list 100 random things about myself

so although I had a lot to do, I took it easy for a while this afternoon.

for which I have done practically no preparation.

And little time this week to do any.

after 2 and a half years away.

And I am a bit nervous about it.

Why? He needs his space, I work from home, we will get under each other’s feet.

And he will have lots of THINGS.

this year, because my sister and her husband are unhappy and their cold and sometimes snarly relationship spoils gatherings (why don’t they just make the break).

So we are going away to a small, picturesque and arty town with our son for 3 days. It will be just the three of us together at Christmas.

I’d rather have a quiet, uneventful and placid Christmas than a family one with all sorts of simmering tensions.

deeply.

I feel panicky and helpless and just want to run away.

I KNOW what needs to be done, but I don’t like doing it.

I protrastinate, delay, dither.

this time, revnovating a bathroom. Modern style, tesserae, a glass walled shower.

How weird it is to dream frequently about houses and renovations!

with an overwhelming sense of pointlessness and ennui.

about DH being overweight.

But he is now on a diet and is sticking to it for the first time ever.

Yay!

usually becuase I tend to over-commit myself.

and unpainted.

Can’t be bothered to fuss.

Don’t like the look of French manicures: it seems very self indulgent to me.

And as for false nails … no no no no no.