It's Friday. It's true that I'm off again and it's also true that I'm heavily eating into my leave for this year which I was attempting to save and use sparsely, still, my body and brain are telling me that short weeks have been the way to go recently. Having said that, the week in work wasn't too terrible. I received some basic refresher training on Monday, (one demonstration and I was good to go,) and I've been on that work all week, so yes, it was boring but not quite as mind numbing as the past few weeks.
As I applied my mascara yesterday morning, (Clinique, High Lengths Mascara,) I marvelled that the wand must be, by far, the worst design in the world. I really shouldn't complain as it was a freebie but you know that I'm going to. The wand is basically a curved stick with a minute comb with the tiniest and shortest of teeth on one side. One minute I was staring into the mirror with these musings going on my head, the next moment, I'd stabbed myself in the eye with the stick which surely demonstrates my point? I spent the next ten minutes of my temporary blindness with streaming tears and a smarting eyeball. The bloodshot look is not one I would recommend, it still feels a bit scratched today but it's okay, and I can see, just about.
I slept like a log last night in my snugly bed and had to have a conversation with myself this morning, (in my head... please tell me I'm not the only one,) to convince myself to get up and work out rather than spending an extra 30 decadent minutes in my nest.
So, jog I did, for 50 minutes. I'm not going to pretend that I enjoyed it or that it was pretty, but that's my own fault as I've really let things slide recently. However, Kourtney Kardashian is featured in this months Shape magazine, ( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1388461/Kourtney-Kardashian-reveals-running-got-shape-pregnancy.html & www.shape.com ) and the black and white picture of her motivated me enough to separate my back from the mattress and put on my running shoes. KK is a runner apparently and she looks amazing, so it's time for me to step up the running again. And just in the nick of time by all accounts, I have put on weight since New Year, I'm being polite, as I'm not weight training, let's face it, the "weight" I have gained is pure fat. I got on the floor after my run to do some stretches and as I started to get up, I glanced at my midriff and thought hmmm, that's not too bad, then I realised all of the fat had slid to the back and was temporarily hiding out of sight.
I attempted to try something new this week, I've kept up with the Plies as prescribed by Tracy Anderson as one of the key moves and was totally impressed by her Metamorphosis Infomercial. Metamorphosis is her latest program, you buy the workout best suited to hit your problem areas and the results and transformations as shown in the infomercial are incredible, stuff you can only dream about. Anyway, the DVD set isn't massively expensive for what you get but not only can I not afford at present but I'm not sure I have the gumption to stick with it for the allotted time. So, my mantra of "something is better than nothing," got me investigating for alternatives and I found a dance cardio workout on You Tube which may just give me a boost.
A gentleman called Franco Valiente contacted Ms Anderson to say he would never in a million years be able to master one of her dance cardio workouts as they were too difficult, and so she posted on You Tube a specially devised, "easy" cardio workout for Mr Valiente. So, I've challenged myself to learn the routine and I figure that once mastered, I reckon that 15-20 minutes of this cardio would at least equal an hour of gentle jogging and so would save me heaps of time.
God bless Tracy Anderson but if this is easy, I would hate to attempt a difficult routine, still, it's not impossible. I managed a measly 3 minutes one night and my heart was pounding. Can you imagine how much you would sweat in 20 minutes? I already believe that there will be quite a bit of free styling on my part even after I have "learned" the routine but it looks like fun and promises wonders so we'll see. If I can keep up with Tracy for the first 5 minutes by this time next week, I'll be more than happy.
I'm persevering with the head. It's a good cut, I think my hair is just too thick for the style and I constantly feel like I'm wearing a heavy, fur ruff around my neck. I'm giving it a bit more time, hoping that it grows into something comfortable, if not, I'll be heading back for some layers.
Did I tell you I finally entered the mentoring competition? I plumped for the jewellery over writing so keep everything crossed.
I'm off to recycle then head home for chores, if the gardening is rained off, I may just have to do chores while watching "The Proposal." Needs must and I'm in the mood for a rom com.
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