I Spy

Another busy day for me today, and after getting some usual chores out of the way in the morning I decide to take a trip to the garage that currently has my car in for repairs.

You see they have an online tracking system which allows you to see how well they are doing with your car, and since the progress metre hasn't moved much for a week I thought it would be a good idea to nip down there on the excuse of "needing something out of my car" to go have a look see and get an update in person.

And again, without satnav I have to rely on google maps and Phil to get me there, and when I do finally arrive it's quite difficult to park amongst the graveyard of 100's of recently deceased motors, some of which obviously met their demise in tragic circumstances.

I did get to see my car, ravaged of its bumper and a good chunk of the side where the panel has been cut out ready for the replacement - it was looking very sorry for itself I have to say. I also got to have a chat to the manager about the completion date of the car, whether or not they'd noticed that the back door doesn't shut properly and if they were dead sure of the colour they need to respray it with and also how they'd make sure the rear parking sensors all worked ok. I got good replies on most of them, and was quite relieved when he told me that they ship the car back to BMW to make sure everything is ok once they'd finished their part of the job. As for the completion date, well it's suppose to be the 30th, and I hope they stick to it too, because other wise I've another problem to try and resolve and that's how on earth I'm suppose to get to the airport, cos sure as eggs is eggs their aint no way that me, phil and a suitcase can all get into this car in one go. Fingers crossed for the time being however.

In the afternoon I went in for my fitness assessment with my personal trainer - never have I been so intimate with a pair of callipers and tape measure! Ho hum, it was good fun though and the end result was worth it because after all the sums were done we got a pretty good numerical / graphical view of my current state of fitness, and therefore what we need to do to improve the figures (the numbers and of course my own profile!). After that we did a mini work out session for 30 mins, which was a killer, but the time flew by having someone to chat to and to encourage me as well.

I've got my next session booked for Thursday, I'm only slightly dreading it based on the fact that I'll be working out for an entire hour, and let me tell ya, the personal trainers idea of working out, and my idea of working out are quite dramatically at either ends of the scale hehehe ;)

Posted by Abi on the January 23, 2006 9:23 PM

sjon at January 25, 2006 6:53 AM