3 Good Things (again)

1.  Yippee!  After a long, anti-social, very noisy, smelly, dusty, intrusive and disruptive six weeks; ...the construction major works project repairing the commercial premises opposite my house have completed.  The last works were this morning, for a couple of hours, as the scaffolding was taken down and all sign of the construction works were removed from site.  It has been really unpleasant to try having any windows open throughout that six weeks of works.  During those six weeks t has also been almost impossible to use my garden too.  Today rain is due, however, Sunday looks to be lovely weather - so today I am making a few picnic food items with tomorrow as a "garden picnic / reading and relaxing day in the garden" in mind.

2. At last.  Something which I had ordered online - as it isn't available in local shops (which then became long overdue / missing for a while) actually was successfully delivered to me this morning.  It looks fine, despite it's strange delivery journey - good.

3. This morning, I compiled my packing list; in readiness for a more complex, longer distance from home and longer hours duration day trip (scheduled to be undertaken, solo, in a couple of weeks time).  Now, I can start packing my slightly larger rucksack.  I have also worked out my journey and event preparation tasks.  Plus, I now know which items are due for: repair / replacement / renew / replenish.  The kit for this trip needs to be more ultra-lightweight than usual.  Therefore, I have completed a "weight-down" pass across my body-worn kit selection and stowage options.  I have compensated for that weight-down procedure by bolstering the packing list for my car boot box (backup / storage / go bag) - e.g. a spare (dry) change of clothes and shoes - ready for the return journey and a camping deckchair to give me some choice about where to break for a snack with a flask of coffee at the mid-journey waypoints.

1.  Yippee!  After a long, anti-social, very noisy, smelly, dusty, intrusive and disruptive six weeks; ...the construction major works project repairing the commercial premises opposite my house have completed.  The last works were this morning, for a couple of hours, as the scaffolding was taken down and all sign of the construction works were removed from site.  It has been really unpleasant to try having any windows open throughout that six weeks of works.  During those six weeks t has also been almost impossible to use my garden too.  Today rain is due, however, Sunday looks to be lovely weather - so today I am making a few picnic food items with tomorrow as a "garden picnic / reading and relaxing day in the garden" in mind.

2. At last.  Something which I had ordered online - as it isn't available in local shops (which then became long overdue / missing for a while) actually was successfully delivered to me this morning.  It looks fine, despite it's strange delivery journey - good.

3. This morning, I compiled my packing list; in readiness for a more complex, longer distance from home and longer hours duration day trip (scheduled to be undertaken, solo, in a couple of weeks time).  Now, I can start packing my slightly larger rucksack.  I have also worked out my journey and event preparation tasks.  Plus, I now know which items are due for: repair / replacement / renew / replenish.  The kit for this trip needs to be more ultra-lightweight than usual.  Therefore, I have completed a "weight-down" pass across my body-worn kit selection and stowage options.  I have compensated for that weight-down procedure by bolstering the packing list for my car boot box (backup / storage / go bag) - e.g. a spare (dry) change of clothes and shoes - ready for the return journey and a camping deckchair to give me some choice about where to break for a snack with a flask of coffee at the mid-journey waypoints.