Day 21.....that makes 3 weeks
3 Girls and 4 Suitcases
Today has been another busy day in terms of getting from A to B and back again to then go to C and back to A.
Jen and I chummed Ali down to school this morning-a beautiful morning that was warm and sunny and felt full of happiness. After dropping Ali in to school, we continued down to the 'No Frills' and picked up some groceries which we 'legged' and 'lugged' back up the road. I then decided that I needed to mail a card and went round the corner to 'Shoppers' and wandered around there, picking up sale stuff before taking myself along to a lovely little bread/cake store to buy a latte (my first) and a cranberry scone. Jennifer thought I'd ran away when I returned to sit with her outside and have my wee snack. Now, you know it's a good scone when you don't need anything on it-yum. Shame I couldn't say the same for the latte which was not strong enough. May be because I've been drinking black coffee since I got here and the milkyness was too bland. Never mind.
A quick skype session with my hubbie because he had got himself involved in some poitical debate at the corner of our street and was late in logging on plus he needed to go get fed before work. The session was supposed to be about what he was to pack in his 2 suitcases but that discussion's now taking place tomorrow at 10pm your time-ooooh, just as the polls close.
Jen and I then headed to Ikea to return some bits and bobs, which w did but you know Ikea......you just have to buy a few more bits and bobs. On the plus side, we returned more than we bought......just.
Meditation was later today because Ali being later in school knocked me off my stride but at least it was done. My affirmations are still being done daily as well and I have started to read one of my Library books for a few minutes at a time......don't laugh. It takes a lot for me to get going with reading.
Braved a wash of towels and was rewarded by the fact that the washer didn't leak-yippee. Very grateful.
Watched a movie about 3 whales trapped in Alaskan ice, in the 80s which was a feelgood movie(from the library) and then I wrote the piece that follows because it's what happened when I signed in to write tonight. At the end of it, I decided to write the Adventure blog and give you the option of stopping here, without needing to put yourself through more views on the referendum. I think that I needed to write it for me and now that it's written, I'm going to leave it in here. I will title the blog suitably, to warn those of you who've had politics up to the eyeballs. I personally have enjoyed the last few weeks, looking at both sides posting their best (and their worst) and there's a big bit of my heart that wishes that I was going to be sitting on my sofa in Mountcastle, watching the votes come in......but I won't be. In reality, I will probably sit up here and find it online to watch or perhaps the FB pages will be enough to keep tabs on what's happening.
So, be forewarned, the below bit is my thoughts on Independence. Those of you who are connected to me on FB will know which way I voted already but like many of the posts I've liked have stated. We'll all still be connected on Friday, whichever way the vote goes and I value all your friendships so apart from a wee 'Yippee' if it goes the way I voted, there will be no gloating or judgements from this lady.
And on that note, I say Happy Voting Scotland and let's all be Happy.
Much Love Lxxxxx
Part Deux.
And we are soooo excited about the Referendum tomorrow, which is now 'Today' in Scotland. We're even thinking of staying up, into the night to watch the results come in.
This is the biggest decision any of us have had to make on our Nations future and Yes or NO, we will come out of this kicking and screaming for better service from those who would deem to lead us.
I know that I'm a tiny bit scared of getting a bit of a slap from down South, if the vote is NO. I know that I have a bit of a chip on my shoulder when it comes to Southern England and the EBC and it's something that I've been working on along with much more important stuff, like supporting my kids as best I can and trying to live my life like a decent human being. I think that a huge amount of my generation, who came from working class backgrounds, have absorbed the frustrations that our parents had as they felt themselves having to work harder and harder to provide for their families. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not against hard work but when my father was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour, I went to the DHSS to see if I could get some benefits for him and my mum and was told that there was a 3 month wait-time. My dad was dead by then and hadn't received a single penny from all of the 43 years that he had worked, paying in National insurance for a pension that his dying at 57, didn't allow him to enjoy.
During his adult life, it really didn't matter which way he voted, it wouldn't have made a jot of a difference and election after election brought more and more divide between those that had and those that hadn't, not just in Scotland but in England, Wales and Ireland, too.
My vote (cast before I left Edinburgh) won't directly help those folk in other places but it may just give them the verve to get themselves heard by their politicians at their next election. It may just help them to realise that it's time for them to really pay attention to what they are being told and to look inside themselves to see what it is they want for their own little bit of the world.
There have been some pretty awful remarks made from both the Yes and No camps on FB/media which I have felt my blood boil at. Personal attacks on anybody really just are a reflection on the person posting them. Calling Andy Murray names for being in the Yes camp or JKR for being in the No camp doesn't make any sense to me. Nor does the thinking that one vote is stupid and the other isn't. Surely we all come at it from our own perspective and that's all we can do. I listen to my girls debate things all the time and have to referee when it gets personal. I advise them to agree to disagree because I can hear that neither one is seeing the others viewpoint. And so it is with this vote, for lots of people. You are a lucky person, if you have been able to be completely unemotional about this campaign.
Some would say that the Scots are being selfish and perhaps we are. But we are a nation full of kindhearted folk who don't like to make other people feel bad which translates into being walked all over by those who don't mind upsetting others to get what they want. I am hoping that tomorrow will bring, for Scotland, something that I have been working on for myself personally and that is the ability to say what we want and to not be scared by the reaction, judgement and conflict that may go with that.
Perhaps I could have tried to organise that there was some Bach Flower Remedies fed into the Scottish water supply over the last few days, eh? Agrimony (worrying about what others think/conflict) and Centaury (for standing up for what is right for us) along with some Cerato (trusting our intuition) and Scleranthus (for choosing between A or B) and finally some Walnut (for helping us to break free from something holding us back, to walk the path we're meant to be on and to adapt to change) would have served those on both sides of the fence well but more importantly, they would have helped those who are still struggling to make a decision.
Alas, I can't help anyone to make the decision that they have to make. All I can do is to share my thoughts. I've put them in this blog, rather than on FB because they are just my thoughts and I have no proof of who was lying or of what will happen if there is a Yes vote for Independence. All I can do is vote for what I personally believe in and that is that the people of Scotland will be a better people in an Independent country where they are answerable to each other. I feel that the uncertainty of Independence feels better than the uncertainty of what Westminster will do to us next-even in the case of the NHS.
My hope is that, if on Friday we find we are heading towards Independence, those who have blamed the 'establishment' for their poverty and addictions will step up and take responsibility for themselves and make an effort alongside the rest of us to build a fair and caring society where we will all seek to help others and thereby help ourselves to be all that we can be. That none of us skulk away from working our hardest, with community spirit, to assist our elderly, those with disabilities (and those who care for them) and our youngsters.
To make sure that the lives of our children and our childrens children will be lived in a Peaceful and Loving society where everyone counts equally, is my wish for my homeland......isn't that every parents wish?
Enough now, Lx
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