April Showers

Besides the unseasonable heavy snow a lot seems to be falling on me at the moment, most of it positive, but still rather hectic, so sorry for the lack of posts. I’ve had a day out with family members going to the Tutankamum/pharaohs exhibition at the 02/Millenium Dome, which was good though I feel the advertising is a little misleading. Afterwards we headed over to Chinatown and grabbed various buns, then to Yo! Sushi at Paddington (the place you play catch your plate off a conveyor belt) before they caught the train home.

Back home I’m struggling to find window sill space for seedlings (and have run out of soil to move those that need it into larger pots, and don’t have the cash for it right now!). I’d be moving them outside but, in spite of digging out a stump and more rubble, and moving several perennials, the plot is still not ready. And considering that snow I’d like to leave it a bit longer. There’s also the lesson of my mixed leaves. They’ve survived the snow fine, but have been heavily damaged by pigeons, just as they were beginning to look like leaves not seedlings. The bigger my seedlings are when they go out, the better.

I’m also approaching the peak of my marathon training. No, I’m not doing London (I’d be resting up now if I was!), but the much harder Neolithic at the start of May. I’m supposed to be doing my longest training session - 20 miles - this weekend. Unfortunately this grumbling bug I’ve had the last few weeks means missed sessions and it’s going to be a real struggle to make the distance. It’s annoying, as I got to 18 miles ages ago, and should have been coasting round my second 20 miler this week. Instead of which I’m just hoping I haven’t lost too much condition since that 18 miler! But I guess I have to make the most of it and remind myself that I’ve achieved more in training than the last 2 years. I’m still feeling under the weather, but I just have to hope my trip this week (I’m planning on heading down to the FLM Expo and back), will do the job and I’ll be raring to go in 3 weeks time.

With all that going on I have a stack of reviews to do for Qype and pictures to edit. Then I went and advertised a picture frame on Freecycle… but I’ll tell that story when it’s completed!