That’s what I seem to be doing at the moment, just hanging around. I won’t go on about it, but I’m still not back training and I don’t expect to be any time soon, and when I finally do it’s going to be at nothing like the intensity I did before. It’s been three weeks now.
Work’s been pretty busy lately, but I’m on top of things there a bit more now so there’s less stress generally which is good. This was the first week in the last six where I didn’t light the barbecue, but a trip to my parents’ place yesterday lunchtime meant I didn’t go without my weekly dose of outdoor grilled meat. The weather’s been beautiful and I managed to top up my burn tan over the last week or so, there’s a chance I might even go brown at this rate!
Yesterday I helped a friend out with painting a shop, which was pretty far from my usual Sunday. Magnolia on purple isn’t easy, and you need at least two coats, but the sun was out and there was a good breeze so the paint was drying within minutes. There was an enormous feeling of satisfaction once it was clean, painted and emptied – and the Chicken Madras that followed was more than worth the effort. The Friday before a few of us headed up to Plymouth for a night out again, including moi avec knee support. I couldn’t dance much, but the great company and awesome music more than made up for it. Picking up my car and racing the rising sun home at 4am the next morning wasn’t much fun, but I really needed it.
I’m off to Worthing for training for a few days next week, and while the change of scenery will be nice I could do without the travelling. The quickest and easiest option for me is a hire car unfortunately. I’d love to go on the train, I love train trips, but it would mean a seven-and-a-half hour trip with two changes which isn’t much fun.
I’m off to go and enjoy the rest of my day off.