Picking up where I left off

I'm unfortunately a couple of days behind on my posts (reasons for which are forthcoming), but I'll just have to make it up this weekend despite anticipating it to be rather a busy one.  I'll be attending the Spindle, Spin and Fibre Play Day hosted by the Pascoe Vale Hand Spinners and Weavers Group on Saturday, and on Sunday, I'll be trundling down to Cranbourne for the Sheep and Woolcraft Field Day hosted by the Black & Coloured Sheep Breeders Association of Australia .  It'll be my first time at either event so I'm looking forward to it!

Not counting

On Wednesday night I had another date, this time with a guy I met through RSVP.  I joined the site a couple of weeks ago and sent a few guys introductory messages.  It was mostly par for the course ('thanks, but no thanks' and a lot of no responses), but the gentleman I met yesterday was one of a few who replied.  We exchanged messages for a bit and met up at Brunetti's after work.

We had a lovely time getting to know each other, and I can definitely see a friendship growing between us as we have a lot of common ground.  He's rather shy and quiet, but it went better than expected given two introverts meeting for the first time. He loves the same food as I do, which is a plus. I've extended an open invitation to him to have lunch somewhere nice in the city which I hope he'll take up soon.  Whether anything else develops between us, only time will tell.

Building myself up

Last night, I went to my first proper Pilates class at a physio clinic close to home.  My instructor's awesome and attentive, and has a great way way of making me understand the movements and what I should be doing to achieve good form when doing them.  It's a small class with 4 other ladies, so I'm the odd one out, but I don't mind.

I don't think I did too badly; I felt pretty good afterwards but after dinner I promptly fell asleep which was a good thing. I don't really feel too sore this morning, something which I was eager to avoid. Now that I'm older, I don't think I can recover as quickly from physical exertion, low impact or not. 

I'm hoping to insert a 30-min stair machine set in my routine at least twice a  week at one of those 24hr gyms next (there are at least a couple at the town centre).  I think I like the idea of popping over at 11:30 at night, get a set in, and then going to Pancake Parlour as a reward for my hard work (please don't judge me).

Day 13.