Sunday and I wake focussed on what needs to be done to day. I make warm drinks and then take my vitals, which are good. My partner and I get up for breakfast and I take my morning meds. As soon as we are ready we drive off to the local shopping centre, where I collect my newly cleaned giant jumper and my partner gathers together the making of a Christmas cake. With provisions bought we head for home.

My partner begins to make the Christmas cake and I watch part of a football match before changing into my training kit. Before heading for the garage and my trusty rower I go out into the garden and fill all the bird and squirrel feeders. Clearly the birds are coming into the gardens as there is little for them in the surrounding fields. With everything full I go to the garage and climb on to the rower and set myself for a 45 minute row. The garage is chilly as I set off at a steady pace. By the end of the session I have rowed my standard and I am pleased. There are going to have to be more sessions as I go forward, I am going to need to rely on my strength.

I record the session and begin to listen to a football match on the radio while I wait for the Tesco delivery. At last it arrives and there is squirrelling away of the shopping before I can change out of my training kit. Just as everything is away I get a message saying that a book has been delivered to me. I check and find the Amazon person has left it at the front gate, clearly not bright enough to open a gate and deliver it to the porch like most other delivery services (except Evri or who never manage to make it to the). The book looks very interesting and up my street so I shall be reading it very soon.

I change into some lounge wear and listen to radio football while I write my to do list to finish off Christmas and do some pre-emptive organising to see me through the coming weeks when I need to focus on my wellbeing. I order my regular drugs and start to draft the blog. My evening will of course include the Strictly result show before I get myself an early night. I need to be getting a better sleep routine to ensure I stay strong if I am going to up my training.