Friday and waking up is a slow process this morning. I take my vitals, which are okay and then get up into my training gear, however its breakfast first and there is some Christmas admin to do. I am planning to present a thank you poem to the Poetry Stanza at the next face to face meeting before Christmas so I open up the poem I was going to use but realise it is not right for the job so I spend hours trying to find the right rhymes. Eventually I get a version that I am more or less satisfied with, I then order the numbers of books that I need to complete my Stanza project.

Its time to train, I am not feeling it but as I am in my training gear I head for the garage. It is cold and I set myself up for a 30 minute session, starting off at a quick pace. The session was hard but I finally get to the end and I get close to my personal best, so its a good job done.

While rowing a new word comes to me that will fit my Stanza poem, so I return to my drafts and make adjustments to what becomes the final one. For the first time my poem acquires a decimal tittle. 219.3 will be my Christmas poem. I shower and rest while waiting for me partner to return from her pampering session. She soon returns with her Christmas nails done. After looking in the fridge I set about cooking a chicken and black bean curry for the family evening meal.

Once fed I settle down and started to draft the blog until the evening TV pops up with some regular favourites. It will be an evening of relaxation and night meds tomorrow is to be the day our Christmas tree gets put up, so Xmas starts in earnest this weekend.