Yet. Are these our last few days in peace before it appears? Or have the robots done away with it? Hope for the latter. 6 months ago

• got two jobs done and dusted
• plus a load of (overdue) business mails written. => feeling productive!
• bought self a much needed new jack wolfskin 3-in-1 jacket (meaning it has a separate fleece lining). that was very necessary as my old jacket was no longer waterproof :)
• and a new pair of running leggings on special offer. also necessary as the cheapo ones i got from tchibo are too tight around the calves(??!). i have trouble moving me knees, which kind of makes running difficult.
• sent D early birthday wishes. 18 months ago

• qi gong in the park, yay! but for the last time this year :( was making promises to myself to continue practising outside, but seeing as i don’t even practise inside, that seems unlikely. it was raining lightly when we arrived, so we stood like trees under some huge oaks, acorns crunching beneath our bubbling springs
• got the ppt presentation from hell finished and the revision as good as.
• do not have a UTI.
• running, 9k, yay. but it’s hard to run in the dark.
• two baths in one day, heh. 19 months ago

• goldsmithing. am now making an alien-eye ring. it’s well weird, but i like it. and what i really like about goldsmithing is that you never know what’s going to happen. and that to a certain extent it’s beyond your control. i like seeing where the blowtorch takes me.
• hm, what is to be said positive about work? got a couple of productive hours in. and an unexpected further couple of hours after qi gong. oh yeah, and the ppt presentation from hell is completely unsuitable as a ppt presentation, but it was quite fun to translate nevertheless.
• did what i had committed to do and cogitated on P’s seminar suggestions on the bus on the way home. and then responded promptly be e-mail. thus facilitating today’s call.
• oh yeah, reading my kindle on the bus on the way in. think I’m finally getting the hang of it!
• qi gong. we started a new thing: what seems in English to be called the Eight Pieces of Brocade. my favourite bit involved looking back at the five exaggerations and seven terrible nastinesses. or something to that effect. 19 months ago

• CD text in and out in 48 hours. _{but more and more just keeps coming in, gah!}
• didn’t go mad even when everything went wrong at F’s. stupid paypal stupid internet connection stupid everything. but they will not get the better of us, oh no, we will regroup and use snailmail and a cheque, like in the old days. ha.
• Kieser! made me feel a whole lot better.
• amnesty meeting was calm and collected, and i got a few little jobs done afterwards.
• it was well windy, but it didn’t rain.
• omg, i forgot to mention the other day that one of my clients sent my whisky truffles from Grandjean Frères through the post from switzerland! haven’t opened them yet… 19 months ago

• finished chapter 11!!!
• talked to ma & pa, who now have solar panels :)
• watched tatort with alb and broken-arm boris. think i have overdone it on tatort recently. am always disappointed.
• lovely weather (but didn’t get out in it)
• um … retrieved our gloves/hats/scarves stash from the back of the wardrobe and picked out an autumnal selection.

note to self: you really do need to GET OUT every day!!! 19 months ago

• art history in the Altes Museum, i love it
• swimming on the way home: now at 47k!
• dropped by station to pick up tickets for ffm. one way for free, yay.
• couldn’t resist swinging by the Body Shop, where i just had to buy a load of body butter b/c it was on special offer. ;)
• an old Tatort from 1994. yes, i am obsessed. 19 months ago

• got BN text finished at last
• good time chatting to F over cake
• did the computer update needed to install alb’s new accounting software and everything is still working, phew
• got Plan letters done
• talked to sis 19 months ago

• first “control training” at Kieser. had Rebecca, who is really friendly and competent. am doing most of the machines fine and can carry on with a few little corrections, but am going to have to go pretty much back to the drawing board on the stomach muscles one, heheh.
• “health day” at the institute. did a session of qi gong and a session encouraging the general moving of arse in breaks. all fun and interesting but (a) i didn’t actually get much work done and (b) the problem remains of how to get up off the chair and do a little bit of exercise AT WORK. rather than just slodging to the loo/kettle and back. hmph.
• the canteen cooked special healthy food for health day(!!!) and it was actually rather tasty.
• another sub-30min 5k!
• met M at the turkish place have been wanting to eat at for ages. had feta in zucchini: delicious!
• oh yeah, and my boss’s assistant told me he’d been out drinking with other members of the education establishment until 4am. hahaha. not bad for a chap approaching 70. no wonder he wasn’t fazed by me telling him i was “completely drunk” at 10am the other day. hah. 19 months ago

• qi gong in the park. chilly but sunny. dogs staring at us, and a red setter joining in :)
• chap 11 coming along well
• musical evening at institute. wow, there are some talented musicians among us! what a surprise.
• laughs with Gabi and Dulce, talking to G about running … and about being lonely in the institute. what a sweetie.
• reading in the bath (though i am beginning to hate the book!) 19 months ago

• goldsmithing, my fab new ring and the idea i’ve had for the next one. many thanks to K for giving me one of her stones (an almost colourless citrine) and a lift to the institute.
• progress on chap 11 and if i get my arse in gear and concentrate it should be finished before long
• qi gong
• not getting too wet
• and of course, FAUJA SINGH! 19 months ago

