Once a week Blab

Ok so no exercise today

Except for two games of indoor cricket. Pfffft I need to get out there and really test myself. It is harder because the brat is here, normally she does not live with me so when she is here I want to spend heaps of time with her whice is in the middle of the best time to exercise….. As per my last post I take her with me to some events and sometimes I take her but it has to be fun for her because she is only “12 going on 13” ha ha ha

Well I now have a cricket ball sized bruise on my left pec. I know I should have caught the damn thing but irt was faster than my reactions…. meh. At least I have a little meat there last time all I saw was yellow (the colour of the ball) then the roof and had a searing pain in my bloodied and broken nose…

The Brat and running club.

I just took The Brat to running club to do a light (for me) 2 km run. Last time she got to about 1 km and cried, but not this time. She is 13 and just about to hit puberty, so I think that exercise will give her an out for the emotional turmoil that she is about to go through.

Tonight I was expecting some drama and a few tears and I was not let down. There was drama and tears. However this time The Brat made it to the end running all the way. There were a few hills there too so…. The final score was 2.4 km in 14 min 30 seconds. What really got my heart pumping was that her lanky skinny little legs stretched out at full pace were making me start to really run. She ran all the way through and put in right at the end. In fact the last 200 m or so I was running with her. Not jogging along side but running. I looked down to see her running style and it appeared comfortable and she had really long stride. Then as we reached the last 10 seconds of the run I said to her make it to the end by 14 30 come on and she opened up and put in more effort. I was so proud of her. It was after she had finished that she cried a little bit but that was cool because I think it was more “I don’t believe that I did that” than a “That was too hard”. I really want to take her for a run tomorrow but it would be too early so I will wait till her muscles are no longer sore……

Oh and for those of you that think I am harsh when I call my girl The Brat I promise that it is all affection.

Cycling to work and my fault

So we just got home from cycling to and from work today. Missy SK had a spin class at lunch and did 5km of running after the ride into work. Good Job I recon, I did just over 4 k run but no spin class……

Apparently this is all my fault, the running the cycling the eating plan the fact the earth spinns and the fact tha gravity makes things harder to move, my fault.

So I would like to say sorry to you all out there for the invent of gravity the spinning earth and breathing. That is to everybody but my lil SK. To you baybee I say “but honey I did it all for you so you could feel proud of yourself and because I love you”.

Update 2

I have up dated my Daily Mile again too. I have moved my ass 65 KM this year. but that is both cycling and running. I think I need a new challenge.

Updates.

The beautiful SK recons I should update more. But I have nothing to say. I am reading about you all almost every day I am also training every day BUT I am not writing. I am sorry I just do not know what to say when I have nothining going on.

Medication and tomorrow.

Ok so if the penicillin that I am taking now for the tonsilitis keeps working at this rate I should only have a sore throat for a little while longer and I should start feeling like a human again tomorrow morning, which is justification enough to go for a run. SOOOOO I am going for a RUN TOMORROW YAY! (well I hope). Same deal as today but, air out the room. I think it will only be a small run, like 5 km maybe less I will see.

Tonsilitis

Stupid Tonsils. The doc said I have tonsilitis. Gave me antibiotics. Stupid tonsilitis. Two days they recon before I start to feel better. PFFFFT. I wanted to go for a run today…

Sick FML.

Folks I am sick. Sick enough to go to the Dr (which I never do). Sick enough to wear a long sleeve shirt to bed in Darwin and have two blankets and a sheet on. Sick of lying here in bed on my laptop wanting to go for a run ride walk or any activity. My whole body is sore from inactivity over the last couple of days. FML. I would do all of the above if breathing was not like razor blades down my throat and swallowing didn’t feel like someone had a shard of glass and were scraping all the flesh out of my throat one layer at a time. This is the first time since 2005 that I have been sick like this. That is like 6 years. I think because of that it has hit me particularily hard.

I hate being sick it turns me into a wingie winey little bitch.

The New Car and customer service in Darwin Australia

I would like to congratulate those stupid people that seem to insist in making the wrong decision and working in customer service when they have no clue what customer service is.

So after a few years and much tooing and frowing we went loooking for a new car. The gurl decided on a Nissan Micra as a get around town thing. We assessed the budget, looked at the price and she took one out for a test drive. After returning from said test drive all we had to do was sign the papers. I rang the sales guy and said we will be in at this time to do the paperwork. he said its an appointment I will see you then. So at the appointed time we wander in to see this young sales guy only to find that he is taking someone else for a test drive in another car. So much for the appointment. After waiting for about an hour we decided to leave. I was not happy. I mean please appointment? customer service? I hope the prick in the other car bought elsewhere as well.

A few weeks pass and the gurl is still a little annoyed about this treatment but I convince her that we should try again. This time she takes the Mazda 2 Neo out for a run. Comes back and all is good. I ask so what is next? Sales guy no 2 says well we do the paperwork and you take delivery when you are approved. Neglecting to mention the $500 deposit that we need to put down on the spot. So we sit down and answer all the questions as best we can then get told hey you need to pay a $500 deposit. Silly me I thought I asked what the process was but I guess I am only the dumb customer what do I need to know the whole process for??? So without any fuss we pay the %500 deposit and complete the paperwork. “When do you want to take delivery Thursday?” Says sales guy 2 and after a real brief discussion we say Tuesday the first working day of the new year and the third working day between ‘today’ and Tuesday. So thinking that two working days is enough to have things ready by early in the day, I drag my sick ass out of bed and we trundle down to get our brand new car. “Hi sales guy 2 we are here to get our car” Says I. “Oh we are waiting for it to be registered would you care to go away and have some lunch and come back?” We left and went home instead. At 330PM we got a call and were told that the car was ready…. Good thing we had nothing to do all day but wait for these fuckwits customer service representitives to do their job.

WTF!!!!! These guys must have been really busy here between christmas and new year. Oh that is right they were not. Is two working days too hard an ask? Where has the customer service gone? I think I will talk to the manager tomorrow.

Should I write to the owner of the business? Do you think he will care?

Happy New Year Everyone.