And so life goes on. There is a definite correlation between the quality of the previous night’s sleep and the productivity of the day. Today is a case in point and all 4 of us seemed to be running on empty.
One of the victims of this lack of energy was today’s #HomeSchooling theme much to my disappointment. E had, very sensibly in my opinion, picked today as Daddy day to add to the family tree but mysteriously nothing actually got done. I assume that tomorrow will be my special day instead but am reliably informed there is no guarantee of that. Only time will tell.
I am very excited to report there is only a single, fleeting reference to poo in today’s top 5 as I am conscious it has featured far too heavily recently:
1. The never ending cycle of Rundays continue but today was a little different. I was not in a good frame of mind after a rubbish night’s sleep and my niggle had not gone away. As any sensible athlete will know the solution to overcome such a negative start is to pace things, not over exert yourself and cause more pain issues and think positively as much as possible. I failed to do any of those things and ended up smashing out both a 10k PB (now very close to breaking the hour for the first time) and a leg PB in the full knowledge my leg was getting worse. That’s all very good and well but boy am I paying for it now. I have been hobbling around the house all day and the stark realisation that I still have 3 runs to complete is sinking in. It seems that all runs I’ve started feeling positive have been disappointing and vice versa. I’m sure a sports psychologist would have fun assessing me! Not long left to sponsor us and raise some much needed funds for Brain Tumour Research – link here! 🏃♂️ 🦈
2. We have made the difficult decision not to send E back to school next month (if indeed we move to phase 2 and the school does reopen). Everyone has to make their own personal decision on these types of things as there are all sorts of factors involved and you just have to do what you think is right. I had assumed that Steph had mentioned this to E this morning and therefore was pretty blasé when I mentioned it at lunchtime. Turns out of course that she knew nothing about it and she is devastated. We had full on wailing which caused Steph to come rushing down the stairs, assuming some serious accident had occurred. She was just inconsolable about the fact she won’t see her teacher and her friends for a while longer. Bless her. Perhaps she’s just fed up of spending so much time with us. Apparently me telling her the feeling was mutual was “not helpful”! 🏫
3. The kids got two walks today, one with Mammy this morning mainly to take the dog out and then we all went out for our usual lunchtime stroll. By all accounts the morning walk was more eventful as Steph was trying to juggle one dog and two kids. To be fair it’s only M who is the handful as he will make a break for freedom at every opportunity. Whilst I missed it (gutted!) the main events were him trying to pick up horse excrement and getting his head stuck in a gate. Seriously he is an absolute terror and literally looks for trouble 24/7. Apparently I’m doing both walks tomorrow! 🐴
4. Our lunchtime walk was far less interesting (we had M strapped into his pushchair to avoid any near death experiences) but there a classic Steph line which had to make the top 5. She started itching her arm when we were nearly home. I asked if she was okay and she said it happens everything time she goes out for a walk. “I must be allergic” she says to which I innocently asked “to walks?!?” Apparently that is both unhelpful and rude and I’m making my own tea tomorrow! 😷
5. The kids have decided that their constant demands for food (which have increased exponentially during lockdown) are not being dealt with quickly enough and so have taken matters into their own hands. At various points today we have found E putting bread into the toaster, them helping themselves to bagels (second breakfast), E climbing up to the high cupboard to help herself to snacks and her showing M how to butter toast. Between that and E’s stated love of housework, we are nearly there and then Steph and I can kick back and let the kids serve us food! 🍽
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