Aslaug's Axe Shed

It can’t be overestimated. So this will be one of the shortest blog-post I’ve ever made, just to let you all know I did something nice for myself today. I had planned on buying myself a top-hat. Or rather, a John Bull … which is a slightly flatter variety. I rather like the look of those things. Instead, I came across this AMAZING little tea-shop. They sold soooo many varietities and I was utterly gobsmacked from the second I set foot inside. The scents were incredible. So I walked away with nearly a pound of tea … cinnamon, cardamum, chai and rooibush with almonds and cinnamon.

MEGA-noms!

From there, I walked to a music store and bought myself a CD I’ve wanted for years, and now I’m listening to it, drinking cinnamon tea from my huge, cauldron shaped mug.

Ireland is in spring, and I love this country. I am surrounded by wonderful people, I have the nicest colleagues, and I got a HUGE compliment today, from Line … the most distinctly elfin person I think I have ever met (and on the odd offchance that you’re reading this, Line, that is meant as a sincere and heartfelt compliment!) … who told me that she was amazed at how quickly I was picking up the things I need to know at work. That was a real relief too, since I’ve been worried if I wasted people’s time with stupid questions too often.

No, honestly folks … I am happy. Truly, -truly- happy. Happier than I have been for ages. I wake up smiling. I go to bed feeling good about myself. Time doesn’t fly past because there is nothing to look forward to. It passes at a good pace, where I feel I accomplish something, every day.

All I need to make things truly perfect is that my readers begin to comment on my forum again But I’m sure that’ll come back at some point.

I walked through St. Stephens Green on the way to the Luas home … stopped by the Nornenbrunnen (the well of the Norns), a statue of the three Norse fates, given to Ireland by Germany in thanks for the help given to German children after WWII, by the Irish people.

I prayed for a moment, and gave sincere thanks of my own to the Norns themselves, for having spun this thread for me, having led me to this place in my life, where I feel so content and at peace with myself that I haven’t even had nightmares for a month.

As some of my close friends can tell you, that is UNHEARD of. I haven’t had a single bad dream for a whole month. No dreams of my own grizzly death.

So this is what contentment feels like?

I could get used to it.