Table is set
I have obviously painted a wonderful picture that if it were a real object, would fetch millions at auction?! However, it is really just a couple of stick men with the odd splash of colour – just to put things into perspective for you?!
My jogging each morning is really a faster way of getting the dog exercised than walking and I really don’t go far or fast but I DO get out there come rain or rain (with our recent weather) and that is the most important part of moving more…..the doing…..I promise it’s no more than that. Sounds simple?! Well, no, it takes a lot to do it and I am certainly stuck at a 20/25 minute level covering anything from 1.6 to 2.4 miles….nowhere near my goal of 3 miles (in any amount of time at the moment). The current “this week’s” obstacle to me achieving that mission is the fact that I jog to myself saying the beat “Thames Path, Mud Bath, Thames Bath, Muuuud….(slip) Bath, T….Thammmes Bh….(slip and slide), Mud…..splutter (mud splashed up to face) etc.!
So don’t be fooled or put off by the amount I seem to be doing!
To add insult to this I didn’t make my Saturday Parkfit. This was not an impromptu duck out - I was still in London recovering from a dinner I hosted the night before so just had to work very hard at trying to get rid of a hangover….was it worth it? YES! This was meant to be a Dine for Macmillan night but sadly the invitations arrived far too late and having issued just a “save the date with more details to follow”, I actually felt a bit uncomfortable changing the boundaries the week before, especially where money is concerned. I did however let my diners know that that was the original idea but I would just do it officially next time!
Saturday wasn’t totally wasted however, as there was an Open Day at my tennis club so down I went and joined in. It was the first proper game I had played in over 12 years and my secret is now out that my tennis is as wild as it is at cardio tennis! It was doubles and you swapped partners / opponents after the first couple have got to 7 games so you got to play with lots of different people which was great fun. I did try really hard too to keep the ball in play and even ran for balls that were just dribbled over the net – so much so that I slid….like, really slid….and went down…..my back and head hit the ground but the ouch was my hand - looking at the bruising a day on, I must have smashed the palm of my hand (by the thumb) on the end of my racket on the ground….but I got up and kept playing. It’s funny…..cancer or falling over…it’s all the same, you just have to pick yourself up and keep going?! An ice pack and glass of wine afterwards certainly helped numb the pain of the effects of the fall, if only the cancer could be so easily blocked out. Oh, and just in case you were wondering, for all that effort and acrobatics….I didn’t get the ball back over the net!!! I did come runner up for the afternoon however which I was really chuffed about.
Sunday morning was Cardio Tennis and actually, with a swollen, black, blue and purple hand, my shots were actually a lot better as I physically couldn’t hit is as hard as I possibly could every time!! The afternoon was then spent doing another lovely walk with my husband and the dog and I can still smell the scent of the “mustard field” and just the green, green rolling hills all around us and BLUE sky…wow, what a difference a bit of sunshine makes. And now I think I have definitely deserved my wine!
Have wonderful weeks all round and remember to keep moving. And if the sun does what it’s meant to and comes back at the end of the week after a few days off, this could be the week I attempt a cycle to work!
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