I took Sinner out this morning and only managed a pretty slow 4km. My legs were heavy and I was feeling a bit blah in the head, Sinner lagged, I hadn’t my mp3 player with me and it was all just too hard. I felt like I was hung over without having had a drink. I’m wondering if I’ll end up doing better if I don’t take him with me, which is a bit of a shame. I may try my runs next week without Sinner and just take him for walks, and see how that goes. I was divebombed by two plovers today, the chicks are getting bigger and have lost their stripes. They now look like fluffy cream pom poms on stilts. Rest day tomorrow then I’ll go out with MBRR on Sunday - mind you, my work Christmas party is on Saturday night so I may be a bit tired!!

I’m feeling seriously mentally burnt out, the kids haven’t done much schoolwork of late, which in itself isn’t a problem because they’re quite a bit ahead, and we can plod on at a slower pace during the holidays. I’m horribly demotivated and feel quite down in the dumps. I need to do something to get a spark back into life. I think I’ve discovered a new condition - endofyearitis! It’s probably just a lot of little things that are burning me out rather than any one issue. Like, yesterday I went out to the shops to pick up a few birthday gifts, and I also wanted to get a little lipstick and eyeshadow - I don’t wear makeup for the most part, but thought it would be politically correct to make an effort for my work party on Saturday night. I had the kids “helping” the lady in the shop, and telling me which lipstick they thought I should get, which was nice, but I think I would have been a bit more relaxed and enjoyed it more if I could have gone by myself and taken my time about it.

 I spent a while yesterday at the water slide, it was a nice day though not as warm as it had been on Wednesday. Miss 7 was up the slide and off in no time, Master 5 was quite apprehensive, but said he’d like to come down on my lap. Great. This thing is as high as a two storey building with a metal spiral staircase going up to the top. I’m terrified of heights. The things you do for your children! The first time I went up my legs were trembling and my heart was palpitating, I couldn’t look down. Wasn’t pretty. The slide was fun though, Master 5 loved it, and wanted to do it again and again. By the 5th or 6th time, I felt okay about it. We discovered that if you lean right forward and touch your toes, you go really fast! 45 stairs up, I’m told. Does that count as cross training??

 Looks like hubby and I, along with two long time friends, are going to enter a team in the Kokoda Challenge - that will be a ton of fun. Looking forward to that. Hubby tells me today that a marathon training program will help me be fit enough for that. Okaaaay.. so I’ve been browsing for a marathon training program, there’s a few out there. Something will suit.

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