Ouch

A colleague messaged that her Strength Training class was needing new blood, was anyone interested? Of course, me. Just what my body needed - though I didn't ask any questions just presumed it would be great. Off I went, with Anna-Marie from work, though I must add that Chloe (the instigator) wasn't there lol (she was on shift). I walked into the 'Boat Shed' to be faced with a relatively small space packed with equipment. In the end there was about 10 of us and it was a circuit. 45 seconds full pelt, 15 seconds rest to move to the next station. There was a wee treadmill, rowing machine, pull ups, ropes, medicine balls, kettle bells 16 stations in total all done twice. The next day Anna and I were feeling chuffed, nothing hurt - maybe we hadn't worked hard enough? I thought I had. Obviously, it's been so long since I've worked my body like that that I forgot it's the day after the day after i.e. today! Yes, I hurt! But a good hurt. I can't wait for next week! Bring it on. I was describing the place to a friend. I said it was like a garage, it still had the garage door, and a door for humans and it was bigger than a standard garage. She said 'Like a boat shed then?!' D'oh what a idiot I am lol. It's all in the title lol.

I have a family of rubber ducks on the side of my bath. A mum and three babies. My BiL, Richard, likes to visit my home and hide the ducks around the house for me to find - sometimes weeks later! He once took them away and sent me photos of my ducks in all kinds of situations! This visit he brought his own ducks (see pic). I found them pretty quickly - one in my car, on my picture frames, my mantle. I am now the proud mother of 10 rubber ducks! The 'elephant' ducks are my favourites. 

Mark, and Richard, are going skiing for two weeks tomorrow. Flying from Newcastle so I've come down with Mark to have a quick visit with my mum. Catching up with friends and seeing my sister and dad. I'm getting the train back Sunday ready for work. It's great being here again. We were in Newcastle city centre yesterday which is so familiar but so very strange too. Buildings and roads are the same but shops and businesses are different. Things have changed so much. It makes me sad a bit because 40 years ago I started my full time career in Newcastle and everything was just as I knew it. Obviously progress and missing decades makes everything different. I hope one day Newcastle will be as familiar to me as Aberdeen is now.

The days are long, but the years are short.