Reflect is a very short word for all of the connotations it has isn't it.
It's been a strange old weekend one way and another. Nigel has been at work all weekend. It's been a tough weekend for them all - working two full .... and I mean full .... physical days after a busy work week and another one due to start at 8.00 am on Monday. The staff must be in meltdown. Nigel came home again filthy and shattered and stiff and just exhausted really. No way to spend a weekend which is meant to be a break from work isn't it? I have just spoken to him now and he may or may not be home by 7 this evening, I feel so sorry for him. He is wiped out. So I have been reflecting on that a fair bit, as you can imagine.
I have busied myself doing some scrapping. I have completed my next True Friend piece, but of course I can't share that now LOL. I have also made a page entitled Reflect. It is a picture I love from our Canada trip, Nigel gazing out at the truly awesome reflections on Emerald Lake and looking very reflective himself. I used supplies I bought on holiday too - lovely Heidi Grace papers and chipboard. The only other bits are the chipboard letters at the bottom and the stamps to stamp the circle.
I have also been reflecting on the holiday again as I was looking through all the pictures. It was an amazing trip. The Canadian Rockies are so accessible. Yes you can hike some amazing trails, but you can also see a lot of the wonder from the car and by walking very short distances. They are far more easily accessible than their higher American cousins. It was a trip to remember but I wonder if it will be one of our last for a long time. Kira seems to have perked up and is steadily gaining weight, fuelling the idea that it was all stress related whilst we were away. She is a very highly strung cat so it is quite feasible. The strange thing is, if I don't get to go on any more incredible exploration holidays, it doesn't worry me at all. I have seen so many incredible sights it grows increasingly hard to top them each time.
Finally I have been reflecting on weekends. I love the weekends usually. Lots of time to scrap, lots of time to chill out and be with the cats, lots of good TV (I only really watch TV at weekends) lots of nice food, the satisfaction of the chores all done. Sadly this weekend, though it has had most of those things, has not been a nice one. Somehow none of that means anything without Nigel here. Guess that means I still love him then!
Well I am back home now and we are together again!.....Time to reflect, I suppose, on a "lost" weekend but worry not .... it was just two days, some people get parted for the rest of their lives so I am thankful that we take the time to appreciate eachother....Love Nij
Posted by: Nij | September 23, 2007 at 09:10 PM