Friday 4th January - week 1 of 2013 already whizzing by

The first week of January is already flying by and we are on Friday already.  The last few days has been busy enough, making time for walks, readings, relaxing and spending time family.  Yesterday my son, my youngest daughter and myself went out to visit my Dad's grave in Bray, (he died on 9th June 2012) and to give the grave a bit of a tidy up, which hadnt been done since we did it in November 2012.  It wasnt too bad but we brought some fresh flowers and planted some narcissus and hyacinth bulbs, so they will be lovely in the spring when they come up.  My son is home from France for Christmas and he got stuck into the weeds on the perimeter of the grave, turned the soil and did a great job.  He has been a joy to have around the house and we will miss him when he goes home on Sunday 6th Jan.  We then called to my mother and had some chip butties and cakes for lunch, and my sister happened to call in also with her eldest son, so we had a lovely get together and chat over tea and cakes.  Then we took Mum to the grave for a look-see, she dosnt like to go there and especially not alone.  Then we took her back to our house for the night.  A relaxing tea of a big fry up and we all collapsed on the sofas for the rest of the night.

Today has been more of the same although I have been busy too, out walking the dog with Mum locally, then out walking with my youngest daughter and cycling up to UCD to get some library books.  Trying to get ahead of myself with some Semester 2 readings.  Successfully got the two books I was interested and can keep until 22/1/2013 - result :)

Photo is of son tidying grave yesterday in Bray.

Namaste

1st January 2013

The sun shone brightly this morning and the sky was lovely and blue.  Had some tea and brown bread with banana and headed out for a long walk without doggy as can get a better walk done without him.  Walked for almost an hour at a fast pace and felt very pleased with myself.  On returning home made some lovely home made soup out of veggies and various odds and sods in the fridge, seasoned with garlic, parsely, thyme and stock, it was delicious later once blended and served with crusty french bread.  Yum.

Later on decided to check out my module requirements for Semester 2 and check out some readings.
However I was a little scuppered as the library in UCD isnt reopening until 4th January 2013 which is Friday so cannot get ahead of the possee !! Disappointed about that.  However I have a couple of books already for one of the modules Islam and Christianity so will get on and read those.  That will keep me going.
I am looking forward to getting back to college and getting stuck into Semester 2.  We will be getting our results on 23rd January 2013 so have to get over that hurdle first.  Hopefully I will have done enough to get my required credits.

Later on went out for another walk with the dog this time, rather a shorter one, just around the locality but he enjoyed it.  Everywhere is closed today being NYD.  There was a rather eerie feeling around the place, but it was nice too.  Lots of people were out walking their dogs, out with their partners, children on their bikes. All those NYR to get fit, etc. were in full swing.  The photo below is one taken on christmas eve walking over o'connell bridge with my daughter showing the view down the river Liffey towards Heuston Station.

Namaste

Marie.