Monday, May 28th, 2007, 3:05 pm
I feel I've been so lazy recently. I haven't been to the gym for nearly two weeks and I didn't go to my running group last Wednesday either. In fact I seem to have done a lot of absolutely nothing over the last couple of weeks - I just don't seem to be interested in anything. So that means I have very little to write about!
I did run the race for life the weekend before this and was very pleased with myself for getting round in some where around 35 minutes - although I forgot to look at the time as I crossed the line!!
Pete and I had a very rare night out on Friday to celebrate our anniversary and had a very enjoyable meal at Wagamama's. And a very pleasant evening it was - we laughed until we were almost crying and that is something that hasn't happened in a very long time.
We spent saturday afternoon at Westonbirt. I hadn't been since I was a wee lass and Pete had never been. We are going to (despite saying it every year!) go again when the trees are lit up at Christmas.
And yesterday we took Pete's mum to see Pirates of the carribean - definately worth seeing if only for the lovely Messrs Depp and Bloom!!
Other than that, like I said, I've not been doing anything exciting or in the least bit interesting.
And this lack of anything happen also means a lack of new pictures - yes I do have hundreds of other pictures but they are all in a mess and need sorting out!
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007, 4:38 pm
Where has the last week and a half gone? I can't believe it is Wednesday already!
We had a lovely week off last week although it passed far too quickly for my liking. We did so much and I actually felt really quite good.
After our day shopping in Bristol we went to see Spiderman 3 (worth going if you haven't yet!), spent an afternoon at the beach, had afternoon tea at Hidcote gardens plus I got a couple of trips in to the gym and went running. After all of that we spent Friday at home. I had a session with my cpn in the morning and just spent the rest of the day pottering around home before we had friends over for dinner. So all in all a lovely week was had topped off with a lovely meal with lovely friends.
Saturday I ran my race for life and I have to say I was really pleased with how I did! I got round to 4 and a bit kilometres before I had to stop running and walk and then only for about a minute before I had did a glory dash for the finish! I finished in just over 35 minutes - but forgot to look at the time when I crossed the line!! I think the atmosphere kept me going!
And then it was back to work and I've not stopped since! It's nice to know that you were missed but I wish there was a better measure of it than the pile of typing that didn't get done!! Plus I've had to test out the new software we are having before another training session tomorrow which reminds me I must read the notes I brought home!
So as much as I would love to stay here and waffle away about nothing in particular I really must do something productive. No picture tonight because I shouldn't really be typing this any way and I can't find where the ones from last week are!
But just quickly before I go I just wanted to say a huge thank you to my lovely husband for sticking by me, as they say, in sickness and in health. It's our fourth wedding anniversary tomorrow.
Also sorry to everyone who's walls I haven't visited for a while - I will come back soon and scrawl on them, I promise!
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Monday, May 14th, 2007, 2:34 pm
How good does it feel to lie in bed until nearly 10 on a Monday morning knowing that everyone else is in the office? I can't even begin to tell you! And it was made even better by eating half a packet of chocolate biscuuits for breakfast!!
I wrote this great long post last night about all the things I intended to do with my week off and then thankfully the site or our internet fell over and it didn't post. Why thankfully? Because if it had been posted I would be obliged to do everything and so far I haven't done any of it! I hope by the end of the week my house will be up together and clean and I had written this great long list of all the little things I need to do - not very interesting for anyone reading but I thought it would be motivation to get on and do it! I can, at times, be horribly superstitious so I am taking this as a sign that I shouldn't have any targets and if things get done then all well and good but if they don't then what's the worst that can happen? I am at least on top of things enough not to get dysentery!
So today after I did get out of bed and eat half a packet of biscuits for breakfast Pete and I went into Bristol and spent the afternoon wandering around the shops. I bought these hooks from The Pier to hang up my ever growing collection of necklaces. Now I just need to get them put up! I thought they were quite sweet!
I also made quite a big achievement today. I cooked a meal for the first time in longer than I care to admit. Not much of an achievement? Maybe not for most people but anyone who has felt like I have over the past year or so then they will know how the smallest things can sometimes be so hard. Getting through a day still takes a huge amount of energy, especially when I'm at work. So it's nice to know that when I haven't worn myself out at work I can actually do other things even if it is only to provide a meal for me and my husband.
