While my drive to exercise has improved, I was not able to take the children out as much as I wanted. On the weekend I was at work for a lot of the day, then in the evening we entertained, my wife preparing, once again, an amazing meal. It was a late night, and while I had wanted to be able to be able to take the children out on their bikes in the morning, a combination of alcohol, fatigue and the need to mow the lawn meant that I was not able to do so. Saying that, as you can see from the picture, the garden needs a lot of work. And I actually feel that I am more able to do it compared to how I was before the kids and I started to exercise more. We did attend the street party, I think that the kids had a great time. And for the first time in seven years, when it came to rounders, I managed to hit the ball!
I however have been able to ride my bike more. My Wednesday job has moved locations, and this means that I have limited parking there, which now means that I am going to have to cycle to work. Being further away, I was not sure that I would be able to do this, but a practice run on Saturday showed that I could do it, and I did so today. Last week I rode my bike for the first and last time into what is now the old site where I used to work on a Wednesday, today, I managed to get to the new place, sweaty, out of breath, but there. The kids though were very annoyed with me. I had intended to get them to ride their bikes to school (and therefore back again) but I had not realised that their backpacks which are quite slack would be suitable for this. Well I did, but only a few minutes before we were meant to leave, which meant that there was no time to fix things. I have to get this sorted out for next week though, or they will never let this go!
