"Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can, and
the wisdom to know the difference."

  --  Saint Francis of Assisi

I am

I am... happy with my life right now

 I know... there is still so much more to learn

I want... to get my phone back from Curly's house

I wish... I had not bumped my head on the wall and proceeded to leave my entire handbag at his house

I hate... missing out

I miss... good friends from the past

I fear... becoming another crime statistic in SA

I feel... a little hungry - perhaps time for an orange

I smell... nothing much at all really but would love to smell freshly mowed grass

I hear...the constant whirring of the computers around me

I crave...my phone? chocolate? for time to hurry up?

I search...to find my greater purpose on earth

I wonder..if/when I will discover it

I regret...not cherishing every moment I have with my family

I love...being loved and loving

I ache...nowhere right now but that might change after boot camp tonight!

I am not..wearing any makeup today because I left that at Curly's house too!

I dance...really badly but that doesn't stop me from doing it

I sing...off key but think I sound great sometimes

I cried last…this morning after I bumped my head on a wall

I fight…seldomly - I hate confrontation!

I write…for a living, who would have thought my creative writing essays from school would have sparked my career!

I win…no board games - I'm the best person to play with

I lose…my phone in my bag all the time

I am never…going to settle for complacency

I always…try to be there for others - but need to stop using sleep as an excuse to fade early

I listen…to 702 on the way home for intelligent discussions to end my day

I can usually be found…drinking tea with a biscuit with a book after work

I need…my handbag quite desperately

I am happy…where I am in life and who I share it with

I imagine…a world where every day is Mandela Day!

Bootcamp Chronicles

 So housemates, B, R, S and I started bootcamp on Monday.
We've had over a month to prepare for this after purchasing a fantastic wicount voucher for a month's training for just R80 (always game for a bargain - the real price is R450 - we didn't hesitate signing our bodies away).

We definitely didn't think the decision through so overwhelmed were we by the bargain and bonding opportunity.
Because its already practically dark by the time the 6pm class dawns (or is that sets?) - not to mention the fact that we are in the middle of winter (with a cold front conveniently adding to the bite of that first class). No wonder it was such a bargain!

B fell to the wayside on Day 1 (flu + a weekend of binge partying at Durban July) so us three muskateers headed to the battle ground, nervous as hell.

Observation 1 - there are no fat people (so much for being able to show up anybody in class some of our competitive natures cried)
Observation 2 - we had to rate out fitness and join a group accordingly (wise decision to choose 'average') and fall in the green 'easy' group
Observation 3 - green  ain't no walk in the park
Observation 4 - hot instructors. Now at least that works on our motivation!
Observation 5 - At least we weren't 'yes, yes sir-ing' like we imagined but WOW we are going to be so stiff tomorrow!

And that we were - R the most so (despite plans to move up to yellow in the next class)
but by day 2 I was even worse than her - couldn't stop laughing at myself as I hobbled down the stairs at work, holding on to the wall.

I just have to keep reminding myself that it'll all be worth it when summer comes....
And at least we're so stiff that we aren't even remotely tempted to get off the couch to find biscuits or chocolate to make us feel better!