Birthday +1

I had a really lovely day yesterday, mostly because I was inundated with love, good wishes and messages from friends, I'm incredibly lucky.

I was only home for an hour before being picked up and taken out for lunch by two of my sisters and a brother in law and that hour was spent answering phone calls and replying to texts.  Lunch, a Chinese buffet, was lovely.  I sensibly paced myself having been before and learned the hard way, and I just had miniature samples of anything that took my eye.  I continued to get messages throughout lunch and on the drive home and then all afternoon until the phone calls started again.  In the midst of this, I decided that despite jogging for 30 minutes in the morning, I should make myself do another 30 minutes rather than lazing in front of the TV, and I did feel better for it. 

By 7.30pm, I decided I could relax with a glass of wine, it was my birthday after all ;) I watched "10 Years Younger NZ," it was really good. This version also enlists the aid of a fitness instructor which I haven't seen in the other versions and it seems like a much more down to earth approach to updating a woman's look, I was impressed.

I slept like a log last night, (I still haven't looked to see where that comes from.)  I slept late today too, 7.45am, when was the last time I did that?  I didn't get to bed until midnight but still...  I was shattered when I finally got to bed but only after having a very full and lovely day.

No workout for me this morning but I'll try to talk myself into one later.  After coffee this morning, I'm off to meet up with a friend.  We've been trying to meet up for months but between our two schedules, this is the first chance we've had.  As luck would have it, we both have the same week off, we couldn't have planned it better.

Thank heavens for Sat Nav and Sexy Sean who directed me without fault to my destination, he's so good, not to mention... calm.  We spent 4 hours talking and listening to each other, (my friend and I... not Sean, didn't want you to think that I'd lost the plot.)  It was a really enjoyable, fun and relaxing start to the week and this was the first time we'd really talked rather than having snatched catch ups.  Turns out we have lots in common from a family point of view, never fails to amaze me who you meet in life.  You seem to meet people who fit... know what I mean?

I arrived home around 4pm and decided I really should workout, which I did, for 45 minutes.  Working out has really become habit now and that's something I'm thankful for because I see how most of my family struggle to stay in shape.  Surely it's better to get into the habit now, rather than later in life?

It was a sunny and warm day today but this is one of the last of the week, heavy rain and flash floods are predicted for the end of the week.  The nights are definitely drawing in and I know that by the time I return to work, we'll be in autumn.  I really hate to say goodbye to summer, it always seems like such a long time to wait until it returns.