Happenings

 

Those unexpected happenings.

So, it's been a bit of a week! Lots of unexpected happenings, starting with that 7am text asking me if I could go in to work on a day I wasn't expecting because the boss was unwell. That was Tuesday.

Then on Wednesday - when she was back again - a car drove into the shop window and buckling the doorframe:

No-one was hurt, thankfully - just people shaken up. We now have a 'wooden feature wall' instead of a window in the bookshop, but at least there is another door we can use. And we'll be moving to new premises in a few months. 

Then on Thursday there was the bunting-making for the parish's 150th anniversary that ended up happening at our house because both church areas we could have used were being used by someone else. Introverts out there will know that unexpected 'invasions' of your space are energy-sapping.

Friday my husband invited the bishop and her husband for lunch on Sunday following the Confirmation Service, and we were also having friends round for dinner on the Saturday night. I started to conserve my energy.

On Saturday morning the confirmations were called off because the bishop was unwell. So there was then the updating of the service order, letting people know that what we thought was going to happen wasn't going to now. Then finding a new date for it all that suits everyone (and now coincides with a 100th birthday party...)

And I've just learned that, with all the rain we've had recently, there has been a landslide on the railway track so our child (grown-up, but non-binary, so what's a good word for that? We're roadtesting 'offspring' at the moment and they like that) is having to use the substitute bus service to get to their DnD meet-up. As they are also neuro-divergent, this is more of an event than you might think. 

So, navigating those unexpected happenings - they are like the white circles on this page, pushing in on the strung together black circles of my planning for the week. They push their way in, but all the rest still gets done. 

And I wonder why I'm a bit tired this afternoon...