home alone

my husband went back to work today, and it feels lonely to be home alone again. so i dug up this picture, which i took two weeks ago when we were playing a game of Mens erger je niet! (People, don't get annoyed). i could not remember the last time i ever played a board game, until then. kj bought an old dutch board game over at ebay, and arrived in time when he was grounded at home. it was a good diversion from the computer, and made us giggle like little kids whenever one beats the other.

i went to my volunteer job yesterday, and missed the bus home by 2 minutes. one rare occasion when i actually wanted to pull my hair out. i saw the bus leave while i was stuck with the stop light, fidgeting. missing that particular schedule means waiting for 40 minutes for the next bus. i tried to forget i was annoyed, and enjoyed the sun warming up as i stood motionless in the bus stop, while a pigeon hopped carefully around me to feed on some crumbs on the pavement. just when i was enjoying a zen moment whilst surrounded by the noise and chaos of the city, the guy next to me flicked his cigarette butt to the road when less than 10 feet to our left is a bin. i looked away and chanted "don't get annoyed" over and over again like a mantra, as i still have 20 minutes or so of waiting time left. 15 minutes later, the same guy spat out his gum straight to the curb. if a thought bubble could be played from my head at that moment, i would be seen picking up the cigarette butt and the chewed lifeless gum from the concrete and shoving them all back in his mouth again. where they rightfully belong. thankfully, my bus arrived before i had any further chance to contemplate on more unpleasant thoughts. i know it's awful to write something about this, but i find it disturbing to see people totally ignore the trash bin.

on a happier note, my mother-in-law is coming over on the last week of may because she's joining me in the mini-marathon! yay! i spoke with her last weekend, and she told how she went to play badminton for hours that morning, and then had a walk in the woods for 4 hours in the afternoon with her friend. i know, i am so eating her dust in the marathon. yesterday, the manager from the charity gave me the t-shirts we are wearing for the big day, and i'm picking up our race numbers at the RDS in ballsbridge on the last week of may. i'm not scared anymore. there's an octogenarian from our charity who's also joining in. sure i can't do worse than her. i hope.

enjoy your week everyone!
kj gives his thanks for all the prayers and well-wishes!
{{{hugs}}} to all of you for the nice thoughts!
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