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The little things....


So again slightly late with the blog this week, mainly because the usual Wednesday was consumed by work and the preparation for a family camping trip.

This trip has been a good thing for me, a time to reflect on the little things in life....

We spent the weekend in our own county, within an hour or so of our own house. Yet despite being so close to home at times I couldnt have felt further away. 

It will sound crazy considering we have an 8 person inflatable tent that cost the price of a small family holiday to benedorm! Electric hook up with LED strip light through out. 

It really is home away from home!

Yet I type this telling you how at times I felt so far away from my “normal” home life. 

Tracking food had gone out the window.. no internet mean’t no myfitnesspal. Dinners were simplistic and easy to cook, feeding 7 people with a two hob electric cooker and a microwave was a blast.

However 3am pitch black and needing a wee mean’t my homely luxeries were well and truely missed! Tripping over flip flops, dodging guide ropes. And the loudest zip to open the tent you could dream! But on the good side my NEATUP247 improved no end! I hit my daily steps without even checking, or having to add in a small walk! 

James walked 2 miles for water....

Sounds like a children in need advert doesn’t it! 

I missed the luxeries of running water at my finger tips, having time to reflect on my own toilet! And not one some snotty nosed 6 year old has oissed all over. 

I missed having wifi to connect with the outside world. 

I missed my cpap machine for my sleep apnea and can not wait for a decent night sleep! 

But I enjoyed my three days, with my family.. none of those missed things, just chilling in shit camp chairs, talking crap until 2300 over a hot chocolate. 

I enjoyed the little things in life I often forget...

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