One more Jan entry

The title of today's blog could be misconstrued as some kind of weird sexual diary appointment (but I assure you it isn't...)
I'm feeling very positive today, which is a welcome change after a couple of weeks feeling rather SADdy. I have a long list of 'things I am happy about' fluttering around in the forefront of my conscience and that is helping me step lightly through the trials of life and maintain a skip and a smile. For a start, it has got noticeably warmer in the past few days. For another thing, it is still (fairly) light at 5pm, and when we had a clear sky and a nice sunset on Sunday evening, the pretty colours were still visible near the horizon approaching 6! I am buoyant with the realisation that it will be into October before we are needing lights turned on as early in the day as we are now.
Thirdly, the price of fuel continues to fall steadily, which means everyone around me can stop complaining about EVERYTHING being too expensive and the economy being crippled and worrying that they're going to die of starvation or freeze to death in their unheated living rooms.
Fourthly (although, if ranking in order of importance, this one should be much higher) Philippa and Rian have both recovered well from the traumas of childbirth and are now both fighting fit and bouncing beautifully. We have a nice routine now in our home life, which Rian is happily playing along with so far, and Mathew has taken to the change with minimal fuss or disruption.
And finally, tomorrow is Feb. We have seen off another one of the Winter months and taken ourselves another step closer to Springtime.
Rejoice!

RC 31-1-23