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Returning to the scene of the crime

Today I drove into work and parked in the same car park where I had my accident last week. I am using the rental car as I won't get BZZYBE back until next week.  It was with much intrepidation that I entered the car park, and you will be pleased to hear that I did not hit anything.

On a completely separate topic, my family are very passionate people, and we sometimes get tunnel vision about things.  Some might say we approach life in one of two ways: at full speed or we are completely stationary. While this can be great, it can be a bit full on for those who have to live with the effects of the full speed, and frustrating for those who have to experience us when we are stationary.

I am trying very hard at the moment to be more balanced in my approach to life.  But man, it is hard!! When I enjoy something, I want to do it lots. When I don't like something, I don't want to do it at all. The realities of life and being an adult is that you can't be that extreme. I need to work at finding the middle ground.

Balance - easy to write, hard to achieve!

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