On Yer Bike!

September 21, 2009 9:07 PM

Out and about this morning and with many a few errands to run in town I decide that I'll take the bike in and cycle there rather than take the car.

There are two reasons for this. 1, to park in our nearest town is a complete pain in the ass. There are about 10 free spaces and the rest you have to pay for and are not near the centre which is just rubbish, no wonder our town centre is starting to resemble a ghost town, no one can actually get to it to do any shopping. Madness.

Anyway, it takes me about 20 mins to get into town where I chain the bike up and get on with my odd jobs. The cycle back is quicker as it is mostly downhill and when I get home there is time to make a nice roast chicken sandwich which handily uses some of the left overs from yesterday's Sunday roast.... yum!

The afternoon is taken up with setting up the scanner on the computer upstairs since all the drivers etc got wiped the last time it went bang and starting the prep work on a gratis website I said I would do for a neighbour to help promote her business. Unfortunately she doesn't have any of the orginal brand artwork in digital format hence the need for the scanner so it's going to take a bit of time to digitize what I need onto the computer.

I also receive a delivery, it's the top I had ordered from Anna Scholz. Unfortunately I'd spoken to them earlier in the day and they didn't have the trousers I'd ordered to go with the top so I was pretty sure I'd be returning it anyway but I tried it on just in case. It was way too big so it's going back but I have ordered something else off her website in the hope that it might suffice (it was my first choice originally so lets hope gut instinct pays off this time!).

I also take Rupert and the neighbour's dog out for a walk together. With our trip imminent I am trying to get them used to each other as Rupert will be staying with them while we are away. There are definite signs of improvement, but if other events happen it may well be that Rupert can stay at home as we'll have house visitors while we are away in any event.

When Phil gets home we head on down to the gym. I don't think either of us really wanted to go (you can thank a couple of nights of no sleep for that) but make the effort anyway. Knowing how tired Phil gets from Wednesday onwards today really is the only chance he'll get to do his long routine. I manage to improve on my PI index from 20 to 22 on the treadmill which now puts me into the "very good" range! Yay! Shame it's only that good on the treadmill though, the other machines still have me on the "improvable list". My body is obviously tuned to walking up steep hills or something. Meh.

Gym session done we come home and I get on and do a quick dinner. Fish finger rolls for Phil and Singapore Noodles for me, both very nice. I also have chat with a friend on messenger, the result of which means we'll have a visitor by the end of this week which means I've a lot to do before then. Needless to say then I'll be busy, but in a good and excited kind of way!