There’s nothing much on the programme for today. A yoga class at lunchtime and a little light taxiing late afternoon, that’s all. The demolition work seems to have stopped – hallelujah – and I am revelling in and positively soaking up the silence. I can hear birdsong again and the gentle background sounds of village life. The sun is shining, it’s peaceful and all is right with the world.

In a couple of weeks school will have broken up and there will be hustle and bustle at home. All the more reason for me to take stock and just enjoy the quiet time on my own.

I recently read somewhere that the difference between an introvert and an extravert is that introverts need time on their own. That puts me fair and square in that camp. I actually hadn’t realized that not everybody feels like that. If I don’t get time on my own I fairly quickly go bonkers. Don’t get me wrong, I love my family and I mostly love the rough and tumble that goes with family life, but I absolutely need to just be on my own sometimes. I’m not doing anything very momentous during that time. Just pottering, sewing, knitting, listening to Radio 4 or doing stuff in the garden. Keeping things under control at home. Recharging my batteries. Quietly.

Bliss!

Helen

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