The Wood for the Trees

I may be kidding myself, but I think I am getting about the same sleep as I always have but at different times.
As I have often said I am up really early.  Between 4 and 4.30 normally.  It would be a waste of time lying in after that as I generally do not sleep and if I do, it is really not good for me.  Instead I have a sleep in the arvo.  I am best for about an hour.  Beyond that I tend to be really groggy.  So I reckon in all I have 7 or 8 hours sleep a day.
In the awake time there are always things to be done.  Most things we enjoy while some are just “have to” things.  I do insist on a day off though.  I reckon that is good for my wellbeing.
But it is a fact of life that as I have gotten older I find some things more of a challenge.
That is why it has been great to have someone come in and do some things we want done.  The necessity of doing them precluded our getting to what we knew was needed as well.  So lately there has been someone coming and doing stuff that we have found really inspirational.  We actually feel like we are getting on top of the yard, whereas before it seemed to be getting the best of us.  I call the front a “bush garden”   I saw a snake in one area, so I call that area the “wildlife sanctuary” these days.
A friend of ours gave me the idea of calling outside areas “rooms.”  I think that is great.  There are five rooms at the front and each is tamed to the point where we can take it further.
I have been doing that.  On Friday I went and got 85 paver bricks (someone we know has a heap and said get them any time.  Win win really.)  I am using them for edging.  To both Merril and I it is looking great.
So yesterday I spent time in the yard in the morning.  Then we went to a community free lunch.  After the place was reorganized for church on Sunday we went home and had a sleep.  After that I did some more stuff in the yard.
We are happy campers.  It feels like we have gotten the balance right between work and rest.  Today is a day off from the yard.  I will, God willing, get into it again tomorrow while Merril helps and also does very necessary study.