Tuesday

So - I didn't wake up until just gone 9am - so I actually, for the first time in ages got just over 8 hours sleep!

I eventually got up - to a dead mouse in the kitchen without a head!  and since then I have changed the cat litter and sorted the bins out and other than that I have sat at my laptop - and it is now lunch time.

I've just been chatting to lissa about not having an exercise plan - so I am going to do one.  I need to do more than just run if I want to get properly fit.  So I might do something like this:

Monday - Upper body and skipping circuit (Lissa's suggestion)
Tuesday - running club
Wednesday - abs/core and cardio (I can incorporate the exercises I need to do for running)
Thursday - my long run
Friday - legs, glutes - and maybe rower & bike a little bit
Saturday - park run
Sunday - naff-all

That means running wise I should do about - 8k Tuesday, 10k Thursday and 5k saturday - bring me to 23k a week - which is over the required amount for my challenge...and I also have a few 10k runs booked in on Sundays.  I also want to gradually increase my 10k long runs....if I get to 16k - thats 10 miles - and if I can get to 20k - thats a half marathon (almost - think I need about 21k for that).  But when I say gradual - I need an extra 1k on top every 3 weeks or so.

I also need to stop drinking so often and sort my diet out.  I will be better at all the exercise stuff if I could lose weight! BUT it's hard - I like food and alcohol lol

So.  What should I do for the rest of the day? Andy is in London and I have running club at 6.30pm.  Oh! I need to order a bathroom suite...decide what I am going to do with the floor and finish stripping the wall paper off the annex bedroom wall.  Once I have done the walls - I can get the plasterer in and then get a carpet - and sort that bedroom out.  We realised this weekend when ppl stayed over that the first choice for a room to stay in is the 4 poster room (obvs) but then second choice in the annex bedroom - with the attic last on the list! So it would be good to get that bedroom sorted - and when the bathroom is sorted too - that'll be awesome - and if Connor stays a while i'd like to have seperate bathrooms.  So I feel good that progress is being made again.  I suppose I should order the bathroom stuff and then go do some stripping!

Sun/Mon

Sunday was mostly about people going home after the weekend!  Adam and Erika went first - while lissa was showing me and Emily some exercises to do with weights!  Emily reckons she is going to be my gym buddy when they move in next week.

Lissa and Antony went next...I miss them all so much but Lissa and I have a lot in common - we both can talk forever - and we love gym stuff and it would be brilliant if we lived local to each other and could do all the gym/running/weights stuff together.  We used to do circuit training together - in the kitchen in our old house, we would use the opportunity to chat and have a laugh too and we motivated each other to do it. 

Anyway - then Emily and Connor here until about 8pm - as their train wasn't until late.  We discussed jobs they could get and where - when they move here.  I'm a little worried that they'll get used to having a lot of money from two jobs with no rent or bills and start living it up!  They already mentioned going on holiday - and THIS IS NOT THE PLAN.  We are letting them move in so that they can sort themselves out - then move to Bristol.  I think me and Andy are a little stressed that they won't stick to the plan and just get used to being a little cash rich!  It will cost us extra money too - as we will be paying the extra on the bills - water, gas, electric, and it is bound to cost for other things too...and we are still trying to get ourselves sorted out paying for a big house like this.  So I plan on having a frank conversation with them when they get here - but I don't want to sound like a ogre either!  I know I get stressed about mess too....and i am guessing they are not exactly really tidy people - but I don't know Emily that much - I guess I am judging her on Connor's standards!  So - that is the stress part of it - on the other hand I think it might be nice having them here - and having a gym buddy - and also they have said they are going to join taunton running club and do the couch to 5k course that they run!  Then they can come to the park run with me on a saturday morning too.  They say all this - lets see if it pans out!

So - after they left - me and Andy just had a bit of a tidy and chilled before going to bed!!

Monday - I tried calling the plumbers again.  The company did almost all the work for us on our heating, bathrooms and kitchen etc. last year - and we got on really well.  I have been chasing them about more work and they seem to be ignoring all my emails and phone calls.  this is a worry because I don't know why they would do that.  I called again and david the boss actually answered the phone and I thought HA! I've got you now!!!  He sounded a little awkward at first because he has obviously been getting all my messages.  Anyway - he apologised and I think they are mega busy and I've been asking for breakdowns of prices and stuff that he just couldn't be arsed with whilst so busy!  I told him about an overflow pipe pissing out water outside - and he said he'd get somebody to me that day or tomorrow.  He also said he will get a price and come and do the first fix for the bathroom asap.  So We'll see....

An engineer did come and have a look at the over flow pipe and it seems that our cold water is backing up into the hot then spewing out.  So 1) we are wasting water we are paying for on a meter, 2) it is hot water - so we are paying to heat it and 3) cold water is going into the hot water cylinder and cooling it down - so we are paying more money to try and bring the temperature up!  So...shame this has been going on for ages and we did nothing about it (cos we don't know if it is normal or not!) but hopefully once it is fixed (wednesday or Thursday) hopefully our bills will go down again!!

Today also - the mechanic came and finished the work on Andy's car - he needed break pads...and did a service on my old banger - he told me my car is in great condition!  Its old (11 years old I think) but has low mileage - about 34,000.

Hello fresh food was delivered - and they delivered the wrong thing so we have a fish dish egghhhh

Other than that I didn't do much - pottered - clean up - weed killer in garden.....didn't do my long run I usually do on a Monday cos I have running club tomorrow and I didn't want my hips to be sore.

Went to bed a little earlier - as I was so tired all day.....