Running shoes ready

The next person who even thinks that now I'm retired, that I have all the time in the world, I will poke in the eye.
I got up about the same time as normal and realised that maybe I have been burning the candle at both ends a bit too much just recently, as I was feeling a little tender across my back and actually my body ached all over.

My first task of the day was to sort out what I needed to take to tubby club tonight as it's a 'taster day', where we bring food in that we've made and every one gets to try out the various foods and get helpful hints.
As Ann said she couldn't find anything to make on the 'Slimming world' website, I in a minute of madness said that I'd make hers as she had to go to work and wouldn't have time.
So off to supermarket to get all the ingredients, start the prep work on them, then over to mothers to take her to Maldon for a picnic.
I am doing cankers today as far as mother is concerned, as she had the hump about me going out with my sons yesterday and not taking her. In another moment of weakness, I agreed to take her out and it's very strange how she can't remember most things within 5mins of them happening, but she can always remember that we are going out!
So off to Maldon, where I sat and wrote a load of thank you cards ready to give to Oliver to take into work tomorrow while mother ate her picnic lunch.

Next stop after dropping mother off, was to have a quick 5min snooze, as I felt knackered driving back and I still had rehab to go.
At rehab, I had my new weights to work with as we do three exercises with the stretch band and I have a tendency to get caught up in my oxygen tubing when doing these exercises.
Everyone were very impressed with my new toys and it caused quite a giggle when I said that most mothers get flowers or smellies for their birthdays, but I get weights and love them!
I then impressed everyone again when I gave them a slice each of the birthday cake to go with their teas and coffees, this is the cake Sally made for me on Friday and it when down a treat with them.

Back home and back into the kitchen to work on the dishes again with just three quarters of an hour to go. I just got them finished as Oliver turned up and I was feeling rather frazzled by now. He was taken back by the amount of food that I had prepared and had tried to stuff into my fridge. I moaned to him that all this work just to be told that I had gained instead of losing, was it really worth it?
When I got to the tubby club, I was really shocked as I had stayed the same and not gained... Yay! But actually I hadn't eaten that much wrong really, Ann had two ice creams, a slice of cake and a brandy on Saturday alone, plus her other syns throughout the week and she still lost a lb! She then admitted that she hadn't even really looked that hard for a recipe to make for tonight... grrrrhh.

Back home at 9.30pm and back round to mother's to put out the recycling, then back to mine to finish washing up all the dishes from the 'taster session.' I know that I am feeling stronger, but I'm seriously wondering how long I can keep this up for.

Off to bed now to sulk, as I sound and feel a right misery.

Lots of love Debbie x