Friday 6 September 2019

Friday

Good morning, everyone.  Despite having an energetic day yesterday, I am wide awake way too early.  I've long since given up on trying to nod off again when it's like that so here I am, tap-tap tapping at the keyboard.  With any luck I will get a bit more snooze a bit later.

Yesterday was another gloriously sunny day, albeit not exactly a heatwave!  It's nice to see such bright sunshine and I'm hoping it continues so that the tomatoes keep on ripening!  After all, there's a limit to how much green tomato chutney one can actually get through!

I didn't get the paperwork sorted out yesterday.  It's strange how many excuses one can find to avoid certain tasks, isn't it?  However, I did get a pile of ironing done and put away so that was good.

The personal training thingy was fun.  When Lindsey opened the door to my knock, I thought she looked familiar and she was.  It turns out I taught her son through year one around fifteen years ago - she's changed her name since then so it wasn't familiar.  One of the many things about having taught so long in the same area.
So that started things off well.
Quite a lot of the first session was spent talking.  She asked about general health, diet, aims and expectations, etc, before taking me into her little gym.  After a warm up, she focused on toning and resistance stuff, making notes as we went along.  She will use them to write a full programme for me.
I think it's going to be helpful.

I didn't spend a lot of time in the kitchen but I did skin some tomatoes to freeze whole.  I freeze them in twenties (they are little tomatoes) which is more or less a portion when they're cooked.  I'll probably do some more again today as they're a very useful thing to have and shop tomatoes do get so tasteless in the winter months.

Tuition also went well.  My eleven plusser is now in the final few weeks before the test itself; there's just two more sessions before we stop.

At SW group, I got on the scales with huge trepidation and was very pleasantly surprised to discover that the expected gain was just half a pound.  That made my day, it really did, I couldn't stop smiling.

So, all in all, it was a really lovely day!

Today there's just one thing in the diary - aqua class at one o'clock.  Oh, and the lovely cleaners, so before I go to Aqua, I need to make sure the place is tidy.  I'm sure to be very sleepy later on so will probably have an afternoon post-swim snooze, thankful that nowadays I can!

Well, I'm starting to feel a bit drowsy so maybe it's time to go back up and give sleep another whirl.  I hope you're all sleeping sweetly as I type this and have a great Friday.
xx


8 comments:

  1. It really is one of the few delights to being retired you can just go and have a snooze when you need one so the rotten nights or early starts are not a problem.

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    1. It really and truly is. No specific timetable to work to (usually) and another hour can mnake all the difference in the world.
      xx

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  2. Love your new photo as header, Joy, it's a joy you might say!
    I think I would tidy up first if I engaged cleaners. I'd be frightened, though, of them breaking things, which is silly because I can break things just as easily! And with all my books and magazines and china and what have you, it would be difficult for a cleaner to actually clean ... I know things which have loose lids, wonky handles, and so forth, so I like to do my own cleaning. But one day I expect I will have to get help. Yesterday husband cleaned all the windows on the inside as the window cleaner came the day before and now both sides are sparkling - well, until it rains! But I think of housekeeping as exercise as I don't go to a gym or a pool or anything like that, but we do walk as often as we can.
    Have a lovely weekend, Joy,
    Margaret P

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    1. Aw, thank you!
      I do know what you mean. I resisted having one for a long time. However, although some may think teachers only work from nine to three thirty, that is far from reality and I just didn't have the time or the energy so gave in. In retirement, it is a gift to myself really. But I don't have anything like the nick nacks you have and, if I did, I would be concerned for them so I know what you mean.
      You have a lovely weekend too, Margaret - doing anything pleasant?
      xx

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  3. Perhaps your cleaners would kindly do your paper pile too! Often when I know I have to do a pile of paperwork something always usually gets in the way. Your PT sounds promising.

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    1. LOL!! Somehow - no, just no! ;-)
      Yes, she does, doesn't she?
      xx

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  4. Good news about the tiny gain as you thought it would be much more. The trainer sounds good and I hope it works for you. I know without even trying that I don't have the self discipline for anything like that. How was aqua?

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    1. Aqua was great, thanks. I really feel I've been worked. We will see how well the training pans out. I can't afford it for long, not once a week anyway, so we will see.
      xx

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