Valentines Day!

I've decided that I don't necessarily like surprises! Because it means you are no longer in control. Joe has been away all week again, working at Bald Hills, so I obviously got myself into the mindset of being home alone, working out what I’m going to do with myself, what I’m having for tea etc… Yesterday – Valentines Day – When I spoke to Joe in the morning I had asked him not to go to any great expense of sending flowers to the office, because it wasn’t necessary and that I’d rather spend the $100 on a pair of shoes! So yesterday morning when I got to work, Adam gave June and I a single chocolate rose, which was a really sweet thing for him to do, especially in lieu of being a ‘single’ for the day. Then as we were getting ready to go home, everyone was saying what they had planned for the evening and asked what Joe and I were doing – I said I would be going home to an empty house and heading to bed early. I haven’t been sleeping very well and I was so tired. I called into the supermarket and picked up some bread, then headed home - as I was rounding the corner, I looked up the hill and saw Joe’s car was there. He had driven all the way home (about 2 hours) with a beautiful bunch of roses and a reservation for a Valentine’s Tea, which he had made a week ago. All he kept saying was quick go and have a shower and put on a dress - I think this is where I started to get a little annoyed because he wouldn’t tell me anything else. Anyway after feeling a little out of control of the situation, I decided to surrender to the occasion with the very sweet love that was its intent. We ended up having a very special evening together and I am so grateful to be so loved by this man and the fact that he tries so hard to make me happy. As I’m sitting here writing this is he making his way back to Bald Hills for his last day there, then he will be home again tonight.

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In August it will be 6 years since we lost my nephew Luke in a car accident in America. Today we should have been celebrating his 24th birthday. So on this day, as we do every year on his birthday we will be lighting a candle to remember his beautiful smile and his contagious energy for life that we miss so much. My thoughts are also with my sister Leandra and nieces Elizabeth and Rachel, clearly a more difficult day for them than all the others in the year.

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Here is something that I’ve been working on this week –
I had an order of ‘Thank You’ cards from the funeral slideshow I did a couple of weeks ago.