Treadmills and Audiobooks

Lockdown sucks in so many ways.

If January was the trial month of resolutions and intentions, then February is not doing so well on playing catch up🤦🏻‍♀️

If last year was the leap year, then this one, based on experiences to date, looks as though we should be leapfrogging right over it. 🙄🤪

It’s beginning to look like there are 365 hours in the day instead of 24. Take yesterday as an example, or was it the day before?🤷🏻‍♀️ Went to bed late but was up early, which meant I had surplus hours. Rather than tidy the utility room; – (which, by the way, multi tasks as a home gym, recycling centre and general dumping ground, that I pretend doesn’t exist once I close the door on it!) – I move the mess onto the tumble dryer – yes – the rooms original purpose is to do the laundry…I know, what a novel idea!🤓😩 – I open down the treadmill and pretend to do something productive. Exercise is good right? 😳 If you’re tired already, welcome to the club!

Everything is an effort these last few days – my fitness wearable has given up pinging on me. It’s as confused as the rest of us on the covid carousel. Wake up, get up and then spend the rest of the day trying to figure out what to do with yourself between meals. I’m more than fed up with doing the same ole thing and trying to spin a new angle on a walk within 5km. I’ve a whole new level of respect for hamsters.🤪 Any self respecting Mary Poppins could use an umbrella as a getaway vehicle in the weather we’ve been having and it wouldn’t keep her dry either! The roller coaster of viable activity options is in direct competition with its nemeses; rain, wind and enthusiasm. Yes, aka lack thereof – nada – diddly, with n’ere a squat in sight. Today is the gazillionth day of whenever. I haven’t had a swim in what seems like an age. Days of the week are a challenge. Yesterdays blend into todays and end up as whenevers.

Where was !?

Rambling.

Nothing new then.

Except yesterday, – oh yes, the treadmill.

On the Treadmill – wait for it 😳😩- listening to a book as I walked. Unheard of for me, cos I love books. I kept walking, waiting for the chapter to end. Not that simple apparently 😂😂 You see with a conventional book, you can flick through and see how long till the end of the chapter and set yourself the marker of “just 1 more chapter”. FYI – spoiler alert if you’re new book listening as I am- that doesn’t happen in an audiobook. My new note to self is don’t wait for a new chapter alert – cos they don’t happen and that makes for a very long walk. I’m exhausted! The bloody book is 9 hours long. I had 3 fecking walks yesterday and I’m nowhere near finished it. I fear that subscription will not be renewed🤓 and can already hear the thump of the actual book falling through the letter box in the coming days followed by me retiring to ye olde reliable reading chair where I will wiggle my toes from a feet up position.

The utility room is less of a mess now, in case you’re interested. I moved the shit into the kitchen where it’s more likely to be tidied and/or put away…tomorrow, or whenever, well someday.