The Weekend Is Over

I'm sat here just getting stuff ready for work and I'm wondering just where the weekend has gone! It has been another cold weekend, it was raining and hailstones fell whilst we were in town shopping and I just wonder if we are ever going to get any good weather? Had a couple of good workouts this weekend, getting used to the new gym now, it's not as good as Fitness First but it's ok for what I need. I've yet to go on a night time but I have to this week, I need to start getting a proper workout routine in place. I have spoken to a guy who used to be at the old gym about personal training which he is happy to do, but I'm still waiting on the X-ray for my knee. Once I have that sorted I can make plans about PT training.

April has been a really expensive month for me with so many birthdays and bills to pay, so I'm looking forward to May and to try and get some saving done, before you know it Christmas will be here again and I will be in the same state as I always am! I have vowed to make sure Christmas is paid for early so that there's money left for us so that we can enjoy the festivities too!

A friend of mine has asked why I don't set up a Twitter page for my bear Five, I as thinking about it as I could use it as my alter-ego and say the things I would like to say, or not! I'll think it over and just maybe do it and see just how many followers he gets. On Flickr, I always get asked about him and keep getting odd messages about why there's no photo's of him and the boys so he is popular on there!

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Latest!

Well I think I'm finally getting better, after 5 weeks of having this virus I think I am finally getting over it now. After a course of pills from the doctor for my mouth ulcers and coldsores, it still has some sores left but hopefully they will go. I seriously need now to get off my arse and get back to the gym. I haven't been since Bank holiday August and I can tell. Was going to go tonight but got odd jobs to do, I'm wallpapering for Nigel and Julia tomorrow so I think it is going to be Wedensday night, take it easy and get back into it, fitness here I come!

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A Cold In Summer

I can't believe it, I managed to get all the way though winter without a cold or anything, come the first week of summer and I get a cold, a really bad one too. I know where it has started from, I had a sore in my throat and that's started it all. I lost my voice and got a heavy cold, I went for a training session with Steve and felt crap before it but good for a while afterwards. Then the cold really took hold and been here over the last few days. I had another training session today and had a sauna afterwards with a vapour rub on my chest to clear the sinuses but I couldn't even smell the stuff. I must have inhaled half of that steam room but still got headache and bunged up! I just hope it is on it's way now as I'm on holiday in 4 days time!

Todays workout was pretty good, it was a chest and bicep workout but Steve decided he was working out with me which was more fun. He's a fit guy, but his fitness levels lie in the stuff he does for his football and that meant I could outpace him on press ups, well for the time being anyhow!

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Manchester Cold

Me and Vince went to Manchester on Saturday and I caught a cold there. I thought it was something to do with the air con in the Arnedale shopping centre as I started sneezing when we went in but fine when we came out of the place. The cold started to get worse on Saturday night and I felt pretty crap. Sunday we went to York and Scarboough and I just felt awful. The cold has stayed in my head affecting my sinuses. Monday when I went to work I just felt so ill and Tuesday I went to work but came home about 9am as I didn't have much sleep the night before and was in a lot of pain. That pissed me off as it was the first day off I've had in 3 years. The cold today is still here and not changed that much apart from I feel a lot better than I did yesterday. I just want it to go for the weekend ao I can get out on my bike, but as I type this, it has started snowing again!

Weird And Wonderful Four Days!

I'm typing today as I have an unnofficial day off, well my lay off day has been moved from Friday to today. We had a machine that got flooded out by a valve blowing off the overhead heater last Sunday and pumped thousands of gallons of water over it. This meant we ran out of work and they have been trying to produce enough stuff so we can go back to work with something to do.

This weekend we went to Leeds for the day, it was cold but dry so we were ok going in and out of shops and having a coffee. Sunday I went for a ride on the road bike, only the second time I've managed to get out on it but feel a lot more confident riding it now. I rode to Beverley and once out of Hull away from the traffic lights, I could get used to the gears and riding with both feet clipped in. As I got to Beverley it began to snow and I decided I'd better turn back and ride home before things get worse, I got home fine but the snow was on and off all day yesterday. When I work this morning it had been snowing all through the night and had laid. Today it has been snowing quite a lot and some really heavy snow falls mixed with Thunder, how strange!

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Dark Cold Days

Well, Winter is in full swing, it is cold, wet, windy and dark and I'm just fed up of it raining. As quick as the sun is out, it suddenly goes cloudy and starts to rain. We were supposed to be going to Leeds on Saturday but we woke up to get the early train and it was pouring with rain so we decided to get the later train. The temptation of a cuppa in bed and a lovely warm bed meant we didn't go for the later train and never went to Leeds. We spent the rest of the day wandering around Hull city centre and midday the sun comes out and becomes a nice afternoon. After tea the weather changes and starts to rain about 7pm, that is typical of the weather here.

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Still Ill

Well, this cold is still pretty bad and I have been to the doctor's who told me I have a bad chest infection. Pills to take and cough medicine so hopefully it might start to shift this cold. I Haven't been anywhere on my bike so I'm missing not going out as I can hardly breathe so hard cycling is really out of the question
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Aarrgh!

This cold I have is really hanging around and I've had to ring and cancel my tattoo appointment for Saturday. I'm in a lot of pain with my chest and there's no way I can sit for 3 hours without coughing and splutering. I was looking forward to this and now it has put it back further but at least next time I will be fit and ready for getting tattooed.

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