inspire/expire

2014 is about to expire, along with several items in my fridge and cupboards. It's a good job time is just a social construct!!
I have left several tasks to keep me occupied today whilst eagerly awaiting the return of my kids. But first a walk with an ace friend in which we'll put the world to rights and simply feel a whole lot better for being reminded that we love each other no matter what horrors either of us might reveal. I'm so lucky having those kinds of friends. They support and inspire me in equal measure.

I'd have liked to share a photo here of some of my ace friends but I haven't asked permission from those in it, and I'm principled like that, so you'll have to imagine the accompanying picture :) We were jamming, I was playing a cracker tin :D

One of the many things my friend and I chatted about was New Year Resolutions. Mine is around taking more chunks of downtime with those I love. I might even watch more things I don't want to watch just so I get to spend time with those I like to be with. Maybe reading in the same room as those watching things I don't want to watch? I think that's one of life's challenges isn't it, finding ways of being with those we love without it feeling like we're compromising ourselves at times. Those we love have different interests/lives/expectations to us. I don't want to feel I'm spending my life doing things I don't want to do, but I also don't want to not spend time with those I love (just cos for example they are into minecraft and I'm not). Recently I started doing a jigsaw in the same room as minecraft so whilst we're not directly hanging out, we're still close.

Happy New year.