Samford Show

I am feeling better.  As Kate so aptly commented, I was over it almost as soon as I wrote it down.  I realised that I needed some time doing normal things.  I just needed time as Evan said so long ago "All by self!"  So that is what I did.  I had some time the next morning at work before anyone came in.  They were very productive hours.  Then after a couple of people came in we were chatting and I convinced them to have a huge lunchtime break and come and see Harry Potter with me.  One of the best things about my work is the flexibility of my hours.  You can work longer hours in the beginning of the week.  It is great, esp on a Friday, when most in my office don't work full days.  So we all took a two and a half hour lunch, walked the five minutes to the shopping centre and watched Harry.

Now, I love the books and the movies but want to be a slightly dissenting voice in the chorus of good reviews for this movie.  I thought that this one wasn't as good as either Deathly Hallow Part 1 or Half Blood Prince, both of which I thought was brilliant.  It was a good enough movie, don't get me wrong, but just not brilliant.  I was worried going in that they would do the 'Kings Cross Station in the sky' scene poorly, but thought they did that incredibly well.  I just thought they were too much into the duel at the end.

Then I went to my 'sanity' friend's place for dinner.  I can relax and chat (and cry).  Levi plays happily with her children, without my intervention at all.  I caught up with the big things happening in her life and she caught up with the things happening in mine.  I can bounce things off her and never feel judged.  Everyone needs friends like that and I have been blessed in my life with several.  I came away feeling refreshed and not just able to shoulder life again, but to start to do it joyously again!  I think that these 'sessions' are good for Levi too.  He deserves to have a Mum who is happy and fun to be with.

Saturday and Sunday this weekend is the Samford show.  My dad used to say that Samford's show is the only one where you need safety glasses to watch the wood chipping.  I took some photos of Levi sitting on the fence watching the motorbike jumping and you can see from them, just how close we were to that.  At one point they came so close to the wall, Levi got a fright and after they went past, this big eyed face turns to me and says "that was a bit close!"