I’m not actually taking any time off the break is more emotional than physical. Break is also probably a bit dramatic, because I am just a bit tired and it feels like it’s been winter for about a thousand years.

Did I mention I was feeling a bit dramatic?

I should be feeling positive because I am making real progress at the farm again finally, my new medication appears to be working and I’m hoping the specialist agrees that I am in remission. Instead I’m just feeling a bit flat from spending so much time alone at the farm. Neither the children nor the cat seem keen to spend wintery wet days working in an unheated cabin with no windows, or digging out drainage canals by hand. I can’t blame them really, I would prefer to be in town taking a nap near a heating vent to.

I’m really pinning my hopes on spring providing a mood boost and a garden with more than dead leaves and empty pots…