I’m currently curled up, all snugly in my jim jams, drinking some green & jasmine tea with a chunky cookie, whilst listening to this over and over again ~ ~

The weather outside has gotten a lot cooler this week … I suppose our Indian summer came to a quick end. However, I haven’t let it get me down. Today, I had an enjoyable walk home through the park and past the castle - I think if anyone had observed me strolling past, they probably thought I was either

a) A tourist

or

b) Not all there in the head - since I was dithering here, there and everywhere along the paths.

Along the tracks uphill, I stopped to pick up sycamore leaves and a couple of conkers for my room ( apparently they’re a good natural spider deterrent ). I did want to visit the big tree stump, where a beach tree had stood a few weeks ago before the wind blew it over, but it was getting quite dark and I don’t particularly like to walk through the cemetery on my own in the pitch black of the night. I’ll go back to visit the stump sometime soon I think - I want to see if I can hoist myself up to sit on it ; v;”

As for the rest of this evening, the tetris situation, that I always seem to face when it comes to packing, can wait a little longer; I haven’t been this calm in such a long time, so I want it to last as long as I possibly can drag it out for , v,