Day 7

Today I…

• woke with an incredibly itchy throat (again) – took nasal spray for allergies and a pill which I’ve tried to avoid taking every day but realise I need to or I suffer with itchy eyes, throat and runny nose. (I haven’t really been snot free since start of January – combination of a cold or two and allergies – not sure what is causing the allergy). Am very grateful I don’t have a cough or fever!!
• watched 2 episodes of TV on demand before the gym class came on (Grey’s Anatomy and the Resident – shows Antony has no interest in… together at nights we are watching My Brilliant Friend and loving it)
• enjoyed the Les Mills Body Balance class on TV- great to stretch all the muscles I can really feel after yesterday’s workout
• spent a couple of hours reading a friend’s (excellent) masters thesis on currency design, connection, timebanking and wellbeing.
• had a 40 minute lunchtime call from our previous mayor
• enjoyed a 40 minute afternoon nap
• studied te reo Māori for an hour
• attempted golf practice (no good- hand still too sore to swing a club) but Antony had a good go with the practice net.

• biked leisurely through the domain admiring all the pretty autumn colours – this is an unedited pic I took…

• had lovely salad with boiled eggs for lunch and yummy lentil & vege stew leftovers on rice with silverbeet for dinner

• harvested all the broccoli off-shoots (after harvesting main heads a month or so ago) then spent ages trying to remove all the creepy crawlies hiding in them. I boiled up the stalks and tops with some onion for tomorrow’s lunch (soup)… discovered the green camo bugs turn white/ tan when boiled!