Sad way to end a week

It was so sad to hear about the death of Mark Priestley yesterday. Sush a tragic waste of life. He was one of my favourite actors in All Saints, and often I watched the show just to enjoy his character. I am truely saddened by his death, and hope that anyone suffering from depression like Mark seeks help.

Not much planned for the weekend - just going to get into my studies.

I went for a walk yesterday, my first one with my new shoes and they are CRAP for walking. really flat. So for $200 I have a new pair of shoes for work, and have to wear my old ones for walking in. And my calf muscle is playing up again...back is better, but calf is not.

I think I am getting old...and fat....maybe the fatness has something to do with the injuries I am suffering. I think I just need to bite the bullet and get back on the bike - get back to walking, and get on with it. Spring is almost here, time to sort it out.

Give me a break!!

First it was a sore calf - and now its a sore lower back. What the hell is going on!! I went to my Chiro last night, and he gave my lower back a good working on...to the point I almost cried it hurt so much. Its not so sore today - just a different sort of pain. It hurts to go from sitting to standing, and bending over. yesterday I could not walk very well.

NOT HAPPY!! I've had my spin bike for 1 week and have only been able to use it once!! Hopefully my back will settle by the end of this week. I don't handle lower back pain very well.

Weekend was good - my best friend had her baby - Jasmine Kayla...just under 8 pounds. I haven't seen her yet, as mum is a bit worn out and 'sore' from the birth, requiring a few stitches. But looking forward to the end of the week when I get to see them both.

Had a great time with Andrew's friends on Saturday night - we had a yummy BBQ and sat out the back with our potbelly fire lit. It was great. Our friends brought their 16month old son aswell, and he was so cute...it made Andrew clucky....Not me, but he was the one who thought it would be good to have a kid soon!! Scary stuff!!

Its our 3 year anniversary this Friday - not doing much, just going to the pub for tea on Thursday night. I still find it hard to believe that for 2 people that were set up we have lasted this long...and bought a house!!

Anyways, on with my day...

Another day in Paradise??

Friday - I love fridays....cause its the start of the weekend. I'm off to the Chiro this arvo to sort out this calf muscle of mine - I don't know if he twinged it last week, or if its the new shoes, but its so painful - and I haven't done anything physical to aggrevate it. I've only been on my spin bike once since Wed, cause it is so sore.

Spin Bike is good! I did a 25min ride on Wed night, and worked up a good sweat. Didn't wear my heart rate monitor, but plan to do that this weekend and give it a test out - I think I was around 160bpm for a while though, so am happy with that. I just need to find some half hour spin/RPM music so that I don't have to keep finding music on my MP3 player. I also need something to focus on on the wall opposite. So am on the look out for a picture.

Looking forward to this weekend - Andrew's (and mine now) friends are coming over for a BBQ tomorrow night. We are all going away for the Oct long weekend, and want to have a bit of a planning session. Even though they are all 9 years younger than me, we all get along well...I think I am just the more responsible/sensible one of the bunch!!

Only 1 more week till uni starts - I'm a bit worried about the first assignment though - I have to create a virtual presentation. NOT looking forward to that at all. I will pass it, but really don't want to do it.

Food has been pretty good this week. The worst I have done is made a chocolate cake last night, and had some with icecream...and a few Bakers delight scones, but nothing REALLY bad. So am happy with that. I should thinking about doing a weigh in soon.... maybe on the first of September.

Have a good weekend!!! Hopefully my best friend will pop out her baby!!

Spin bike

My spin bike will be delivered tomorrow! It is a magnetic resistance bike, and it was recommended if I want to be able to stand up on it. I also got a free Polar Heart rate monitor with it which is cool, cause I have been wanting one for quite a while.

Delivery is tomorrow morning, so I am really loking forward to it. I have chosen to hire it for 8 weeks at the moment, and see how it goes, and then if I chose to buy it, then I pay out a further $630. SO hopefully I will be back into the swing of biking it soon.

I managed to slice open the top of my index finger last night - so typing is a bit of a challenge this morning. Typo's galore!!

Food was pretty good yesterday, had a few lollies, but all in all I was happy with how my day went. ONWARD!!!

Treat time!

My tax return came in, so I thought it was time to get a new pair of shoes. I know these are runners, BUT I wear them everyday to work, and I need a good shoe, that doesn't make my foot hurt (previously had pain problems). I chose the Asics over the Nike's as the new version of my old Nike's were too tight...so these babies won out. I took a size 10 home, but they were like boats, so I'm giving the 9.5 a whirl today.

Weekend was good - didn't do too much - a lot of relaxing, and playing on the laptop - couldn't be bothered to do much else. Food was reasonable... too many Lite bicky, but aside from that I did OK. I'm trying hard for a GREAT food day today.

Off to buy my spin bike tonight...hoping it will fit into my car!! Then I will be set. I think lack of food motivation comes down in part to lack of exercise. If I get the exercise happening, then maybe the food will fall into place too. Still thinking about WW though...no decision made just yet.

And I finally got to see a decent amount of gymnastics at the Olympics last night!! This is my favourite event, but I always seem to miss out on seeing it- so I was very happy last night. Also got to see some volleyball both mens and womens indoor, so that was a real treat aswell.

Ok, onward with another day at work....lets hope it goes quickly!!

Finally end of the week

Well, its been a long week - and I really really struggled to get up at 5:30 this morning. Looking forward to a sleep in till about 8am tomorrow. Andrew is working tonight, BOOOOOO to that. At least we will still have tomorrow night together before he's back at work on Sunday night.

For a change I have nothing planned for my weekend!! Ususally I am the queen of planning...but not this weekend. Except for a roast pork Saturday night - gotta start getting stuff outa the freezer.

So, I should spend some time going through the mountain of books and papers I picked up from mum and dads a few weeks ago...all that teenage crap that hangs around... Its actually gonna be a bit sad reading through some of it, cause I was a very depressed teenager, and I know a lot of what is in there will not be so good. BUT there will be some fun stuff too I hope!!

Off to sort out the hire car, and place to stay in gold coast this arvo - leaving work early to go to chiropractor (having shocking headaches at the moment), then off to the RAA, and then central markets for fruit and vegies - I LOVE the markets and always spend way too much money.

I had a 'I'm VERY FAT' moment last night - I hate them. So I did a bit of looking around at the Weight watchers site last night - and am seriously thinking of rejoining..... I need some help, cause I can't do it on my own - I have decided that. Although I know what to do to lose weight, actually doing it and motivating myself is a different matter....so maybe I will have to go back, and find a good leader and some nice people to help me.

Happy weekend people!!

The holiday is happening!!!

So last night I spent cruising around the internet looking for places to stay when we go to the sunshine coast. In the end I decided that we are going to stay in Coolum and the Seacove resort in a 1 bedroom apartment for $90 per night. I thought that was quite resonable, and was not willing to go above $100 per night as its just not in the budget. Plane tickets are booked to the Gold Coast, and all I need to do now is organise somewhere to stay in the Gold Coast, Flights back home and a rental car.

I'm off to the RAA on Friday (I hope) toi organise the rental car, and maybe accomodation in Gold Coast, and also tickets for Movieworld & Seaworld. I have a friends place to stay at in Brisbane for the 3 days we are there.

So, its all getting organised now!! So exciting....! :)

My first REAL holiday as an adult for more than just a weekend!! Its gonna be weird leaving work for that amount of time though..... Good thing I'll have my laptop just in case!!!