Good Morning everyone.
I'm currently near Looe in Cornwall, in a small holiday apartment with a stunning view across a beautiful bay.
Arriving yesterday after an extremely tiring and frustrating 7hr journey by car (hubby drove) I then found myself with the task of making up 3 beds (I had to bring own bed linen as part of covid requirements, and son & girlfriend arriving later in week)...a job I find exhausting at best of times, then unpack the suitcases and pay a visit to the supermarket.
These few tasks alone took several hours, and as all of you will understand, resulted in me experiencing complete & utter exhaustion! Imagine my horror then, when we unfortunately discovered that the apartments 'deep clean' described on the website, had definitely not been undertaken by the apparently 'new' cleaning company. We discovered really 'fluffy'/dusty surfaces everywhere and carpet that clearly hadn't seen a vacuum cleaner. The kitchen surfaces still had some breadcrumbs on them and when I made up the beds I discovered a hairslide and a used plaster behind one!!
So...only one thing to do!!....I had to start cleaning/sanitising our holiday apartment myself. Obviously we've complained but I didn't want to be waiting for the cleaners to return...it needed sanitising swiftly. Needless to say, I was on my knees by the evening and feeling completely wiped out. NOT the start to the holiday I'd hoped for!
By now, I was feeling really fed up and disappointed and almost wishing I was back home, but after a knock down, you pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get on with it.
So!.....David cooked us both a lovely meal and then persuaded me to walk the 2min walk to the beach bar, where I had my first prosecco in a very long time and watched the sun go down from the shore. Was simply beautiful. When I finally got into bed, I was definitely feeling somewhat 'wired' after such an exhausting and stressful day and was very concerned about the impact it would all have on my general well- being for the next day or so.
As I settled down under the duvet, all I could hear was the sound of the sea......the gentle lapping of waves as they rolled in and the occasional seagull. I slept like a log in a really comfy bed and awoke this morning to the sound of the gentle lapping of the waves on the beach again. I feel refreshed and so much better than I'd expected to. Just lying in bed now, listening to the sea, is so therapeutic..... calming, soothing, healing. I truly thought I was going to be completely out of action today, but a good night's sleep with nature's wonderful influence has somehow alleviated that. I feel rested, calm, content and most importantly...Happy!
Don't misunderstand me.....I intend to have a very restful day and take it really easy as I know yesterday's experience will have some consequences if I don't react appropriately over the next few days, but how glorious a feeling to have woken, just for once, free of the 'expected' complications of 'having done too much'!
I absolutely love the sound of the sea and to have it sending me off to sleep for the next 2wks feels like it will be balm to the wounds. I wish I could capture it in bottles and send you all some.
Just shows you that sometimes the 'expected' can become the 'unexpected'!
The sound machine looks like a radio, sits somewhere on a surface near where you are, whether you want it while you sleep, or to create ambience during the day, and you can set it to make different sounds. 
Am I just being a wuss?
Can someone tell me this will improve........?
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