Saturday
Dear Elsie
Today was the day I woke up a bit irritated. I was ready to lament. I moaned inwardly that I needed a do-nothing day but today wasn’t going to be it. The sunrise was majestic.
The sea was flat and calm. We would go to the beach and that would make me happy but we had to come home and clean the Seaview apartment and I didn’t feel like that. I get comments that my life looks idyllic (which it largely is) and that I only put the good stuff on my blog (which I largely do) but sometimes I do feel work catches up with me, and need a day to do nothing. It just wasn’t going to be all of today.
We went to the beach and it was lovely. We came home via the shops because we needed snacks for the Seaview Apartment. We got home, forwent an immediate breakfast and got stuck into the cleaning. The young lady who had left early this morning had spent very little time in it, so literally it only took Mike and I about an hour to do the cleaning. I was justified in not wanting Ruth to come in for a Saturday just to do this little bit of work. We gleefully went upstairs. I had a shower, washed my hair, dried it, got dressed and then had breakfast. The do-nothing part of the day could begin. The next guests arrived just after 11am & after they were in and settling, I slept!
There are loft guests also arriving this evening. They have spent their holiday in Kommetjie and leave for the airport at 12 tomorrow. Only thing is they will not be able to get to the airport from Kommetjie. They were panicking when they realised the Argus cyclists will be fully blocking access, so they booked our Loft for 2 nights (as that’s the minimum we have on Airbnb), but literally will only be staying for 18 hours. You win some.
We will have fish for dinner, I think.
I guess if I did have a complete do-nothing day, it would be difficult to fill. What would I do? I thought about that when I was doing nothing today. I ended up thinking, “what can I do today that will make the week ahead easier?” I thought about cleaning our apartment, but I let that thought drift away… I nearly did some of my work-work, but just on principle I thought that was a bad idea. No, I will do the blog, go for a walk and do nothing. I can sit on the balcony and stare at the sea and the mountain. Even that is something, but it doesn’t involve a screen & definitely constitutes doing nothing. I am so unfamiliar with doing nothing, it is a new art I will have to practice. I’m just so used to doing something.
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