Happiness

A beautiful, sunny day today! I left Manchester this morning and drove through the Peak District to do a presentation at an immensely impressive off-site fabrication park near to Worksop. Due to the amount of traffic, my speed was forced lower which meant I could actually sight-see as I was driving along and made my journey so much more enjoyable.

The middle of the afternoon found me heading back down to London and I chose my preferred route, via the A1 and M11. What this meant was that I ended up driving back down the route I used to travel twice a week when I was living in Cleethorpes and hence was very familiar. As it was still hot and sunny and with the music playing loudly, my mood was its usual positive one, genuinely happy. I did find myself reminiscing about the times I’d done this same journey as I passed Grantham, my former turn-off onto the A46.

I thought about the good times I’d had as a result of those journeys and how ignorance had been bliss; ignorance of my being conned, betrayed, deceived and then blatantly lied to before I left forever. And then I was reminded about how much I’m enjoying life these days without all of that baggage and how I’m at peace with what happened. I’ve already forgiven but not forgotten. It appears that what doesn’t kill you does indeed make you stronger: in my case it taught me that I could still be generous whilst suffering fools and con-artists graciously and to value family and friends more. And it meant that I could have true happiness without hassle and heartache. And that’s got to be good.

It's better to have loved and lost than to live with a psycho for the rest of your life
This was on my Facebook Newsfeed recently!

So I’m back in London tonight but heading back up to Manchester in the morning, this time by train so I can have a leisurely breakfast and a snooze in First Class. Work hard, play hard, love lots and live life to the full: looking forward to seeing more stunning European Cities (like Vienna, again in June) and then my Big Trip in the summer.

Le Weekend

Well that was a great weekend! Friday evening saw me over at GT’s for a lovely meal out and a few drinks afterwards.

An early start on Saturday heading back to mine before going down to Hastings to meet up with “the Kreiga Krew”: a bunch of mates all heading off for a biking holiday in the Ardeche Valley in June.

Lots of drinks and a Nepalese meal before an atrociously poor couple of games of pool in the pub and back to Yox’s for more drinking and a very late night!

Sunday morning and Yox did us a huge breakfast with eggs to rival even mine. Diverted on my way back to go to GT’s.

She had just completed a 15 mile race in a new Personal Best! I’m so proud of her!

Cuddles in front of the telly watching “Being Human” on BBC iPlayer before heading out for a meal: walking into town! Where does she find the energy?

Great weekend!