Feeling very fortunate

Well here I am, sitting at my desk, still damp from coming in from outside.  Seriously, I am thinking about heading onto the internet to search for design plans to build ourselves an ark it is raining so much.  It started last night and is supposed to keep raining off and on, with fluctuating levels of rainfall for the next six days!  Fortunately I went out in the yard last night amid the drizzle and planted all my impatients, dalias, begonias, pansies, and marigolds.  The beds look amazing and come mid summer will be simply a riot of colour.  I have my tomatoes and herbs in already, I remember telling you and so I think I am all set.  It feels great to have spruced up the beds and made them our own and besides now throughout the summer we can enjoy eating al fresco and be surrounded with wonderful flowers.  So I guess the rain for the next while will be great for giving them all a head start.  We got up early this morning and went up to meet my brother in law and nephews and we cycled 20 kms in the rain to train for the charity ride.  Fortunately it never really got much worse than hard drizzle but that didn’t stop me from getting covered in mud and grime.  We showered back at my sister in laws and then stayed for a great lunch.  We found out while we were there that my sister in law’s sister is newly pregnant, a moment of great joy and celebration.  Congratulations to them, expecting their first.  Then we popped up to my parents for a quick visit.  Dad is much recovered from his illness, thank goodness, and found after a trip to the chiropractor that he was much improved.  I hope it continues, he is getting back to his old self.  We are home now, my guy taking a quick nap, and me here at the computer, thinking of you, and wondering what is next for me.  Tonight, more electrical work and unpacking more boxes and generally making this house a home.  To be honest, I am really happy right now, deeply happy, deeply content.  Amid the noise and haste and chaos, I am happy.   A wonderful place to be, loved by a great guy, blessed with great family and friends, and life full of change and opportunities.  This I think is definitely the “for better” part of our vows.  How lucky I am.