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The MLCM Shocktober Shuffle.
OK so after 8 days of digging out tree stumps, moving plants from one part of the estate to another, digging holes and filling them in again, demolishing chook sheds, pruning trees, clearing rubbish and all the usual heartbreak and mayhem that goes with landscaping and general gardening in what is a very large garden (nearly a half acre block), I've finished for the time being and tomorrow morning return to Sydney for some R&R back at (paid) work.
The upshot of all this is that I'm tired, sore and injured and haven't run at all (except to stop the dog digging up the transplanted gladioli and orchid bulbs, sorry, tubers). I could have run - I could be out running now, but that would have seriously cut into my down time (ie drinking time) and generally reduced my quality of life, so I haven't.
Truth to tell, I'm really not focussed on running just at the moment as instead I focus on renovating a property that's 1,400 kilometres from my new home, and all the infinite number of related problems associated with such a process. I'm not good at focussing on more than one thing at a time, it has to be said, so apart from keeping tabs here, my only real link with running is to say "I should be doing that" whenever I see a runner in the street.
However, we'll see what my return to Sydney brings in the way of motivation and inspiration. I may pull on the running shorts yet.
However I have to get there first. I'm flying with the ultra-cheap Tiger Airlines*. Last (and only) time I flew with them we boarded on time but then sat on the tarmac for an hour, supposedly due to a "computer problem", but I suspect this was code-speak for something else. Last week one of their flights was delayed for three days (I am not exaggerating!) because one of the cabin crew was sick and they could not find a replacement. Duh. How this can happen is beyond my understanding. So tomorrow morning will be, um, interesting.
OK alright, uh huh, that's it, it's done, that's a wrap. MLC Man is gone and out of here.
*The tight-arse arm of Singapore Airlines.
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Shocktober!
