I had hoped that 2013 was going to be A Good Year – that we’d have said goodbye to 2012 and the things that hadn’t gone all that well and move on into a year of Good Things
I sat up to welcome in the New Year and to burn rosemary to get rid of the bad vibes, I was not letting anything up to chance
Initially it did seem like 2013 was going better – Littler’s arm finally decided to heal and to grow back straight (or straighter), Bigger got a fab report from school and she has settled in brilliantly and life was ok – things were rosier, things were ok
Until last week that is – suddenly the sense of being doomed was back
The insides of one of our chimneys decided to fall down into one of the bedrooms – checking it appears that all of them have a similar problem so I guess we will have to repair all 4 chimneys… oh the joy and expense
Fence panels have been blown down in the recent high winds – we need to fix them, they’ve wiped out bits of the veggie patch – more expense and the start of it feeling as if the Money Pit is living up to its name again
The job that had looked to be on the horizon for Mr M disappeared in a puff of smoke – yes it wasn’t perfect but it had looked like perhaps being the start of things improving on that side of things
I smashed a beautiful glass carafe – stupid thing to do, one of those horrid solid ceramic sink, clumsy Muddling moments and bash – broken and too expensive to replace
I have broken my big toe in 2 places and am on crutches – was just getting into 30 day shred, had all manner of great plans and now am hobbling around in a ridiculous amount of pain from something so small and silly and I’ve had to give in and spend money I’d rather spend on nice things on ugly shoes I can fit over my splinted toe
I know that in some ways we are lucky but I am not sure I can face another prolonged period of things going wrong – can someone find me a magic wand to just nudge things into going a bit better for a while? I don’t want to win the lottery (although that would be super if you can arrange it) just to make sure that nothing else goes wrong for a little bit
Oh poor you! Feeling for you and sending a magic wand your way.
At least the sun is shining!
Thank you (wasn’t shining here yesterday – think that’s half the problem, well in need of Spring)
I think it’s actually a fact of life, written in nature, that if one thing goes wrong they all do. Bugger. Hope things look up for you all soon and your toe gets better so you can wear pretty shoes again! x
I think you are totally right – just want it to stop (and really would like to be able to stamp my foot and for it to have an impact)
Oh dear. That all sounds a bit rubbish. I’m sure the pot of gold is just around the corner, only try not to stub your toe on it!
Ouch!
Have been told to avoid contact sport, obviously child raising isn’t one they mention – Littler has just patted my poorly toe better and nearly sent me through the roof!
Oh man, I feel for you. We’ve had an almost unbroken run of illness since the end of October, so I’m pretty much at the end of my rope too. It HAS to get better soon, it just has to. Xxxx
Exactly – am at the stage of coming out waving a white flag begging for a break