Monday and I wake up late and slightly achy after yesterdays exertions. When I do get up I get into my training kit before taking my morning meds with orange juice. Then its into the garage and onto the rower. I’ve no ambition beyond doing my 20 minutes so with ear buds in I start out on my row. My body complains but I push on to the end. I am pleased as I find that I have gone further than yesterday and further than the last session 152 days ago. Somewhere inside a small voice is pleased that I can still do this. with the training out of the way I indulge in a toasted tea cake and some water.

In the early afternoon my partner and I go to a local garden centre for a bacon roll and a coffee. While there we peruse the seeds and plants and end up buying some bedding plants for the pots that need reinvigorating. Once home I retreat to the sofa and spend my afternoon reading Cicero’s essays on friendship and old age. Its good stuff but quite dense. After the evening meal my partner goes to her singing lesson while I watch The Big Bang Theory. The evening comes to a close with me taking my night meds and getting to bed relatively early. Tomorrow I shall see if my drugs order has gone through as I plan the travel to our holiday destination on Saturday.