All tagged covid

Lockdown: The Prequel of The Sequel

14h08 - I receive an email from a colleague (I have colleagues now - more on this later) in which she says, ominously, “Happy Wednesday before lockdown!”

When I receive this missive I am draped over my armchair, legs over armrest, cup of tea to my right hand - an attitude in which I currently spend approximately 15 hours a day. My laptop is perched - appropriately - in my lap. I raise an eyebrow. I probably raised an eyebrow. Let’s say for the sake of cinematographic imagining that I raised an eyebrow.

Back in the Cupboard of Failed Fitness

At best it’s one of those see-saw devices you see in silent movies, operated by two hapless ruffians with four teeth between them. In this case the Two Hapless Ruffians will be played by me and Leonie of Leek, because in a wave of pro-active can-do-ness she shared with me her online gym membership as we whipped ourselves up into a fervent state of YEAH LET’S DO IT!!! which, as everyone knows, is Stage One of any renewed attempt at fitness / dieting / changing your entire personality. It’s just so much better when you know someone is out there kicking with the wrong leg while you both attempt something diabolical called Body Combat.