Well my life has changed unexpectedly.  I don’t want to say why but just as I thought that I’d got everything sorted the sand shifted again, and I’m left with most week days on my own. Well I say on my own, I’m very fortunate that I have good friends that I can speak to online and usually at least one day a week there will be someone for me to go and see, even if it is just the hairdresser. On good weeks it is friends that I’ve known for 30 years and others who know how to make mischief with me – you know who you are!!!  Also I’m very lucky that my partner is here in the evenings, weekends and when he is on holiday.  So I count my blessings. Now is the time to re-think what I will do with this spare time that I didn’t expect to have. Due to my health my life has to be flexible so I find it difficult to commit to going to something specific on the same day each week and what I can do on any day.  That does limit the options that I have available to me.  But I’m going to be positive and think about what I can do.  I have two books that I’ve started writing but haven’t got very far with so I hope to start moving them forward.  I have just begun a new short writing course to help kick start me back in the habit of writing on a regular basis – no pressure from them, they only 2000 words in the first week!! I’m glad that I like challenges. Alongside the writing I’m going to go back to embracing being a trainee domestic goddess. I say trainee because I’m not very good at housework!!! But I do like cooking and crafts and working on my vegetable garden. Plus, I’m starting to meditate and enjoy relaxation exercises. Also I can always go for a coffee with my Kindle as company.  I also want to find time to do things that I seem to never get round to, like putting all of my photos into photo albums.  I’ve tried desperately to find books on how to stop yourself from being lonely when dealing with fluctuating health, unable to commit to things when the majority of your good friends either work or live quite a distance away.  But I haven’t been able to find the books that help so I will carry on working out the answers myself.