Well this is the start of a long day as I have to stay until five, this means a working day of about 10 hours. Most people will be going at around dinner time as its Maundy Thursday and we are given the afternoon off, so I will probably be one of a few people left. I've got a feeling its going to be a really quiet day as the new computer system has problems which they haven't managed to get to the bottom of as yet, this means a slow day which drags as I struggle to find anything to do.

After work yesterday I went straight to the Pine Woods in Ainsdale and did a run. I ran down the new West End Path that cuts through part of the woods and rejoins the Woodland Path which runs alongside the railway line for a time, I passed a family coming the other way, the Easter Hols meant there were also a number of young people on their mountain bikes enjoying the area. I made another diversion and went down one of the permit paths to eventually come out on the path next to the golf course. I paused for a while to take in my surroundings and before I did the next stage of my run. It was very quiet and there was nobody on the golf course, the pine trees towered above me as a cool breeze kept the temperature on this sunny day down. In the field next to the trees there was a horse and female one I presummed and two young foals scampered around I watched through the trees for a while from a short distance, it was I thought a lovely day. There were quite a few people about but at this moment I was on my own with only the sound of the breeze and a light aircraft above.

I walked the the short distance around the corner to Dobson's Rise where my plan was to do at least five repetitions of running up the hill path to the top and then jogging back down again. I was pleased at how comfortable I felt and by the time I had reached the fifth had already decided to extend this to ten repititions. I would start at the bottom and run at what was a good pace to get to the top as fast as I could before a brief stop and light jog back to the start. A group of three young people smiled at me as they passed and later a father with what looked like his three young sons appeared and loitered for a while while the young kids played in the woods. I proudly completed the tenth rep and started to head down the other side of the hill to run back to Pinfold Lane and my car. I consciously made an attempt to keep my head up a bit more as when I am depressed I tend to walk or run with my head down and shoulders a bit crunched, I got back quicker than I expected and even almost caught up with a mother, son and daughter on bikes that I had gone past and then they had overtaken me. My running time was around 50 mins which was excluding any stops I had made and I still felt good and releaxed.

From here as planned it was a visit to JJB for a swim, my plan was to do two reps of six lengths and time myself again. The first one was just a few seconds over four minutes but I had a delay of a few seconds struggling with my watch when starting and on the second one I was impeded at bit and then found the stopwatch hadn't started. With the number of people in the pool I decided it wasn't worth another attempt, I had done about 14 lengths fast so it was time for a few moments in the spa and the steam room before leaving.

I later popped to tesco to do a bit of shopping and get those Easter Eggs for the boys before settling down to watch the footy on the telly. United lost 2-1 away to Roma but considering they went down to ten men before half time when Scholes was sent off for two bookable offences and they scored an away goal so its not too bad. Still have side and abdominal pain down to constipation, I took some laxatives last night to try and get some relief, when I sneeze it absolutley kills.

I have done all my weekly jobs but there now are some items on my to do list that have been there for ages. At some stage over the Easter weekend I must clean the car both inside and out, I want to do a bit more gardening and there's strangely more wood appeared that needs burning. Also finishing restaining the conservatory needs to be done. I haven't decided yet whether or not to go to Salford and do that 10k, I think it will be a case of see how I feel in the morning. I am so bored there is nothing to do and there's still 6 hours to go.

To Do List w/c 02 April 2007
Standard Weekly Tasks
Mop floors.
Dust surfaces downstairs and tidy.
Clean & hoover Bathroom
Hoover bedroom and dust and tidy.
Hoover Stairs
Clothes Wash
Shopping

Additional Tasks
Finish cleaning inside of car
Continue clean kitchen - (left: sink cupboard)
Continue to clear out box room.
Continue with gardening
Sort out fall claim.
Get old freezer out of house ready for collection.
Get old TV out of garage ready for collection.
Continue to restain outside of conservatory
Purchase freezer in April.
Fill out and send endowment questionnaire.
Enter Sefton Triathlon
Buy Easter eggs - Done
Enter Gin Pit 5 - Done

Other Tasks
Look into changes for front garden - I have a general idea of what I want. Sort out rendering
Shop for a new washing machine
Shop for a new oven
Clear out garage
Sort out garden
Sort out bedroom light
Sort out socket
Look into getting a gas real fire effect to replace my open fire.
Look into getting new garage door
Look into hiring scaffolding for render work and exterior painting