• finished two jobs (will ignore the fact that one client sent a mail at the exact same time as i was returning her finished job saying, shit, someone had messed up the data and hoping i hadn’t started yet … argghghghffffck!)
• running sloooooooooooooooooow and looooooooooong with Audiofuel
• lentils and beans and eggs. need lots of protein as top-notch runner, heheh
• broken-arm boris is back home from hospital, having had his broken arm rebroken and reset
• um … haven’t watched too much TV today (in contrast to the last 3 days. am supposed to be engaged in predictable and peaceful productivity ffs) 19 months ago

• the co-group meeting went well; it was nice to see people, and the café location was (for me) far preferable to the office
• swimming afterwards, though busy. and although alb seems to have appropriated my goggles. in addition to my shorts and my kitchen scales (which he now uses for weighing parcels, hmph).
• more lovely sunny crispy autumn weather
• made the rest of the pumpkin into a fab sauce to go with the rest of the pumpkin ravioli. we are full-on pumpkin eaters.
• Tatort, though it was again a bit crap, hmph 19 months ago

• new sportswear from Tchibo. i think i look like Emma Peel.
• Kieser. and alb has now signed up for a 4-week trial too! he doesn’t have his doc’s appt until early nov, but i’m looking forward to seeing what machines he gets and how he likes it.
• fresh pumpkin ravioli from our local pasta makers.
• watching Les liasons dangereuses for the first time in 20 years. my goodness, everyone was YOUNG!
• the BN text is pretty straightforward.
  oh, and
• bathing in dead sea salt + shea butter oil. am using up my stocks! 19 months ago

• more sunny weather.
• getting some odds and ends sorted and my inbox cleared up a bit.
• running, yay!
• reading Runner’s World in the bath.
• the first donation of a very generous €100 for our marathon relay! 19 months ago

• finished the fecking DR/TK article, yay!
• beautiful bright but chilly weather, and a lovely sunset from my office window (oh, and the other day there was a rabbit in the garden!)
• delish piece of home-made pear and sour cream cake from the canteen
• went to Kieser on the way home. strength training warms your muscles from the inside!
• early to bed with book 19 months ago

• qi gong in the park :)
• got the SK job done and dusted. at least one that didn’t hang around for ages.
• an ace run (9k) just as it was getting dark (earlier and earlier).
• pumpkin soup, pumpkin soup, so good we ate it twice.
• reading in the bath. 19 months ago

• goldsmithing: finished a new ring and had some laughs with the ladies. oh, and cake!
• the template thing works after all, phew! hooray to the ZS for sorting it out. what a relief.
• progress on the DR/TK article, be it slow and painful.
• qi gong.
• collapsing on sofa in front of Polizeiruf. which was kind of brutal. whatever happened to the good old-style socially critical Tatorts??? 19 months ago

• the work meeting was a lot less big and scary than i had been expecting, and that my plan was approved
• i made progress with the article (shaved off 1,000 words for a start), even though there’s still loads to do
• reading time on the bus (due to rain)
• a relaxed and productive Amnesty meeting
• WE GOT A TEAM TOGETHER FOR THE RELAY MARATHON! I AM GOING TO BE A MARATHONG RUNNER! haha, yes, a marathonG runner. 19 months ago

• unplanned cleaning and tidying sesh while listening to Useful Podcast
• beautiful sunny day, autumn colours
• seeing the above from the swimming pool (1.5k, total: 44k)
• having some good ideas in the pool
• getting RG article finished at long last
• watching Tatort (though it was a very disappointing episode) with Alb and broken-arm Boris
• feeling strangely on top of things (am delusional, aber egal) 19 months ago

• got chap 10 finished!
• strength training AND excellent run in one day
• getting back home from excellent run just before a huge rain storm started
• getting a vat of healthy veggie soup cooked up and some of it frozen for lunches
• plus yummy ratatouille-type thing for tea with “Dinkel wie Reis”. is “Dinkel wie Reis” the same as Ebly? hm, no Ebly is wheat where as Dinkel is … ah, spelt. i can’t get my head around cereals. anyway, it was yummy and pleasantly chewy. 19 months ago

• that chap 10 is in a lot better shape than i thought. finish if off tomorrow.
• that alb bought super-delish fresh turkish pide pizza back for lunch, yumyumyum.
• ooh, and yummy vietnamese tofu dish before…
• bob geldof!!! wahay!!! M convinced me to go at the last minute and i’m so glad i did because it was fecking ace. go to more concerts, campanula!!! especially concerts by 60 year olds :-)
• the great song of indifference19 months ago

• finished chapter 3. another one bites the dust.
• albert made me laugh many times. as did niles crane.
• a delish bottle of wine. and beans. 19 months ago

• qi gong
• qi gong in the park
• qi gong in the park in the sun
• qi gong in the park in the sun in october!
• qi gong in the park in the sun in october … followed by impromptu prosecco drinking to celebrate our teacher’s birthday, yay!

followed by me arriving at work feeling squiffycheery, seeing my boss for the first time in months and, when he asked how i was, saying sth to the effect of: “oh, great. i’m completely drunk and i haven’t done any work for ages.”

(i am re-reading Bridget Jones’s diary, which i still think is a Meisterwerk, and clearly got myself confused with her. good job there was no fireman’s pole in the vicinity. also good that my boss took it very well. phew.) 19 months ago