... back again.
You’ll have noted the three week gap, which has pretty much
coincided with me being on holiday. I took the decision that, given my working
life involves a lot of time looking at a computer screen, my holiday shouldn't.
So I haven’t. Just checked the email each day, largely to control the inflow of
stuff.
So, what to tell you?
I've had a wonderful break. I’ve caught up with a few
friends, and also visited my parents. I've caught up with the kids – always it
seems in ones and twos, but they are so busy doing their own stuff. And in my
brief offspring-related detour, I was delighted by middle son’s frankly stellar
GCSE results – he has learned a great lesson that hard work brings results. I
learned that lesson at age 40.
Health? Well. I set myself what with my work head on I would
call a stretch goal – if everything went well then one day I might get there.
And I am now only 2.5Kg* off it. That means I have since Easter now lost 30
pounds^. Over the holiday, with the exception of two days at my parents, I have
walked at least four miles every day (except today because of the rain) and
gone to the gym every day except one. And I have eaten healthily. I am absolutely
ecstatic with my achievement – my stretch goal looks possible for September.
Which meant I had to buy some new clothes. Not my favourite
experience, but feels good to have reduced the size that much. Of course (up
pops the negative part of Brain) it’s the keeping it off that is difficult. To
which I say frankly “bollocks”, let’s see in six months’ time.
Music? I am loving my Ukulele playing with Balham Ukulele
Society. It’s fun, and low pressure, but still something to work at. More seriously,
I sang at the Proms on Monday 18th – the Rachmaninov Choral Symphony
– “The Bells”. Wow. What a choir, what an orchestra, what a conductor, what a
reception. It was on Radio 3 and is still on IPlayer. The music may not be
everyone’s cup of tea, but it was such an experience. Hard work. Really hard work, but certainly worth
it.
So, that’s the catch-up download. Not a mention of Kate Bush
(23 days and counting and the tickets have arrived) or Peter Capaldi’s Doctor
Who (though I want a coat like that). And no mention of the stuff I have read
over the break – I’ll give you all that lot over the coming weeks.
It’s great to have been away, but it’s just as lovely to
come back.
* I’ve decided to go metric
^ It didn’t last – I can only think in imperial measures
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