Flat Battery and Scorched Lungs.

"The truth does not scorch you nearly as fiercely as the suffering you bring upon yourself when you ignore the truth"

Bed at 3am this morning, and up at 8.30am to make coffee and pick up today's quote (that's 2 days in a row so not my turn to make coffee tomorrow, though that is not sounding very compassionate.)

'Don't stick your head in the sand' springs to mind with that advice. That may be why we were pushing the car to start it this morning, on our way to the uphill race at Nevis Range. Slightly scorched by not facing the fact that we need a new battery as well as the alternator we just bought, but less scorched than we would be financially if we didn't wait until pay day, as we do live on a hill and we got help at the race to jump start us on the way home. We have a lift to the dance tonight, so as pay day creeps closer, we should manage to get to where we need to, with a bit of jiggery pokkery.

I was also a little scorched around the lungs after the effort to get up the Downhill Cycle Track as fast as possible with so little training - a reminder, that if I manage to get a Ben Race entry this year, I will need to stop running on borrowed time.

I applied my calm mind to gazing at my husband to try and clear his furrowed brow while he brushed his teeth this morning. I'm not sure why it was furrowed - lack of sleep and a race ahead perhaps. This only served to deepen the lines, but entertained me no end and I had a fit of the giggles. I suppose if my new found approach to life keeps me happy, the rest of the family MAY benefit, if it doesn't drive them demented first.