Manic Monday #82

Monday has disappeared in a flash, yet again! 

Today I had my first dental procedure *insert sobbing emoji here* I always prided myself on my immaculate mouth...ahem...but that is now in the past. 

I know, I am being very dramatic, please do excuse me!

I had my first anesthetic today which is very bizarre, my chin and jaw felt like a rubber glove for well over 3 hours, my mouth couldn't smile properly, I was talking like Milo Ventigimalia (have no idea what his second name is) and I managed to dribble tea all over my work. It has worn off now, so my mouth does feel a little battered and bruised - however I'm sure nowhere near as bad as an abscess or incredibly bad toothache!

Anyway, we must move on past my oral issues - no pun intended, honest - I am starting to feel a little inspired again. *hooray* I came a huge standstill with my writing, so I decided to print everything I had done so far and read through from start to...well, roadblock, I finished reading through yesterday and actually felt spurred to write some more. 

Other than that, I don't really think I have much to report, my weekend was relatively quiet, I wasn't feeling too well so I didn't feel up to doing much. I lolled around in bed on Saturday evening watching Netflix while semi-sleeping. 

 I feel very chipper this evening and am very much looking forward to catching up with the X-Factor shortly! I have been truly suckered in to this one, I have hope that one day Nick Grimshaw and I will be friends.

How was your weekend? I hope it was a little more colourful than mine?! Let me know what you got up too so I can live vicariously through you. 

Toodles!

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A Decision

I have had something on my mind for a while, something that I don't feel is going to go away unless I try it.

The trouble is that the one person I want to do and experience this with doesn't want to do it.

But I think I have to do it, for me. 

Tbc...

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Manic Monday #81

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 A fresh Monday and new start, after our weekend away to Norfolk. The weekend was lovely, the weather was glorious, the fish and chips were incredibly tasty, the night sky was outstanding, the beach was  and our beach party was just wonderful.

Wells-Next-The-Sea is a wonderfully traditional British seaside town, it is beautiful and quaint with mounds of character. It was wonderfully endearing and nostalgic to wander around and relive a traditional short but very British Summer Holiday.

Can I pop in any more positive adjectives in to this blog post?

 I always get sad to come home whenever I have been away, no matter for what period of time. I am definitely not a home bird, I had my down day today and was very pleased that I have my own office at work today. Things were busy today so the day flew by, after work I visited my parents which cheered me up and bought me out of my funk.

Family is really the only reason I like home. My family is the best.

Are you more of a home bird or do you like to be away exploring? I wish my current lifestyle gave me more option to be off exploring more-so than I currently can do.

Toodles.

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Rejig

I am in the process of a re-brand and re-design - whichever you want to call it! 

If you see things change slightly and then not be there the next day I'm trying to see what works best for me and my space.

I don't really have any definites yet on what I want to do but I know I want something a little more representative of me.

I hope you'll be patient with me! 

I am away this weekend so no changes for the immediate future. 

Have a lovely weekend!

Toodles

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Manic Monday #80

Happy 80th to Manic Monday!

I initially started these posts as Monday was the most stressful day of the week in my job and they always disappeared in the blink of an eye. 

Now my Monday's aren't quite so mad and don't disappear that quickly, but I really enjoy and look forward to having an impromptu writing session in the evening. 

I know I always say it, but I find it incredibly cathartic and relaxing to jot down my thoughts and feelings from the day or the weekend, I find it helps me keep my head and figure out anything that might be on my mind. 

To be perfectly honest I still feel completely lost in the blogging world and don't really know where I sit, but I'm still enjoying it which is what really matters. I'm just pushing on through, writing posts that I enjoy writing and will enjoy reading back one day.

I have a pretty big idea going on at the moment, currently I'm going through the motions of some research and am planning a few things in the near future.

We'll see where this space takes us!

Toodles.

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Compliments

 

I find it pretty amazing how an unexpected compliment can completely change your day. The compliment is even better when you don't necessarily think that way about yourself or are feeling a little uncertain about yourself.

I will be the first to admit, I am not the best at accepting compliments and usually bat them off, something I am trying to get out of the habit of doing because the person paying you the compliment doesn't want to hear how you feel otherwise, they are paying you the compliment because that is how they think about you or see you.

Today at the gym, a girl who I've seen a fair few times now, came up to me and complimented me on how 'in shape' I am and how she is envious of my figure - just before she said it I had been working out I was watching my form in the mirror and was thinking that I wanted my legs to be a bit tighter than they are - she really surprised me and took me off guard. I thanked her with no hesitation, which I surprised myself with and we had a really good chat about our workouts and she told me she was going away soon so was working really hard to improve her figure. Her compliment made me really pleased and proud of myself for the hard work I've done. I had noticed her looking at me a few times before at the gym, but I never assume that it's because she admired something about me! Low-self esteem for most of my life and all that. 

I always used to feel a little embarrassed to compliment a stranger, but I am definitely getting better - it's generally I love your nail varnish, that lipstick looks great on you etc - but it doesn't matter, it's definitely the complimenting that matters.

Compliments don't cost anything but can sometimes mean the world. If you really do like that persons outfit or that persons hair, don't be afraid to tell them!

Toodles.

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September

I was hoping that Summer would extend throughout you, September, even if only for a short while, but the past few days have definite signs of Autumn within them. 

The leaves are starting to turn and fall, the air is cooler, the sun is rising later and setting earlier than it has been, it makes me sad to say goodbye to Summer, but I do also feel happy to welcome Autumn back in to my world.

September, you welcome my parents anniversary, 31 years and going strong still. If I am as happy as they are when I'm married, 31 years down the line, I'll be very grateful.

We also have a group weekend away, the first we've ever managed to organise. For one of our friends birthday, we're going Wells-Next-The-Sea for the weekend, which I'm looking forward too; I always feel happy and content near the sea and I'm sure we'll have some experiences while we're there! 

Please make sure you let the sun out to play sometimes, I miss her when Winter sets in. I promise to enjoy her if you do.

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Manic Monday #79

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It did exactly what it said on the tin today, no down time, no time to think just gogogo. I do usually relish days like today but the things I was being tasked with were far out of my job role and things that I had never done before with no guidance, as nobody was in the office.

I had quite a stressful day, which I then vented out in the gym. It is definitely the most cathartic activity to do when you have a lot on your mind.

But I'm putting the day behind me as I don't want to let it bring me down. I want to do more again and feel inspired and the big one not give two hoots what anyone thinks. I do this because I love it, I love writing, I like to spill my guts and let people know my thoughts and opinions on what has been on my mind and above all else, I find it a great outlet regardless of what I write about or how I feel at the time even if it's not necessarily related to my post.

I already feel a little lighter and more relaxed just from rambling on in today's post.

I want to get back to where I was before and feel how I used too.

It has to start with me, I am feeling determined.

I don't want to let this slip away from me.

Toodles.

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