Friday, April 10, 2026

Fitting Things Into Place - Strange Satisfaction, Strange Space

 I've been trying to arrange to see my mum who loves a fair way from me and I need to spend a few days away to make the drive bearable, spend sufficient time with her and as bad as this statement seems to get value for money from the trip.  I normally stay in a local AirBnB or Hotel but occasionally her sheltered home resident's room become available.  Given the price of fuel and the cost of staying locally it's all fallen nicely into place that the room is available and so I can stay in the same block as her whilst I am there.  It's just £25 per night to stay so saves me a lot in that way.

It will be almost a year since I was last up there and I hope I can get her out on her electric scooter mobility thing as she worries unduly about such things.  At least if she is with me for a number of days we can at least try and gain some confidence in using the machine and maybe she will use it a bit more to travel locally.

I used the word strange space and by that I mean that when I just got the confirmation through it meant that it was now set into my diary and I have a settled date(s) and know what I am going to be doing, it's opened up more time for me this month (when I'd originally thought I'd be going) and so I can now set to and work on the areas I need to in closing down the business, working on some accounts that I just must do and tidying up my office, filing or destroying paperwork and so on.  It has delivered me a space inside to accommodate what I need to get done so I am pleased with that I have to say.

It is strange that nailing those dates let's other things drop into place and eases my mind to set to and sort things out that I was procrastinating on.

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