Brrrrrrrrr!

Blimey Britain, it’s chuffin’ chilly! Can the last one to bed tonight pleeease remember to shut the fridge!

As you can probably tell I am back from my holiday and once again in the UK. It is amazing, how quickly all my good holiday habits, writing daily, going to the gym, eating well, have gone out of the window. Once again I am amazed at just how much of your time and energy, having a house takes up. However I am also maintaining that my other half working shifts is not helping, particularly as he was on nights this weekend, so I am creeping around, I can’t do the laundry, can’t vacuum, can’t Christmas stuff back in the attic, can’t be arse to do those things either, but that’s hardly the point. So between the cold, trying to be quiet and prepping myself for the dreaded first day back in the office tomorrow, all of my good intentions went right out of the window this weekend.

Still it is a New Year, whilst I don’t make resolutions per say, I am going to use the New Year as added ammunition in my determination not to let a few setbacks to become a major road block. I have a plan, this year I am not going to let the daily grind drag me down, oh no! I am going to fill my little world with things that make me feel, not just good, but also like I’m doing something worth while. Writing is the obvious one, and I will be aiming to write something everyday, especially once I get my new toy! (Thanks Dad!) I will be exercising regularly, not only because I enjoy it, but also because it balances out how stationary you when writing and this whole thing is about balance at the end of the day. I’m also going to try some new looks, because frankly it’s fun and makes me smile as essentially it is fancy dress.

I’ll let you know how it goes, though so far the fact it was bloomin’ cold this morning, more in the office than out of it, and I had to answer so many emails has not been the greatest beginning. However I did help with and owl rescue this evening and return to my dance class for the first time in a month, so lets just say swings and roundabouts eh?

I hope you are all having a successful and happy, or at least warm new year. Feel free to share your thoughts, aims etc. I like to hear other people ideas on how to make live a little better. 

Chilly Brrrrrrr

**RANT**

I’m cold, I’m tired, approximately 78.9% of me aches, and there is no decent chocolate in the house. I am currently sat combating the above with a hot water bottle attractively wedged down my waistband, chowing down ibuprofen and considering spreading nutella on a chocolate digestive. The aches and pains I’ll accept, they are probably self inflicted, as is the tiredness which I’ll also take responsibility for. The chocolate is a bigger problem and it is currently incurable and not my fault. The blame for that, I lay at the feet of my other half. However since he is currently out working his third night shift on a cold and foggy night, probably picking up someone who either isn’t that ill or could get themselves to hospital if they tried, I’ll let him off, for now. The cold however is another matter and one I am hereby thoroughly objecting to. It seems that whatever I do I am cold, even in the height of summer the slightest breeze fells like a chill to me. I’m the only person I know to pack several jumpers on an August trip to California, that air-conditioning is frightful you know. In fact the only time that I am warm is doing cardio, or at 3am inevitably on a Monday morning when I wake up sweating profusely, inexplicably with no feeling in my hands and I cannot for the love of all that is good and pure get back to sleep.

I hate being cold all the time. For starters being too hot or too cold means you are constantly uncomfortable, you are always adjusting, always trying to get to a state where you feel settled and that is tiring. It drains you always being cold, even if it is only a little chilly, you notice it, your are always aware of it. If you are always cold, forget having a sense of style or developing your own fashion signature, because however good you look no one else will see it because you have to cover everything up with three layers of jumpers, fleeces and associated gubins. Of course the other issue that comes with being cold is occasionally being too hot for short periods of time. Say you walk somewhere briskly for example, you are obviously doing your usual and wearing plenty of layers, so of course as soon as you enter somewhere that is warmer that where were, you have a sudden short heat wave all to yourself. You get sweaty, go red, and everyone around you thinks you are a bit special as you frantically strip down to the minimum amount of clothing you can wear whilst remaining decent, even if you are able to hold on to any pride, approximately 5-10 minutes later your body catches up and you are suddenly piling layers back on as though the next arctic winter has arrived unannounced. It is thoroughly ridiculous and general means that people rarely believe that you can be cold al the time.

The whole things is frustrating, annoying and ultimately completely out of my control. And so I shall continue to sit here with my hot water bottle wedged down my pants and hope that at least when my other half gets home he’ll be doing his best impression of the milk tray man.

**RANT OVER**