My other cat is acusing me of favouritism as I haven't put his picture on here yet - so here he is!
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Friday, May 11th, 2007, 4:15 pm
I know that I arranged next week off at the last minute but I've done everything I can to make sure that my work is as up together as I could get it. Plus I didn't even want next week anyway - I really wanted the week after the bank holiday but there was no one who could cover for me that week so I had next week to fit in with a project I'm involved in at work and so that my boss had typing cover. I did my best to make sure as much was done as possible and still that's not good enough. But I made it through the day (so far!) without crying, although I wouldn't get your hopes up too far!
I also made it through the morning without too much pain from my ankle but had to resort to bandaging it again at lunch time - maybe I shouldn't have driven this morning? But bless my lovely husband - he went and got the car so I didn't have to walk the usual 20 minutes from work. You've got to love him!
I still have no fixed plans for my time off - which is actually quite nice!
No picture tonight as I can't face looking through them all!
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Thursday, May 10th, 2007, 2:21 pm
When I was walking back to the car the other evening I found myself behind two very loud Americans (nothing against anyone who is American - they were just two very loud people!) and I couldn't help but over hear their conversation. I know that my English and grammar is a long way from being perfect but why did they have to insert the word 'like' into the middle of every sentence? It really sounded horrible and there's, like, no need for it! Anyway now that I've got that out of my system I feel a bit calmer - I don't know why but it's been bugging me for the last couple of days!
I can't believe that it is Thursday already - I was meaning to come back here and write and send messages to people over the weekend but with one thing another it didn't happen!
As you've seen already I had a stinking hangover on Saturday morning although it didn't last all that long - thankfully! I don't know how I managed to get so drunk on Friday afternoon and I was dreading going back into work on Tuesday for fear of just how much I had embarassed myself! Luckily the most embarassement I have had to suffer is people - who I really don't remember seeing! - asking if I got home ok and how I felt on Saturday!
Saturday was spent feeling a bit rough but once the worst had passed Pete and I took his mum out for the day as it was her birthday on Friday. We had a lovely day walking around Lacock village and the abbey where parts of Harry Potter were filmed. There was also filming going on for a new series starring Judy Dench but we didn't get to see her, or anyone else for that matter! We had a lovely lunch and all in all a good day was had by all.
That though is where the weekend starting go wrong. Both of our cats disappeared over the weekend - one on Saturday evening and the other on Sunday evening. A lot of time was spent walking and searching the streets for them. I even drove along the bypass to make sure that nothing had happened to them. They both came home at 3.30 on Tuesday morning - strolling in through the cat flap like nothing had happened! If I wasn't so pleased to see them I could thrown them both back out! Instead they were provided with fresh food and water and even milk and have been generally spoilt since.
I did manage to meet up with my friend who I'm doing the race for life with and get a practice run in on Monday - although I'm ever so slightly worried that I can't get round the distance. More on that in a minute - it could all go horribly wrong!
And that was the extent of my bank holiday weekend!
It's been a funny old week at work as well - things have been really picking up and I have been a lot busier than of late. Normally that would be good but it's been too much this week. I've been so tired and on Tuesday I even went back to bed for an hour when I got home! So I've had a chat with my boss and have managed to negotiate next week as annual leave. Which means I only have one more day at work - yippeee! But I have at least two days work to fit in - booo!
Yesterday I managed to trip up some steps (luckily noone was around to see so my pride at least remained intact!). I have bruises down both arms - I had bags in each hand so couldn't break my fall and so went straight down! I also bashed my knee but that seems fine now. The problem is my ankle which I have now had strapped up since yesterday evening. Last night I woke up at about 1am in absolute agony, my foot throbbing where it had swollen up so much - so it is quite possible that I definately won't be able to make the full 5k for the race for life.
Now I'm off to think about what I'm not going to be doing with my week off! But just before I do a picture for you - the provider of my lovely flower, my lovely husband posing in his flat cap!
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