Day 281 - Rainbow

As I was working on lots of emails and photos this afternoon I looked out of the window to see this amazing rainbow, it lasted for about 20 minutes and brightened up an otherwise dull day.

Day 280 - Schmores

On the first Monday of every month I meet up with my girlfriends. This month we went round to Kim's for wine and a catch up around the first proper fire of the winter. I decided to introduce the girls to schmores! We roasted marshmallows and sandwiched them between digestive biscuits with chocolate....completely healthy! They weren't the best schmores I've had, somehow they taste better when cooked over an open log fire when you're camping.

Day 279 - A Face in the Crowd.

The day of the Great North run dawns and it was a gorgeous day! Claire had decided that she wasn't well enough to do the run so we went down to support Ben. Ben was raising money for Diabetes UK which explains his rather attractive head wear. The atmosphere at the start of the race was amazing. There were over 52000 people running the 13 miles and then with all the people supporting them it was really busy. After watching the start of the race (and guessing when Ben crossed the start line which was probably about 30 mins after it actually started!) Claire and I made our way into town to catch the metro down to South Shields. It was mayhem in town and took us about as long to get to the end of the race as it took Ben to run it!! He did the run in 2:29 hrs and had a great sense of achievement for completing the race but I don't think he'll be doing it again! I was hoping that seeing Ben complete the race might inspire me to enter it another time.....but I don't think so! I'll stick to running in the park!

Day 278 - Nice Day for a Walk

Ben and I wandered down into Newcastle to have a look at all the different events going on for the Great North run. There were several junior runs happening around the quayside and I didn't envy the kids participating in this weather! It was a miserable afternoon and with the nerves already kicking in I think Ben was a little worried about running 13 miles tomorrow in this weather!

Day 277 - Mario Kart Wii

A weekend up in Newcastle with Ben and Claire to support them in their Great North Run. I caught the train this afternoon and Ben met me at the station before taking me home to see birthday girl Claire who was full of a cold and not really up to celebrating! They had some friends come round for wine, cake and a few games on the wii.

Day 276 - "Look what I found!"

Hey, look what I found today! My voice! I'm finally starting to feel human again and it's great to have most of my voice back.
I spent today sorting through paperwork and chasing up invoices and customer orders which had been piling up in my inbox, it's made me realise I have more to do than I thought but it's good to be feeling well enough to be back at work. : )

Day 275 - Fed up!

I'm officially fed up and bored of being poorly. It's been over a week now since I started to sniffle and feel rough with what I thought was just a measly cold. Unfortunately it's now a week later and I'm not better. I'm not very good at stopping and I think that may be part of the problem so I spent today at home, switched off my phone and made myself rest....so boring! I still have no voice and would quite like to have it back now. I've had enough of people asking me to "speak up" or ask me "sorry, have I just woken you up?" when they call me.....my sense of humour is quickly disappearing.