Wednesday
Dear Elsie
Today was the day we went down to the beach for a swim. The water had cleared of all the debris of two days ago and it was lovely and clear. It was still chilly – but not unbearable – about 15C. I had a good 23 minutes in the water, showered, changed and we walked home for breakfast.
I did not have early morning coffee and so my first cappuccino was just after 9am. No headache this morning and my second day of not eating for 16 hours & only eating during an 8 hour window – 16-8 – it’s called. I felt fine. I don’t know how long I will do this for. It’s quite a challenging eating cycle as it’s not always convenient eating dinner by 5pm so I can have breakfast at 9am. For most people eating dinner at 6.30pm or 7pm is the civilised thing to do, but that would push breakfast to 11am which is not impossible but I would be pretty starving by then. At least when both David and I are doing this we can compare notes. That first cappuccino is pretty darn good!
Courage and Brian have been building the gabion baskets below our bedroom to the right of the building. Remember Mike prepared the ground…this was 16th January…
This was this morning as they began the next level…
And this is by the end of the day…it’s hard work making gabion baskets…
This week, Julian’s friends, Holly and Mike and their family have been visiting. Tonight is there last night, so they came up for coffee. They have loved
They have absolutely loved Cape Town.
It’s been a good day. I only worked 5 hours. I got to spend some time with David. Our conversation today touched on how (in the future when he is better and this is all over) he wants to look back on this time. He needs to pace himself, but he also doesn’t want to waste this opportunity. You can’t control some of the things that happen to you but you can control your response to them. Control what you can.
Psalm 90:1
Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
The best is yet to come – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