AS GOOD AS IT GETS PHASE DAY 46

DVT DAY 61

A.G.A.I.G DAY 46

Up early, empty Daisy the dishwasher, wash up the stagnant one pot that had been missed over the last few days. Then its muesli and coffee, before I open up the greenhouse. Today’s task is to pot up more of the seedlings, especially the odd vegetable collection. I spend hours potting up seedlings until I run out of shelve space for the pots. I was going to plant some of the seedlings out in the garden and was tempted especially as it is such a sunny day, but given the forecast says it’s going to get very cold over the weekend I shall resist the urge. So I hang up my dibber and sat and read my new gift book.

After several hours the green house is now full

Lunch and more time on the patio reading and then a surprise, my partner presents me with an amazon parcel. Inside a find a seed box. It’s just what I wanted as I am about to embark on my second wave of planting. I of course immediately set it to use.

A little more gentle gardening and I can no longer put it off. The “it” being some exercise. Its been too long and I need to get myself moving again before I totally seize up. So I retreat to the back bedroom taking my notebook with me and change in to something gymish. I then become a silver swan for a while as I do my adult beginners’ ballet class. I am pleased that I manage to do both sides of the body by winding back the tape so that I can lead with the other leg. I take a photograph as a record of where I am and where I am is “fat”.

R does ballet pose

So, its into the garage for me and a first shielded weights session. Its been far too long myself and I am tentative. Again I video myself to see how much I have gone downhill. It feels hard work and I look appalling but I need to record where I start out from to give me an incentive to keep at it in the future. The video below is part of what I did. Not pretty but a reality check.

So having got myself sweaty I head for the bath with book and phone in hand. There I laze in dark blue water and read more of my book until delightfully wrinkly and prune like. I get out and get dry and indulge in my expensive smellies. Nice to smell good occasionally. So straight to dinner and then to write the blog while the family catch up with Killing Eve.

I feel like  am starting a new way to do Shielding and looking after myself in a more positive fashion.