My Journey

Yes folks, today I am 38 years old. And I have so much to be thankful and grateful for. The least being the delicious cake I shared with my 3 favourite people. To ensure we had enough for a taste and a sing-along, but not enough for me to keep eating, I bought a mini marble mud cake from Michele's. Yummmmm

And the reason for partaking of this delicacy prior to the actual day?? Good question. The answer is that at 9:50am this morning I will be flying over to Adelaide to spend the weekend with my Mum and Dad. By myself. With no children. Or husband. I think it will be WONDERFUL.... Not that I won't miss them. A little. (ok a lot!) But I know that I will enjoy it because it is only 2 nights. 2 nights of blissful peaceful sleep where I know I won't have to keep my 'ears' open even when sleeping. 2 nights when I am pretty much assured of waking up without little feet curled up under my ribcage (though I actually do love that!). 2 days of being able to walk on the beach without having to think out and plan the entire trip to make sure I have enough nappies, cream, wipes, toys, snacks, sunscreen, hats, etc. Don't get me wrong, I would not change my life in a heartbeat (unless it can be the same but with more money LOL) and I do realise how incredibly lucky I am to have such special people in my life, but I am still happy that I have this opportunity to re-charge my batteries. Do batteries recharge better when soaked in wine? Hmmmmm wine....

Now what have I been up to?

KUTA
This is going really well and I am happy to report that the scales are going down, the energy is going up, and the belief in myself is increasing. I still need to maintain the focus and after a brilliant week 1, week 2 and week 3 are a little slower, but I am still going and am determined that I will not let up.

GCC
Nope, this hasn't finished yet. We are on day 105 and I have walked 1,779,841 steps, Avg 11km/day, Total km (based on 65cm gait) 1,147kms. We are currently in Alaska getting ready for our trek across North America. The Challenge finishes on 25th October and I don't think we will reach the finish line in China but I think we are still doing OK. We are still in the top 10 of our company and in the top 100 of the entire challenge. I should get some good stepping done in Adelaide, walking Mums dog, and the Royal Show is on and we will be walking around all the pavilions.

Avon
Ding Dong. I am now an official Avon Lady. And I am really enjoying it. I think because I can take the piss out of myself and have been hamming it up a little I have endeared myself to a few people and am beginning to make this little venture work. It is only my 2nd campaign (see the 'official' speak is already sneaking into my vocabulary LOL) and I think I am doing OK. It has been great for getting those extra Saturday walks as I wander around the neighbourhood and I have met some nice people too that were lucky (or unlucky) enough to be in their yard / garden / drive way when I walked past. We shall see where it leads :)

My New Love
No I haven't traded Mark in for a new model. I got myself a fantastic exercise bike courtesy of Mary. After doing an honest assessment of my lifestyle and my evening habits I realised that I needed to do something extra but it had to be something that I could do sitting on my tail. The TV workouts are still good, and I need to work them back in, but sitting on a bike and pedalling for half an hour is just brilliant. Actually it's bloody hard work. I can't believe that I can walk for 14.7kms and suffer only the indignity of sunburn and a couple of sore toes, but 20 minutes on the bike makes me look like I have never exercised in my life before!! It sure is a reminder that the body gets used to particular exercise and movement and we need to shake ourselves up from time to time. So biking it is for me - for now. I am endeavouring to get on every day. 30 minutes one night, 10 minutes the next, and I will build up from there. It has been fun and I can see it is something that will be easy to keep up.

Okey dokey I need to go to bed. Thank you to all you wonderful people who have been checking in on me, sending me emails, catching up with me in 'real life' and for making me feel special with little birthday surprises. *mwah* to you all. I am packed, I have an Avon book with me (hey you never know!) and a great new book that I am desperate to begin.

I can see it is going to be a great weekend. See you all next week :D

Posted by Margaret on Friday, September 08, 2006 at 1:11:00 am | Permalink