I wouldn’t have liked to be Robinson Crusoe. I like my own company but I’d prefer to share it with a freezer full of wonderful food, a comfortable chair and a sanctuary of a bed. Truth to tell, I think solitude is luxurious!
Alone is a neutral word, neither happy
nor sad, but loneliness is horrid. I
like solitude, alone-ness freely chosen and embraced. Many days I see no-one, but I have up to two regular phone
calls so I am not totally alone.
I talk to myself quite a lot because I
get the best answers from myself. I don’t
want to argue with anyone and when I am alone there is little danger of
that. I can do what I want when I want:
I had two lovely snoozes yesterday and spent a couple of happy hours
listening to Radio 4 podcasts whilst I crocheted.
My diet is, to put it bluntly,
idiosyncratic. All I fancied for
breakfast was a toasted cheese and chutney sandwich and I enjoyed it so much I
had the same again for lunch. And both
went down well with a P G Wodehouse short story (audiobook).
I live in a state of chaos. Honestly.
I’m very untidy and the cleaner’s main function is to spur me on to make
the place moderately tidy. She comes
once a fortnight so I can still have twelve days of chaos between visits.
If anyone phones to say they’re on the
way I have a well-rehearsed dash-and-stash routine but it may take me a while to
find the bed before I retire. That’s OK:
I enjoy visits from friends: happy to see them come and happy to see them
go.
Anybody else like their own company best?
I prefer to be at home, I do share this space with my hubby, we like the same music and love reading, so plenty of quiet time together.
ReplyDeleteYou sound like a happy lady.
DeletePre-covid I spend a lot of time on my own - son at college and husband at work during the day - but now there are 3 in the house all the time. I miss being able to get my head down and do something from start to finish without interruption and I also miss being able to have lunch at whatever time I wanted. I also miss being able to go out without having to check in with 2 other people first. It is nice having other people to call on when I need help though and we do have a lot of laughs, so perhaps I shouldn't grumble too much!
ReplyDeleteLife's never perfect but we all do our best!
DeleteI have never minded being alone, I like my own company. But I miss the company of my husband terribly. I do talk to my plants!
ReplyDeleteThey probably give very good replies!
DeleteBeing alone has never really bothered me. Probably because I am an introvert and being around people for long periods of time drain me. I sometimes wonder how I ever was the Youth Coordinator for our parish. I often talk to myself as I give great answers to questions and there is never an arguement.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I like being alone and I have lived alone for the past nearly 11 years after my daughter moved out (first to go to grad school and then, because she found a job in the same city). Although, she came down for an extended stay during Covid and, again, when she injured her foot. But, now, funding cuts have made her job insecure to say the least and she is moving down to live with me. So, I shall not be alone from the end of this month and that won't be a bad thing, either. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry about her job insecurity but I hope you enjoy each other's company. It sounds as though you don't get the chance to get out of practice at that!
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