Achey, Afraid and Absorbed - Reasons to be Cheerful

I ache. That's a good thing.
I've been exercising lots more and it's actually really good to feel my muscles saying hello again.

Feel the fear and do it anyway
Today I have booked to go an an early years storytelling course. For no real reason other than I fancied putting some of my old skills as a drama teacher back into use. It's good to invest in yourself and to challenge yourself.  I'm scared at the thought of performing again, but I know I will love it once I get into it.

Sunshine. Being outdoors. 
There is a part of me that wants to stop all the green shoots growing and tell them I'm not ready to come out of winter, that it's not fair for the garden to be alive when my mum isn't (she died in January). But you can't beat sun on your face, and it's nature's way of coaxing me to keep up. I treated myself to some purple sunglasses today to mark that very thing.

I really love the park, even if my 2yo frightened a 1yo with a scarily overprotective mum.  I walked away calmly and didn't let her bring me down.  We hid in trees, collected daisies and befriended a dog.

We spent this afternoon in the garden, the kids playing in sand and water and eating tea in their 'tent' in the garden.  For the first time in ages they were completely absorbed without me.  I cant tell you how nice that was, for all of us

Hope everyone else has a lovely weekend. Look forward to hearing other people's reasons to be cheerful.