It is sixteen minutes into Saturday when I begin writing this blog post and I have quite a lot to mention but if I am honest, I cannot put my finger exactly on ‘what’ that ‘lot’ is! Funny that you go through the week, making observations and having episodes which you feel I should include in the blog roundup at the end of the week but when the time comes to write them up, you cannot recall any.

Busy week at work but I was looking forward to the long weekend and the trip back to Wycombe. On Tuesday after work I went for a three mile run (okay only 2.92m) with James. I had wanted to do the complete route again but my legs and my body in general was just not up for it. Although I did feel much better once I had done the second ‘flat’ part of the Newbury race. The time was just over thirty minutes which is not too bad and I know I can go much faster. My plan is to try and do the full route on Monday afternoon but this could be weather permitting. Not long to go now, so if you have not donated yet, please do.

Apart from getting back into the swing of my early morning gym sessions (6.30am) on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday there has not been much to report. I got up late on Thursday (6:18am) but still managed to be in the bike at the gym within twenty minutes of leaping out of bed, which must be some record. Obviously the gym xchange from last Sunday had to be rescheduled, so we have penciled it in for Sunday afternoon. Pav will be heading over to Newbury and working on the latest programme provided by flexsingh. Should be good and I am sure that Pav will be impressed with the Nuffield Fitness & Wellbeing Centre.

I am very close to finishing my book by Gordon Brown. Courage: Eight Portraits has been a fascinating read and very well written considering the bland personality of the author. It is also very strange to be reading about Aung San Suu Kyi and then seeing her name flash up on the BBC News ticker. However this was the chalk before the cheese (rather a silly analogy to use for books). I am going to finally read Dreams From My Father by President Obama. Yes, the book does have high expectations to realise but I am just looking forward to getting back into a meaty book after reading rather light weight books in recent months. It has only taken me nearly six months to get around to reading the book by the first Black president. My sister, Natalie got it for Christmas but I was too busy reading other books to get around to picking it up until now. Although I have to confess that I find it much harder to read in the evening, in bed before drifting off to sleep. Perhaps because my body is so tired and I hit the gym so early in the morning. My reading time is now at lunchtimes. I get some food and head down to the canal and ready while watching the world passing me by. A very peaceful way to spend forty odd minutes. Plus it gives my eyes a break from the computer screen. Unlike many people, after spending nearly seven hours on the computer at work, I go and spend at least another three if not more on the computer back at home.

On Tuesday, I made the decision to go back to the flat at lunchtime. This was only the second time I have come back to the flat at lunchtime. The last occurrence being on Thursday 30th April. It is not something I want to make a habit out of, but it made sense on this occassion. I bought some milk from Tesco Metro, then headed back to the flat, put on the desktop, started GREEK downloading and then made lunch of bagel (yes I actually toasted it this time!) I caught a little News on BBC One but was constantly clock watching before eventually heading back out the door back to work. Yes, there are numerous benefits of living so close to work but going back at lunchtime can be a slippery slope. I can imagine one day, getting ingrossed in some television or music or something, losing track of time and not bothering to go back.

What are the rest of my plans for the weekend? Well not much really. I am meeting Ryan and Trevor in town tomorrow sometime in the afternoon. However apart from that not much planned. I tried to call Jennifer this evening but there was no answer from her landline, so she might be away this weekend enjoying the sunshine. I am going to enjoy the sunshine as well, give the car a wash tomorrow morning and then perhaps clear up my old room a little. I have tended to just dump things in the past when coming back and forth from Newbury.