I didnt mean to leave it so long before updated! you could say ive been a bit busy and tired!
Right, in the last two weeks, weve....painted the flat to put it on the market, and a lush new carpet! my little sis N stayed over and painted with us, and she was fantastic, i'd spent what felt like forever painting the kitchen, and we were all gathered in there having a little joke and a laugh and R managed to choke on her drink from laughing and spitting it ALL over her MOTHERS back!!! and MY newly painted wall!!!!!!!!!!! her poor mother laughed, ignored the fact that she was soaked and rushed to wipe up the red squash off of the wall!
The next day there was only me and R - and she painted the bathroom and i glossed, in the (small) hall way there are 4 door frames, and i was stuck there glossing, i was getting tired and fed up, and R called me, i put my hand on my newly glossed doorframe to hear her and realised what i had done! in typical butterfly way i shouted, turned the air blue and in exasperation i put my left hand on the OTHER door frame!! so 2 doorframes ruined! I went to pick up the damp cloth from the floor and only backed my bum into a 3rd doorframe!!!! I was livid! I cooled down, went to wash my hands properly, dried them, and picked up the paintbrush to start again, only to feel soggy stuff in my hand....YES, thats right.....i'd picked up the paintbrush the wrong way! the bristles were in the palm of my hand! Then to top it all off, i'd finally finished, walked over to the windowsil and kitty had left paw prints all along it...so now the windowsil has kitty's paw prints stuck in gloss!
I've still been getting fit, ive given up smoking, its been over a week now, and its been a lot easier than before, and still been walking to work, quite happily listening to my audio books(as i cant read on the bus anymore!) So last week i decided that i would ride a bike...as it would be a lot quicker, Mum suggests a bike thats in the shed, because the others either needed a new innertube or were broke or whatever.. Thursday morning i wake up early, with my shed key and bike lock in hand, its about 6.40am, i go out the garden and im there struggling with the lock to get in the shed, i spent a good 10mins trying, because i didnt want to disturb anyone else, i finally give in, run back upstairs, borrow my brothers shed key, convinced mine was a dodgy key...i spend another ten mins fiddling with this bloody lock, and getting very very frustrated! again, i give in and run back upstairs and ask my brother to open the shed for me, by now its all ready 7am, J comes out the garden, and i show him how neither key works for me, and J bursts out laughing...THATS THE NEIGHBOURS SHED!!! our shed was behind it, further down the garden!!!
J opens the correct shed, and we pull out our bikes, we wheel them to the front door, and as luck would have it....two flat tyres on my bike!! J, bless him who was in a rush, got the pump and pumped the tyres up for me, making himself late for rowing club before school! I also had to sponge down the bike as it was black with dirt!
Finally, i'm on my way...now i havent been on a bike in a number of years, so i opt to ride on the pavement, thinking its early morning its going to be quiet anyway. I'm riding along for all of about 5 mins, and eventually a little pain turns into agony, muscles i never knew i had, are revealing themselves to me, but i persevere, and keep going, due to lack of confidence i had to get off the bike to cross roads(hmm...side streets lol) and kept riding, I got to the top of a road and tried to break slowly as a car was coming out of the side street, but the break didnt work, then i panicked and wobbled a bit, and before i knew it...i was laying on the floor tangled in my bike!!! The poor guy in a Jeep, was stretching his head to check i was okay, there i was laying there on the floor, one leg under the bike, the other leg over the bike and the seat digging into my back, and i gave him thumbs up to let him know i was okay! I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me there and then!
I got home that night, with bruises on my bum, thighs, knees, arms and even armpits where my rucksack dug into me! so now i'm thinking of getting my own bike...where the breaks work!
I'm looking for company this week, wednesday evening is the only time i'm booked, its just me and the pets 
and i'd better go walk the dog now!
ready to put the flat on the market, i'm begining to feel rather excited, i think the closer we get, the more driving lessons i'll try to fit in-and next month i'll sort out an ISA for a car
i thought my life was in danger!!! one little slip was all it would have taken! i even had a stick of wood in each hand, in the hope that it was going to balance me out!! I did manage to make it past the rocks, however, i did manage to lose my footing on some green slimy looking stuff- and thankfuly managed to save myself! I must have been a right sight!