Just as I was about to get to sleep last night an enginge noise started. It had probably planned for months, but I was just unlucky work on the train line was happening on a night I really didn’t want to try and sleep with all my windows shut.
Feeling like I could nod off on the train I am currently on, think it might be a long old day.
When I started commuting to London daily there used to normally be space in the form of seats left all the way into London. Now what happens is the train has standing room only for a good few stops before we get to London.
Of course more people on the train is probably a good thing, but it was always a bit nicer with more room.
I also wonder what will happen next in terms of the credit crunch and people who want to get my train.
Whilst I still get a seat I can hardly complain too much.
I’ve moved rooms at home now, and the wireless signal from the BT home hub just isn’t sensibly usable. So fortunately I discovered and brought from Amazon the D-Link DHP-301 Powerline 200M HD Ethernet Adapter Kit
Then I won’t be giving up on wireless quite yet, as I still need my laptop to let me do some work in front of the telly.
So I got home last night to be greeted by the news Dad’s computer kept popping up boxes about security risks. It did take forever to run them but spybot - s & d and adaware seem to manage to fix the mess it was in.
Why do people bother writing these stupid programs, please tell me people don’t buy the software it suggests.
My other idea was trying to reverse engineer how it had been installed and see if that was something I could fix, but it took too long to start with so I passed on that idea.
I have now got back into the gym routine……… well I’ve been once again now. I hope to combine the gym with the swimming I was already doing. Fitlinxx had forgotten me, shows how long since I last went to the gym. I’ve had that turned back on now. So hopefull soon I can get the machines telling me how good or bad I’ve been.
Along side the magic scales with the USB dongle, lets see how this all works. Everyone is to nag me!
Feeling much better for my little session today, do need to build all the lengths of times back up though.
Well now I seem to have mainly won the battle against the bug I have had for the last few weeks. I want to get back into my gym or swim daily routine properly.
Once I have managed to get fitter hopefully I’ll be better at fighting off these evil bugs.
It would also be rather nice to carry on losing some weight, such that when walking or doing expeditions there is less of me to lug about.
I also need to get my weight tracking web site working so i can have anyone who reads this nagging me.
My legs are aching like mad, and my work bag feels as light as a feather.
I hope these are signs the two day back packing expedition I did round the south downs did my some good.
I certainly had a good weekend, must get back in to doing more walking.
I have done something to my right knee when I fell over fully laden with my bag. Not that I gained a reputation in my group for falling over.
I am also glad to say it is not too early in the year for camping!
When can I next go and play outdoors?
Having been away doing adventure training with the cadets the weekend just gone my body has been a little bit tired. I’ve also managed to get some form of chest infection.
This is my excuse for what I managed to do this morning in that i poured my corn flakes into the glass I got out for a drink instead of the bowl I also got out.
Sometimes I worry about my own sanity!
Last night I was on my way home and very nearly there following a van that was obviously on it’s last legs. It was making lots of smoke and making a loud noise as it went along.
I followed this van until we went past a man walking his dog. The dog decided to try and chase the van, being a large dog the poor man walking it had no choice to follow. The dog in fractions of seconds was half way across the road. Fortunalty with a right foot slammed on the brake pedal, and abs doing the job it is meant to I was able to avoid the dog.
It was all just a bit too close for my liking, but makes me glad of modern car technology. Had I not been able to slam my foot down and let the car work on the rest the world would be missing a dog this morning.
This weekend I’ve been up to visit some friends in Northampton. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the M1 temporary speed limit section is no more! It makes the whole M1 a far less painful adventure.
When it all started it was basically 40 mph for the M25 until Luton, then it went up to 50. Now it’s back to national speed limit and has plenty of lanes.
Now if only drivers would learn to keep left unless overtaking, we we had some traffic police who stopped people for lane hogging, rather than relying on speed cameras.
