Treats

Phil is taking one of his many remaining holidays today so it gives us the opportunity to spend plenty of time together by nipping into Oxford to indulge in a junk food lunch which I'd been promising myself for some time now as one of my goal treats.

First of all though I go down to the gym, and I do my usual routine but I'm constantly aware that my knee isn't quite right. It's not that it's painful or anything like that, but more like there is a weakness there which you're aware of and if you catch it right it feels a bit like your knee is giving way. I can only thing I've twisted it at some point and not noticed at the time. I guess I'll just have to keep an eye on it and get a support for it to prevent any more damage that my exercise might cause.

When I get back from the gym we then get ready to head on into Oxford and shortly after we're sat at our table in Pizza Hut and waiting for our meal. I have to say though wracked with guilt I did enjoy the meal so that made up for thinking about how many hours I might need to spend down the gym to circumvent any fat deposits building up! After we'd eaten we then go to get my knee support and then go to the toy shop with the intention of getting some gravel for Phil's train track. We do get that, but also end up with another purchase in the form of a Scalextric set! Yah, talk about a blast from the past - we used to have a Scalextric when we were kids but my sister and I burnt out the cars so quickly that my Mum eventually banned us from playing with it because it was getting to expensive to replace the cars :)

We then go back to the car and nip to the fish shop to get some replacement bulbs for the tanks and I also pick up some cockles in the shell for my puffer fish to give them more of a challenge at dinner time and then we go home.

As you can imagine it's not too long after we've walked through the door that Phil has laid out the Scalextric and we're zooming around like bandits seeing who can get the fastest time. I have to say Rupert didn't think too much of it, but it provided Phil and I with hours of entertainment at the end of which we'd manage to inflict body work damage to both cars - me losing the nose off mine and Phil ripping his front wing off and losing a break light! hehehe :) It was super fun and I think Phil was pleasantly surprised at my driving skills, I reckon I gave him a good run for his money :)

By the end of our grand prix there is just enough time to talk Rupert out for a walk and then we're all tired enough that going to bed seems like a good option.

Posted by Abi on the August 7, 2006 9:53 PM