So today starts a whole new chapter for me, officially on long service leave for the whole of term 3. It sounds so scary and wonderful all rolled into one. I am excited but also a little dazed from a long 10 weeks of term 2. So I will wait for the dust to settle until it truly becomes crystal clear. I’ve been asked about plans, but hey maybe some, but mostly see what the wind blows. I am not one to book up or plan to far ahead. See what will be, is me.

I love the winter break, because unlike the Summer holidays when it is so hot here in Perth, Western Australia. Winter break means you get out and about more, even though it may be wet and cold. Nothing better than a walk along the beach in the wind and cold really clears your head space definitely. Yes may seem unreal to many, but not all of us are hot weather people.

Reading is top of my list of things to do while on holidays and long service leave. In fact I have already finished one book about one of the helpers of Anne Frank, to say they had a tragic life is very much an understatement indeed. To keep someone safe for so long to have been betrayed would upset anyone, but to then know they died at the concentration camps would simply do you in. I loved reading this book, but as always feel sad for those many of kind like Anne Frank who never had an adult life to live. Instead they were snuffed out like a candle when it is no longer of use.

Yes very heavy reading for holidays, but history has always been a passion of mine. We may not be able to change the past, but we can learn from it and make a conscious choice never to forget it.

The plan is to also a lot more of my many hobbies of art and journaling, with a lot more time on my hands to just chill out and see the world through clearer eyes. It’s hard to be creative with a full time job that consumes a lot of my waking hours. Don’t get me wrong I do love my work, but everyone needs a break here and there to recharge and fall in love with it again.

I think the most courageous thing is to know when enough is enough before you are pushed over the edge and point of no return. At the moment I feel drained and overwhelmed by life and soon it will be 1 year since Dad passed away. So think nobody could deny me this time off at all.

I plan trips, but also to do photography a lot more, to just wake up and do anything and nothing at all. To spend time with my family and close friends as well as my garden too which has helped me through the months of grief. I plan to also write in my blog a lot more, too long it has been pushed aside for other things. But I also know that I need to just stop and let myself heal.

I hope you all will join me along for the ride 😘

Adieu for now Kitty-Kat xox And hope you have a great day xox