Sunday 2 August 2015

The barrenness of busy


"Beware the barrenness of a busy life" - Socrates. I saw someone post this on Instagram yesterday and it's been popping into my head ever since. I reckon he was on to something. This last month has felt very busy, and now I come to think about it, it's felt a little barren too. Lots going on, but not so many things that I actually want to remember. Many things happening, but few lasting memories. Alex and I have both had very busy work months - he's been working weekends to make up time on a big job that's just been finished, and I've had a lot of long days in London which have seen me creep out of the house before anyone wakes up, and creep back in again to find everyone tucked up in bed already.

So July's felt like a bit of a hard slog, but I'm so hopeful for August to come and be all kinds of nice to make up for it. Alex's big job is now finished, so he gets his weekends back, and we're both on official count down to our holiday at the end of August - two whole weeks of not very much stretching out in front of us, not very much 'busy', but more 'lazy', which I think are the best times of all.

Today was our first family day together for weeks, and we made the most of it. I'm writing this on the sofa next to a little boy who's snoozing away, totally knackered after a morning spent on the beach. Considering we live on a little Island surrounded by beaches, we hardly ever go. I plan to rectify this from now on, because we had so much fun today. Buckets and spades were purchased. Sandwiches got sandy. Body parts were buried in the sand. Lots of giggling happened. All the good beach things.

Then this afternoon we hung out with the type of friends that crossed over from the 'friend' category into 'family' years ago. Friends with lots of kids that all became a little gang of pals of various ages, with Arlo the littlest trailing along behind them, trying to keep up. More giggling happened. And some swimming. Also a below-par attempt at completing the Observer cryptic crossword. And now we're home and Arlo is snoozing and we're making burgers. Beat that July, you long-and-fairly-boring month! And hello August, very happy to see you, let's make this month less busy and more lazy please. Because that's when the best stuff happens.




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8 comments:

  1. I feel just the same, sometimes you're so busy and caught up in the whirlwind of day to day activities that you forget to enjoy the simple pleasures and stress takes over. Hoping you have a relaxing family filled August #HappyDays x

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    1. Ah thank you Sherry - nice to know others feel the same from time to time! Planning on making August much more relaxed, so far so good! xx

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  2. Oh we can swap if you want? Me and my girl have been bored stiff lately as we have had absolutely NOTHING on. We like to be out doing things but our usual groups are closed for summer and the weather has been mostly hideous. I'm hoping August will be a better month for us too.

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    Jenna at Tinyfootsteps xx

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    1. Hehe Jenna - somewhere in the middle sounds nice?! Hoping for lovely (and sunny!) Augusts all round xx

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  3. I know exactly what you mean, we've been so busy over the past week (after getting back from holiday - which was fab!) but doing nothing memorable or specific. interesting post. Thank you so much for linking up to #SundayStars xx

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    1. Thanks - been loving having a good read of #SundayStars! xx

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  4. Really love this and can relate to it so much. I have been so busy doing nothing much at all with my life the last few months but these last few weeks my life has been so full! He was definitely onto something! Thanks for joining in #HappyDaysLinky x

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    1. Yay for the last few weeks Katy! Long may the #HappyDays continue xx

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