almost perfect

thanks everyone for the kind words after last weeks tribulations. things have been improving, including, importantly, my blood pressure. i finally got back to the gym to do my induction thingy and had a different instructor, a very nice young woman, who measured my BP properly and got a better reading even than my doctor. we like her. she showed me around and i did some walking on the machine and a circuit of weightlifting. i used to do weights at some of the meat-head gyms in sydney, and that was kind of intimidating. this was most relaxed and even, dare i say, fun. i like the whole big-screen loud music thing. even tho i was a bit sore, i went back on sunday and did a class. yes i know, its scary. whats even scarier is that i kind of kept up and (dont tell anyone) had fun. today i am so sore i can hardly move so im 'resting'. i took the dogs up the beach instead:



beautiful day.

this morning i have been working on my chapter for the book im co-editting, its actually fitting together quite well (its a rewrite of the italy paper) and should have something passable by the end of the day, in time for a meeting with the other editor tomorrow.

the only thing that makes today almost perfect instead of actually perfect, is that i dont have more time in which to knit the rest of the baby jacket. i need it done by saturday for the baby shower, and i am halfway up the first sleeve. i went to craplight to get some smaller needles for it and was shocked at the mess that passes for a knitting section and the almost complete lack of decent wool. like, no patonyle. in fact, no 4 ply at all that wasnt baby wool. how am i to make socks i ask? dont they wear wool socks here? very distressing.

i didnt get to the local snb on saturday to ask about this because we had flyball training, we are trying to get two new dogs ready for a comp in albury in three weeks. someone had the indecency to make me run even after i had been to the gym. rude.

by the way, i had some broccoli with my roast chook last night and am going to marinate the tofu for a vegetarian noodle stir fry thing for tomorrow. i will let you know how it goes :)
k xx