What could you do differently?

Change can be a wonderful thing, liberating and empowering  or simply downright fun.

It can also be devastating, if you hadn’t planned it.

The DP was about doing things differently, but although that’s not the same as change, they are related. There is a shift involved.

As some of you may have gathered so far, I’m living a little life right now with Patch. Happily going about the day and not wanting to do anything differently.

Change has been my middle name for more years than I care to remember. So when I first read today’s prompt (a sneak peak yesterday)  I thought to myself,’ nah, not having it’ no change for me, matey. Not a chance. I’m okay as I am, thanks very much.

So, this morning, Himself let me know he wanted to go out around 4am. I wasn’t bothered. It meant he was sorted for a while.

Opening the door I could see the snow and ice which had been around for a while had gone, and it wasn’t as cold. Mmm, that’s different. He came back in and went straight to his bed, where it was warm, instead of following me back upstairs.

It was bliss getting back into my cosy bed, ( but i do prefer it if my best buddy is next to me) and I knew nothing until gone 8.30am. That was a change I welcomed.

Patch didn’t want his breakfast and was not eager to go out. Not his usual behaviour, I decided to go with it and not worry, there and then.

I put the radio on ( a world waiting to implode,nothing new there) fed the birds, had my breakfast, pottered around a bit, and then sat down next to Patch to do  Zen Word, my grey matter work out.

With that done I decided to hand feed him cooked chicken. That way, I’d know if we had an issue or not. But he ate it up and it gave him enough of a boost to start his day.

Outside, His Nibs decided to bypass his regular brief visit to the nearby green space. Instead waiting firmly by the car.

I had a little think where to take him, we get there and someone is in our  ( limited) space ( how dare they!) So we went elsewhere, parked up and himself led me to a gate to a field/bridleway we had never been down before. It was lovely. The sun came out, and we blew away a few cobwebs

Why am I telling you all this? Well, there I was thinking beforehand I’d not be doing anything differently this morning and then with a life of its own, it was all change.

( Even the postman thought it would be different to deliver two pieces of mail for two other neighbours through my letterbox, just now)

Amazing to think we are in control