Mondays should NOT be the beginning of the week...

EIGHT WEEKS TO GO

Neighbours! GAHHH. Had to dispute the location of the new fence my neighbour put up on Saturday, and ended up having a barney outside in the dark last night. This morning more or less patched it up with his wife, but I will be checking my legal situation. I'm reasonably happy with what I've agreed because I don't feel strongly enough to ruin their flower beds just because their fence has been in my garden for the last 23 years.

Anyway, Sunday was an active day, went out on the river and it was rather gusty at some points and also the water was really choppy but it was a bit like being out in the sea so that was kinda fun. However, my brachioradialii (hahaha, my forearm musles) are sore because I had to paddle like mad to keep up with the rest of the gang.

After that went for a run by the Thames and ran just past Hammersmith bridge etc - lots of people running and walking there - rather quaint. Did 29.30 out and 28 back - I said if I got back to the start point in less time I would treat myself and stop at that point. Ankle was playing up after 45 mins, but not too drastic.

Met up with Sari and Dani at a Tapas bar in Ealing, and managed to do some quick retail therapy in 2 shops in Ealinge before (particularly at Tchibo).

Scoffed loads of tapas, then walking up to Ealing station the smell of waffles tempted me to a waffle with cream which I had to hold all the way to the car because I didn't want to pay any more that I needed to for parking, so after paying, romantically ate my waffle just past the barrier in the carpark....

Then got back to drop a bomb on the neighbours but hopefully I have tidied up the aftermath this morning. My neighbours mind their own business but I think that the husband thinks that he rules the roost because they've been there for over 20 years - but then again, I don't think the previous owners of the downstairs flat ever cared much. Things like - oh you've got a leak in your bathroom? In 20 years no one has ever told me that....hmmm. Anyway, they can have the extra 6 inches for their flower bed as long as they fix the squiffy fence - his wife did admit that he didn't have a "very straight eye" as she put it. STRAIGHT? more bend than bendy buses...plus also they stood and damaged 2 foot of the lawn in my garden and their flower beds are perfect. ARRRRGGGGGH.

Well when i get back home, grumpy penguin is in order...will post that later.

Next run - this evening at the gym - that is if my shins recover - i think it is partly because I ran on concrete and partly because of the way you have to hold your legs in a shorter kayak...anyway the fitter I get the longer the list of medical conditions I have - but the good news is, that I can now fit into that Nike 10k long tee which in November made me look like a fluroescent sumo. So perhaps there is karma after all...except that the scientist in me just says - well what you do you think... if you exercise for 3.5 hours and eat goo and soup it's no wonder you've going to trim up. The goo I am referring to is the energy gel I am experimenting with for race day - well it's better that the Power (bar) vanilla gel anyday, that just made everyone really ill (in the Great North Run) and loads half used packets were scattered all over the road so that when you ran over it, you stuck to the floor.

Anyway, you know the score about raining and pouring - 24 failed to record, I argued with my neighbour, work is boring...yada yada yada...perhaps I should just meditate to take my minds off things completely....

Where was I? Ah yes...off to speak to the lawyer...

Abyssinia.