Oh, and Pad Thai....YUM!
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