I visit York on sunday it was raining and wasn’t the best day to go as I have since got a horrendous cold. But I want to see a collection of ghost around york from wire that will be gone by the beginning of next month. so aMnada and I went to see them 
I also visited Waterstones and got as couple of books. But this isn’t a book haul post. I have had a lot of time of work this last six months. We had a huger change around at work, lots new staff at my level. I hadn’t cope with this well. Added to that, Amanda had been in constant pain with a back problem and pain in both her wrists. This means she has been getting up and down a lot during the night for the last twelve months. Which has an impact on my sleep, and I take her to work, which means I wake up between 5-6 every morning. I work three or four longs a week at my job. Anyway, with this, I have just been for the last twelve months getting tired and tired. I need to loss weight but this is hard. When I’m constantly exhausted. So I have to cut back somewhere. I can’t afford any more time of sick. Amanda health isn’t going suddenly get better. We are slowly trying to get a second bed, etc, but we need to get wardrobes built in our room, which we will have done next month. So I have to find some space and the only thing I can do is cut back on my reading and blogging. The two go hand in hand. I have pushed myself to keep up with the postings I did many years ago. However, with my stats not being that high, I get 140 views a day on average, which is up this year. But seemingly a lot lower than other bloggers. So i am going to put the blog on the back burner this winter I will post a post here and there. But this will take me off the feeling of having to read for content, which is what it has felt like for the last few years. I need to take a breath relax. Sink into a book slower than I have been and just come back here probably every 7-10 days I hope to post a review. I hope that maybe in the new year, we will have a few things sorted. Hopefully, Amanda will be driving and not need me to take her to work. I can get a better sleep pattern and hopefully get my room sorted out to blog in as it is a little chaotic since we moved, and I need to sort a new book and my records in order, I want to get a new iMac to blog from. But none of this is possible when I am constantly fatigued, as I am at the moment. I hope less reading time will also help me get fit as I need to go back to the gym. Hopefully, in new year I’ll be back to blogging as I have but for now see you in a week or so
Thanks Ann after so many years I just need slow a bit
you sound like you need to take a breather; enjoy a slow winter and I’ll enjoy reading your blogs when you feel able to write them, but it is meant to be fun!
I really enjoy reading your blogs and through them I have found so many wonderful books so thank you so much for that, however your health and wellbeing comes first so take care of yourself. Slow reading over winter may be just the remedy?
Yeah, the constant pressure can get to be a bit much, especially when you’ve got other things going on in your life. Hope the slowdown helps 🙂
Firstly, thank you for sharing the ghosts made from wire, I’ve never seen anything so clever!
Secondly, you sound a bit overwhelmed and why wouldn’t you be when so much is not going well. I think you have made a smart decision. We love your blog and we love your reviews, but not at the expense of your health and wellbeing.
So take your time, get the practical things sorted bit by bit and hopefully things will gradually improve.
Best wishes to Amanda too:)
That sounds like a sensible choice; we do this to enjoy it, as well as to get certain other things (I get a sense of connection to the outside world, but I work for myself from home so that’s something I need to add through other stuff like blogging). Have a good winter reading what you fancy and getting things sorted out. I also love the wire ghosts, never seen anything like that before.