Out of the labyrinth

After two months of spending part of each day thinking that I was going to fall over, I am pleased to report that the labyrinthitis has been sent packing. (Thanks, in no small part, to homeopathy, which came to the rescue; I like to give credit where it is due.) Whenever I mentioned to friends or acquaintances that I had been diagnosed with this frustrating condition, I heard alarming stories - people confined to bed for weeks on end, work and studies interrupted, complete inability to carry out normal everyday tasks. 'Ye gods!', I thought, 'How will I manage?' Well, when you live alone, you manage all sorts of things.

I even managed to drive to Surrey for my youngest niece's wedding, a wonderful day, that I would not have missed for anything. My niece is one of the sunniest, kindest people I know but I had never seen her looking happier or more gorgeous than she did in her dream dress . . .

standing alongside the man she loves.

Her husband and his family are from Dublin and I shared a table at the wedding feast with his uncles and aunts and my sister's closest friend and her partner. The craic was very good indeed and I did allow myself a glass of champagne to toast the happy couple. (In these post-Massive Inconvenience days, alcohol is normally a no-no for me.) 

Sláinte to two very special people.

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Now that I am out of the labyrinth, I have been able to put the finishing touches to some pop-up writing workshops that I am running this summer, here in Mid-Devon. If you'd like to know more, just email me via the link over in the right-hand sidebar. I'm quite ridiculously excited about these; they have been in the pipeline for a while, having originally been planned to start in the autumn of 2010. At the time, I had no idea what life was about to chuck at me. Still, that was then and this is very much now. Not only that, after many, many months of vile weather, daily rain and no sun (apart from March) and having had no spring to speak of, it appears to be summer and, suddenly, everything is quite transformed.

Comments

[Moira]

delighted to hear that the labyrinthitis is gone. Hurrah!

[Wendy Robertson]

Lovely optimistic photo of bride's beautiful back. I often think the back is the most beautiful part of us, male and female - not least because it gets so little attention. But it is as identifiable as a fingerprint. Love your idea of pop-up workshops. And er - have you given any thought to a piece for my blog??? Not if its inconvenient ..wx

[60 going on 16]

Thank you for these and your earlier good wishes, Moira.

Wendy: many apologies for tardiness; sadly, have been feeling so exhausted - with labyrinthitis - I wasn't even able to post on my own blog! Sending email with update . . .

[colleen]

Lovely to hear that you are well and enjoying yourself. Good luck with the writing workshops - such a great idea. I'm sure they will be successful.

Enjoy this sunshine while it lasts - such a gift.

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