A quiet Saturday

This is the first of a nice run of quiet weekends leading up to the London Marathon! Geth and I have been away a lot recently so I’m really happy to be able to spend the next few weeks at home, getting on with the final and most intense stage of my marathon training and ticking off the things on my writing to-do list.

Due to the snow (and latterly Geth’s decision to go to a gaming tournament this morning), we didn’t go to parkrun today. Instead, I did my weekend long run, and it didn’t go that well. Due to a few setbacks, I wasn’t able to run for as long as I’d planned. However, I’ve got enough wiggle room in my training that I can swap weeks around, so I’ve decided to count this last week as a ‘rest week’ and try the same distance again next weekend. This means I’m still on schedule to do my longest long run on the correct weekend. Also, on the plus side, yesterday’s broken glasses have held together with the superglue, and so I was able to see while running!

I’ve spent the rest of the day relaxing with my 3DS! It’s been really nice to get a bit of videogaming done again.

OOTD 16th March 2019
OOTD: comfy post-run outfit. Jumper unknown brand (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2019), leggings Primark (2018), socks unknown brand (2007), trainers Reebok (2013).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Pulp – Sorted For Es And Wizz
Squeeze – Up The Junction
Chic – Le Freak
Diana Ross – I’m Coming Out
The Human League – The Things That Dreams Are Made Of

The worst week for glasses

I just had another pair of glasses frames snap on me. Two pairs in two days is beyond comical.

This time, it was my running glasses, which are even more essential than my prescription sunglasses and therefore can’t wait for me to buy a new pair. As such, I am currently attempting to stick them back together with superglue.

I am not one of those people who gets digits and limbs and furniture and everything else accidentally stuck together with superglue. I am one of those people for whom superglue just won’t work at all – it simply doesn’t seem to hold together. Glasses are currently on the kitchen table, weighed down by various things to hold them in place, with superglue on the join in the vague hope that it will decide to (a) stick and (b) set. Judging by past experience, I’m not hopeful.

In other news today: I got some really tedious admin and accounting stuff done (which is a relief), and I may be rediscovering videogames after a couple of years of not having the time, which is a bit alarming given the amount of other stuff I’m supposed to be getting on with at the moment.

OOTD 15th March 2019
OOTD: weather is super changeable today – half an hour after taking this picture it started hailing! Jacket unknown brand (estimated vintage 1990s, bought at vintage shop 2003), t-shirt Katharine Hamnett (2017), skirt unknown brand (vintage 1980s, bought at vintage fair 2017), tights Primark (2017), shoes Office (2018).

Today’s earworm playlist:

Calvin Harris and Rag ‘N’ Bone Man – Giant
Boy George – Everything I Own
Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know?
The Wonder Stuff – Unbearable