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Dark and Dreary

After days of glorious sunshine when we all moaned it was too hot, we had a day of rain and storms and now it's just dark and dreary and bleurgh.

Today I will be doing nowt. Well I took Gnome to the library twice and helped at Junior Club and we have the Tesco run to do but other than that nowt.

Tomorrow I will have to get up early to do my long run before hubby goes to work and then Gnome has Boys Brigade to go to then more nowt!

I had 10hrs sleep last night yet today I am still very tired and drained and I seem to have gained 2lb :-( Maybe last week's 2lb off was dehydration not sure. Anyway still lighter than i was and that's what counts!

Next week is the last week of the Spans Plan part I and then we start Part II.

Oh and Brass Monkey is On!!!! Yep Hubby has said OK and we may even make a family weekend of it as the 16th is his burpday!! So I now have a pukka race to aim for rather than the fun ones I have lined up! Just need to get a place now!!

Comments

beanz said…
TOTM??

enjoy your rest day - I am!
12:07 PM, June 25, 2005
Evil Pixie said…
beanz that was last week! Delayed reaction perhaps!!
3:23 PM, June 25, 2005
Cath Delaney said…
Pix: used to take me a week or 10 days to get rid of post-TOTM bloat. And glad BM is shaping up.

Cath
:o)
5:14 PM, June 25, 2005
Evil Pixie said…
thanks Cath - hope you are right! I think last week was lower than it should have been due to dehydration anyway as I didn;t drink much sundya afternoon knowing there was only 1loo stop on the way home!
9:47 AM, June 26, 2005
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