I can't believe the week has flown by, it was just Monday!! With such a busy week it's a wonder I managed to run at all. You'll be pleased to know I did, twice!
The week began with the much anticipated arrival of my younger sister, KSis, and my Dad. In my mind I had set all these goals to have the house all but finished by the end of November for my father's arrival. Physically I fell short, there is still so many little things still to be done. My eye notices them all, but I am learning to go with the flow this year. i change what I can, and I don't sweat what I can't change. I know I've worked incredibly hard this year with the house, especially the last 6 weeks as time was running out. I look around my home and see how different it is and feel such immense pride in my efforts. The astonishment from KSis and Dad was enough to tell me that they focused on all that I had done, and didn't really notice that which I hadn't done. I was happy as all the stress over the last months melted away... I had family, home!
As I wasn't able to take any time off work, as it's all booked up for our holiday, the hosting tasks fell to MGirl; after all the arrival of our family was to see her graduate on Tuesday night. insert parental sigh here... ***awww***... I really can't believe the years have gone and my first born is now a young adult. As I watched her over the course of the evening, I couldn't help but smile at all the opportunties she has in store for her over the coming year and beyond; most of them still unknown to her yet!! With my adult hindsight I could see this time for her as an awesome adventure about to unfold; I wondered if she felt the same way? Mostly at the moment I think she is sad, the fear of letting go of friendships and that they may slip her grasp forever. Different ages, different perspectives.
The first run of the week didn't eventuate until Thursday as my mornings still started at 5ish with the final preparations for our BBQ. Dad helped out by mowing the lawn... but the weel was still busy. 6kms on Thursday, just to keep my legs turning over, but as with running with MGirl it was more like a time trial for me with an average pace of 5:13 (which she said was slow). Saturday was a longer run, a re-run of last Sunday's run with MGal. i made sure my watch was set this time, only to lose connection with the foot pod after 4km!! It isn't that old, but I think the battery must be flat on it. That's what I'll try first anyway. So a reasonable 10km+ in 52mins. The rest of the day was taken up with BBQ set up! With all the warm weather we've been having, 22 and overcast was our afternoon! We all had fun and with lotts of left overs... I'm not cooking before we leave!
Today, Sunday, turned into a far less productive day than I'd planned! Ir was like my mind and body went into revolt and said 'screw it!', I'm on holidays!! So I'm off to bed, just updating the blog via mobile as practice for our trip! 3 more sleeps!!
