Friday

[white_hart]

Work is still awful. I think it is going to carry on being awful for a long time yet.

I am so tired that at lunchtime I sat down in one of the chairs in the staff kitchen after I'd washed up the packaging from the sushi I treated myself to for lunch and couldn't get up again for twenty minutes, despite knowing that I really needed to stop chatting to C and get back to work.

One of my swimming friends is recovering from an operation and the other has a stinking cold, so I may not get any swimming this weekend. And I've just seen someone on the local swimming Facebook group saying their bag was stolen while they were swimming in the lake where we swim when the rivers are too high and fast (which they are at the moment) today, which does make me worried about going there. (I always have my keys and phone with me in my tow float, and I think I need to start putting my glasses in there as well, but I wouldn't want my clothes to be stolen either!)

Comments

[gwendraith]

People are awful sometimes. You can't even exercise or have fun without someone taking advantage and stealing your stuff.

I hope you feel perkier soon.

[white_hart]

Thank you.

[tree_and_leaf]

I'm sorry work is so awful at the moment. Sending good thoughts.

[white_hart]

Thanks.

[nineveh_uk]

Sorry about the swimming. I assume none of the outdoor pools remain open over winter?

[white_hart]

There's one at a health club in Bicester, referred to by local swimmers as "the M40 ditch" because it is 200m long, narrow, and right next to the motorway. And Queenford Lakes in Berinsfield, but they're only open between 8am and 9am on Sundays in the winter.

I ended up going for a solo swim at Hinksey this morning, figuring that if I've swum there year round already it's probably safe enough even as the temperature drops. And I have bought a cheap cable bike lock to tether my bag to the edge of the jetty or something similar!