The Negatives
I feel like I'm in a video game driving to work and every day is a new level with all the pot holes and flooding, I should be earning gold coins or something.
The Positives
I got a lot done this week. The van had its MOT and I packed for my trip to Northern Ireland, taking gifts up till the end of April and cards I wanted to make and letters to write. I'll be sleeping on my Son and DILs drive but spending the days and evenings in the house and using their bathroom and kitchen and I'll probably go out to the van once the grandchildren are in bed, so I'll have plenty of things to do to keep me occupied. I'll have to download some things to watch as the internet and 5G is intermittent outside.
Saturday 7th February Woke still stressing about work yesterday. Searched for some jobs online and found two I'll apply for. Did some of my jigsaw puzzle, made a card and wrote a letter to the grandchildren in Northern Ireland to say I'm looking forward to my visit next weekend. Did some tidying around, made a pack lunch and met my friend at the train station to go to Birmingham with her and her son for the football. We won 2-1. Home at 7pm, soaking wet and very cold. Had a bath, watched some telly and bed around 11pm. Finished watching Stranger Things.
Sunday 8th February Celebrated grandson's 1st birthday with a trip to The Forest of Dean. We had to plan the route around road closures and flooding. I got to finish this months book club read in the car on the way down and half way back, with Peter dropping me off on the Malvern Hills so I could trek back 7 km as part of my Marathon endurance training. It's definitely an endurance in this weather at the moment. I stopped for a coffee in town. I spent the early evening watching Liverpool v Man City, it was an exciting last 20 mins. Peter was asleep and I was stuck under the cat. I sorted through some crafts and gifts for mum trip next week. Picked up another book I'd started and wrote out a list of things I need to do before next week. Bath and bed.
Monday 9th February I’m not in a good place at the moment. I’m not interested in eating and I’m extremely agitated. It would be easy to just do nothing. I’ve got a tracker to help me focus on my marathon training and to ensure I read and do something nice each day. I’ve restarted an app to track my food intake to ensure I’m consuming the right calories each day and I’ve off loaded a game from my phone. The wilting daffodil looks like how I’m feeling.
Tuesday 10th February Home from work, got changed and Peter dropped me at the station with a few minutes to spare before I caught the train to Birmingham. Read my book on the way up, read my book in Starbucks for an hour then walked up to the stadium and read my book for an hour in my seat in the ground. Stood for the full 90 minutes for a 0-0 draw and left the ground 10 mins early to run/walk to the station for my train to Worcester (read my book on the way home) Peter picked me up at 11.40pm. Can't back to Malvern. Had a quick bath and into bed.
Wednesday 11th February Home from work, fired off a few parent emails, got changed and walked into town to the post office, bumped into a friend for a quick chat. Peter drove up to meet me for a coffee, did a bit of shopping, he took everything home. I ran/walked the long way home almost 8k, took me around an hour. I did some of my jigsaw, replied to an invite for volunteering at The Ryder Cup in 2027 (no guarantee I'll get a spot) watched a bit of TV, did some blogging and ran some updates on my laptop. Had a bath and in bed by 9.30pm to read.
Thursday 12th February Straight home from work and hung around for a telephone consultation from the GP. By 6pm he hadn't called so I sent to the retail park for a coffee and pick up a cheese cake and a few bits and bobs for my trip to Northern Ireland. I spent an hour in the gym and came home ready to have a bath. GP called at 8.45pm to approve new medication.
Friday 13th February Last day in school and non uniform day. Picked Peter up and we went for a coffee, bumped into neighbour with the kids and remind her to pop round later to put covers back on car seats, she forgot and was in her pjs when she came round at 8.30pm with her son. We played tic tac toe and he told me the story he wrote in school while she rebuilt the seats. I got everything ready for my trip away. An early night.
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Word of the week - Floods
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The potholes are so bad here too!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your time with your son and his family! Aww! Happy birthday to your grandson!
Sorry you weren't in a good place but it's good that you are did something about it.
It sounds like you have had a lot of football this week, I am keeping an eye on the score today with it being a FA Cup match. Eek!
I hope you have a wonderful time visiting your son and his family. Sleeping in the van will give you some peace and quiet when you need it.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear that things are hard at the moment, it sounds like you have out some nice things in place to help you. Doing even the smallest thing you enjoy can really help.
I'm sorry you are not in a good place, I hope the medication helps. I'm sure your trip will help, if there are not too potholes. It s good that you've downloaded apps to keep you eating and healthy. Your ability to run is fabulous, well done.
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