Scheduling

One of Derek's suggestions to help me cope at the moment was to schedule things to do - to leave less time for brooding as well as to allow me to nurture myself. I've booked in various activities through this week and am planning those for next week.

Today both girls have been on holiday courses, so a very large portion of my day has been taken up with taxi duties. This morning saw me dropping off first E at her orchestra course, then hubby at the station (he's been to London for the day) and then H for her drama course. However, I've also done quite a bit of sewing, finishing off some Barbie clothes (yes, really - to sell on a stall before Christmas) and that has helped. Creative activites build me up when I am feeling low. I also had my session with Ruth, the counsellor I have seen before. That was so helpful. It was great to be able to go in there and not have to retell the whole story but focus on what is happening now. I told her all the CMHT stuff and it was helpful to have her react in a way which validated me. We also talked about things i have done with D and I showed her my WRAP plan. She had some helpful suggestions to add to it and make it even more useful. We also talked a lot about Mindfulness - Ruth has been looking at this and even has a copy of the book I have been thinking of getting, which she is going to lend to me so I can see if it will help. Also - and this is very exciting - she knows of someone who is going to run a course, locally, on mindfulness, starting in the not too distant future. She's going to pass on details when she gets them. It was so useful how things tied in, and how she was able to perceive where I am now and what I need.
Then a quick dash into town to do a couple of errands, and to buy three new tops in the NEXT sale (only two for me, honest!) and on to pick up younger daughter. Back home for an hour, then out to pick up elder daughter from her course and elder daughter's friend S, from a different orchestra course. Not much time for ruminating today - which is good, as these things go.

Still, I'd settle for tomorrow involving a little less ferrying around - though it won't, and I have the added complication of my parents coming up to watch E perform.