Time

Is it just me or does time seem to speed up the older you get. The weeks just seem to go by far faster nowadays. Now when I am at work I don't mind the time flying by but when I am home on leave I would appreciate old father time taking a more leisurely stroll rather than continue to run as if he were in a 100m sprint against the Bolt. Maybe it is just because we have little ones and they take up so much of our time it is so hard to get things done, wouldn't be without them though as they bring a huge smile to my face everyday without fail.

Time is certainly flying by this leave but at least we are finally making progress in the garden with fences going up to split the area so we have a dedicated parking area and a definite line between the parking area and the garden. Hopefully it will help focus things so that we can continue progressing the outside area while the weather is good and make it more low maintenance so that we are not constantly playing catch up with the garden.

With so much work to do all the time it is very hard to take a break as I find it hard to relax when I know there is so much to do. I really have to push myself to turn off and take leisure time so I am making an effort to ensure I have at least two bike rides a week.

It is a lot easier now we have the trailer so that I can take the little ones with me which gives Debbie a chance to have some time to herself which is good as I do think it is important to have personnel time and when I am away at sea she has very few opportunities to get away from the little ones.

We have made the most of the warm spell over the last few days as best we can as Debbie is recovering from a hand operation. As she has been in a lot of pain we have been limited with what we can do but we have managed to get outside quite a bit and the little ones have had a good run around. Today I took them out in the bike trailer down the Tarka Trail with Brenin. As the Dog was with us we only went about 7 miles but it was a wonderful afternoon. We stopped halfway and sat on a bench watching the world go by which was lovely and the can of Cider made everything nice and mellow even if I did have to fight Teddy for it.