I take it back!!! I take it back!!!

Wooohoooooo!!!!

I often find that the people who say they are strong willed and clever and will not be fooled like others who are so silly have the tackiest, closest minds.

They will not see beyond their reason, will criticise other for doing this or believing in that and in the end miss out a lot. They often end up either doing exactly what the people they criticised did (never admitting it-it’s always a ‘completely different situation’) or missing out great things and making their lives much more difficult.

‘Oh but life is difficult and if you are strong you can take it!’ Yes life is difficult but if you can make it a bit easier and you don’t because you’re stubborn or close minded than that is not being strong, it’s being stupid!

It is a sad day. José Saramago died today at the age of 87. He is the author of my favourite book: Blindness. It is such a masterpiece! I had already posted about it before. At the time I thought it was probably the best book I ever read. Thinking about it, it IS the best book I have ever read.

He won a Noble Prize for another book he wrote: The Gospel According to Jesus Christ. This is my third favourite book and it’s surrounded by controversy as many things in his life were. His last book is called Cain – also very controversial- but I haven’t read it yet.

He was a genius of literature in my opinion and certainly one of the most important people in Portuguese culture. Portugal and the world are now poorer places with his death.

R.I.P. José Saramago. Descanca em Paz.

Ooooo I like this new theme. The old one was fantastic and lasted for 3.5 years. Well done honey . It’s the end of an Era.

This one will be more appropriate when/if I get my iPhone. But I might change it then. There are so many and so nice !

For the last couple of years I’ve been doing a major clean up of my life. It wasn’t planned, it just happened. Slowly and steadily. Things that were not good but I kept for ages (sometimes not knowing they were not good, sometimes knowing but trying not to see it) fell out of my life. I was left with very little, I then realised. Very little but very precious-the really worth having. Still the other parts of my life weren’t there.

Is it time to start gathering again? I do feel like I’ve been ‘acquiring’ some new, good ‘stuff’. Maybe you have to get rid of the bad to make place for the good. It might take a while but I think that step by step I will have it. This is only the beginning.

And if not, as long as I don’t lose the really precious things/people than all is good

The sad thing is: I was expecting this ever since they chose the manager… If I knew how come they didn’t? Sigh…

Just because you’ve suffered, you don’t have the right to do the same to others. Hypocrisy, cruelty, crime – there is never an excuse for it. You should be stopped! But no one has the guts, not even the ones who consider themselves strong and fair. Makes me think who are the real hypocrites.

Lately the feeling of not having time to do anything has been stronger than ever. Not even a 3 day weekend is enough. And it certainly isn’t enough to rest. Go here, go there, buy this, buy that, meet people, eat, sleep…Since lovely Kaia was born there is always a million things to do and no time to do it. She’s already used to spending lots of time in the car going places. The worst is when there is not enough time to play with her (especially Russ). Luckily we always manage even if for a short time, but it never seems enough. She is the priority so the rest will have to go slow. It will be a long time until I get the chance to do things (PhD included) and have the house up to my cleanlinesses standards. But it’s so worth it. She is the sweetest, loveliest chubbiest ever!

Some ‘things’ change our lives. They change everything that we are down to the last atom. They are so important you think you can’t live without them. They make you happier than anything else and willing to do anything. These ‘things’ are so important they shouldn’t be denied to anyone. Everyone should be able to have them and be able to accomplish that kind of happiness. Unfortunately it isn’t so.

Because they are so important they overcome any problems and disagreements. Despite these problems and disagreements I wish that everyone who will cherish and love them gets them.

First I couldn’t move because I was pregnant. Then because I’d just given birth to my lovely daughter and needed to recover.
Then I got ill. Well Russ and I got terribly ill on what was supposed to be one of the warmest loveliest day of the year so far. Stuck at home not being able to move

Now I’m ill again. My body hurts like hell, I’m barely able to move. I’ve been like this for more than 5 days and no signs of getting better. And guess what? It’s been fantastic days outside and I’m stuck in bed again. I can’t even take care of Kaia properly. Fortunately the nursery had an extra place for her yesterday and the day before so all I needed was to ask fantastic Sue and Sophie to pick her up and help me until Russ got home. And the house is at a state. It looks like I’ll never be able to clean it.

When will I stop getting ill???