Wednesday 27th June

Wednesday 27^th June

I was once an active, participating member of this family, or at least I thought I was! You know, one of the main cogs in the ever turning wheel of life…..   Competently able to direct sons to missing socks, a daughter to the elusive piece of homework, a reminder to hubby about his overflowing diary commitments and social engagements………….. Now I feel like a piece of flotsam or jetsam (what’s the difference?) on the seashore down at Gorey harbour!!

n maritime law, flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict describe specific kinds of wreck. The words have specific nautical meanings, with legal consequences in the law of admiralty and marine salvage.^[1]
Flotsam is floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo. Jetsam is part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is purposefully cast overboard or jettisoned to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore. Lagan (also called ligan^[2]) is cargo that is lying on the bottom of the ocean, sometimes marked by a buoy, which can be reclaimed. Derelict is cargo that is also on the bottom of the ocean, but which no one has any hope of reclaiming.

Well, so glad I looked that up!! Let’s hope I don’t end up as DERELICT!!

I had an invitation to a ‘healing’ service at Church this morning, it was very calming and in many ways therapeutic, of course I was exhausted afterwards, and I had fully intended to supermarket shop….. However lunch and a rest was more important (even tidying the house and hanging washing out requires EFFORT!)

I have enjoyed looking at my new gardening magazines (thanks Jdlh) so even if my body is not able to hoe and weed and prune, I can instruct others!!! (Who am I kidding- they don’t listen!!)

Son no 1 enquired when his aunt was next over, and had she booked her flight? I thought that’s so sweet, he obviously misses her and is looking forward to her arrival this year. The myth was blown out of the water when he added – the gravel desperately needs weeding!!!!

Caught up with lots of work colleagues at Ransoms this afternoon, we can’t believe how fast this school year has gone, they only have about 3 weeks left before the end of term.  (My days/weeks blur into hospital/chemo/recovery cycles!)

“While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness is not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.”                           H G Wells