Some RL Stuff

[hils]

Just got back from a week in Scotland for my dad's 70th and it was fine. There was only a small amount of bigotry from my dad, I had a nice walk on the beach with my mum, and my sister, my cousin, and me formed the 'below retirement age' contingent at my dad's party which was nice. Had a nice meal at my aunt's, got filled in on the village gossip and got to see the work my aunt's husband (is it weird that I don't call him my uncle? I knew him before they even started dating) is doing on the church he's renovating.

So, yeah, pleasant enough. I could have done without getting woken up at 6am every day by their dog barking and the fact that my dad hadn't fixed the blind in the guest room so the sunlight poured in (it's an attic room so no one can see in).

I am very much looking forward to my fandom treehouse vacation in a couple of weeks, though. I suspect that will be more restful since everyone seems to be in agreement that the plan is just to lay around and read or create fanworks. I, very foolishly, have decided to write what is shaping up to be a very long fic for an exchange I signed up for. It's already nearly 10k and I'm not even at the halfway point. So I'm trying not to panic and just work on it whenever I have time. So that's what I'll be doing on my vacation.

Work news we are back to recruiting but it's not as dire as it was last year. We've hired one dude who is due to start next week and the search goes on for a couple of temps we need to cover some secondments.

And this week I finally started Couch to 5k which I said I was going to do weeks ago. JFC I am way more out of shape than I realised. I didn't manage to finish the first session because everything hurt but I am not deterred. Doing something is better than doing nothing. I'll stick to the schedule of doing as much as I can 3 times per week and I know eventually it'll get easier.

Comments

[kazzy_cee]

Good luck with the training. It’s scary how quickly you can lose your fitness - it only takes a few weeks!!

[cathyw]

Good luck with the C25K! and also I'm glad your family vacation was good and hopefully your upcoming vacation will be good as well.

[clevermanka]

Yay for movement! Hope you have a lovely time in the treehouse with sufficient curtains and no barking dogs.

[rebeccama]

I am glad that you had fun with your family. I remember when I was on the Isle of Skye and the window was designed for cloudy, but it was actually sunny while I was there so I was woken up way too early each morning.

Have a great time at your fandom get together. I am glad that your work is hiring so you won't be so overwhelmed.

[lunarriviera]

if you want a c25k buddy just lmk, i'm starting next week after walking a couple of weeks to build up to it!

also more LONGFIC FROM YOU, you are EN FUEGO—

[tinny]

Glad the family visit was less stressful than anticipated.

And this week I finally started Couch to 5k
Yay for sticking with the plan. Jia you!