idyll

....hot hot sunny summer days... I wish they would never end but I am back to work in a week for six weeks. I know I have nothing to moan about - even when I work I often get most of the day off when we have a performance, and working for such a short finite period is really ok as you have a cut off point to look forward to, and I really love my work.... but I have enjoyed myself so much - particularly this week with my husband off work too (he was supposed to go on tour to Russia but a last-minute cancellation meant that he got to stay home with us and still get paid - perfect!). We have had a lovely happy bonding growing time all three of us together - sharing our lives so intimately and with such joy and love. My life has slowed down and with my focus on my baby bird rather than career (although that doesn't mean I am without ambition still!) I feel that the quality of my life has dramatically improved. I no longer feel the pressures of a capitalist society (much anyway) to achieve and acquire and posses and own. I am lucky to be able to feel this - I know it is a privileged feeling - I have a home and income and a partner to share these responsibilities and so I have a life filled with comfort. I am lucky. I am content.