Tuesday 19th Feb

Got thrown out of the house this morning, by a combination of the kids wanting to do homework, and Mrs P wanting me out from under her feet, so I trotted down to the library as usual on a Tuesday. Cold start to today and there was mist or it could have been fog as I walked along. I’ve never quite figured out what the difference is between the two, after all they both look the same, and to be honest neither of them look very interesting. I really can’t see fog gazing catching on as a sport or even a rather dull hobby.

Avoiding chocolate for Lent is becoming easier as I am no longer automatically looking into the cupboard where the chocolate resides when I fancy a snack. Though I do seem to be eating rather a lot of cakes and pastries as a result, and I’m not sure substitution is what should be behind Lent. Maybe I should have thought it through before I started.

In an effort to improve our fitness levels, which frankly need a lot of work, Mrs P and I agreed to try running up and down the stairs ten times each in the fastest possible time. The pain of the lactic acid build up in a very short time was somewhat unexpected. To keep up my end I just managed to beat Mrs P, but the real test will come as we see how we improve. Upon hearing the noise we were making the teenagers appeared wanting to join in, and needless to say they both comfortably beat us, with junior running out a clear winner. Seems a cheap way to try to do some good, and at least it might offset some of the cakes I’m tucking away.

Yours fog watching (it’s catching on already!)

Jay