Still working

The last few days have been fairly typical of late.  Usually I am working hard all morning after taking Lucy out for her early morning walk. Luckily she is able to come to work with me and curls up in her basket beside me.  She is always very enthusiastic to go to work as she gets lots of attention from the other staff. I wonder how much she will miss this when I finally stop this work?

My afternoons are also often busy with other work although this can be more intermittent and I can do it from home.  This is one of the reasons I have decided to carry on with this job for the foreseeable future.  It also let's me 'slide' into retirement in a more controlled way.

I also visit my 90 year old step-mum from time to time and, today, did just that.  I managed to help her sort out her Christmas shopping list - which I will order online for her.  Somehow she has managed to persuade me to wrap them for her too.  Hmmm.... I am not sure that was what I really  intended to happen as I have enough to do at present!!  My  'cunning' plan is to have her over to lunch one weekend and get her to 'help' me do the wrapping.  

My blog is devoid of photos but when I (a) get more time and (b) work out an easier way to update the blog with photos than I tried at the weekend, I will try to add some more.

Well, I think I must be having a taste of retirement as it's only 8:30pm and my husband is already snoring beside me!  Is this a taste of things to come, I wonder?!