This is it. The first week I have faced that looks relatively empty. This is what I have been worrying about since before I retired; how would I feel when my time isn't full? I guess it isn't full because the outside isn't really beckoning at the moment, When the sun shines its good to get a walk but, despite the climate, gardening is on hold. I'm really hoping that we do get a cold spell soon to hold the gardens back for a bit longer. The ground is too wet to walk on but bulbs and buds are growing. If everything comes out now we are going to have very bare gardens later in the year.
Some thoughts are turning to holidays and trips, though with such flexible time its quite hard to focus down on dates and plans. Yes we can go away a lot now but when is it best to go? Should it be the Northern Lights or long summer days in Norway? Just where and when should we be in Scotland? Oh yes, we want to go to Berlin, but I also want to go back to Austria; and we musn't fly too much because of the environmental impact. Its the old problem that besets us in the "first world" of too much choice.
I know we will get organised eventually. In the meantime I should, and do, appreciate time to read more, potter about the house, watch the various TV series we are currently hooked into. It just all feels a bit quiet and not what I'm used to.
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