The long-weekend feeling
Posted on August 31, 2008, by soph, under Uncategorized.
We were supposed to go diving in Tioman. I haven’t struggled into my wetsuit in a while. But it didn’t work out. Supposed bad weather which actually turned out to be good weather but by then it was too late and nobody was psyched about it anymore. Besides, I think a long weekend of resting at home is much needed for Y.
Then I was supposed to go to Bangkok. Well, not really supposed. Nothing had been booked yet but I was pretty set on it. That didn’t work out either. Just when I’d decided to lift my self-imposed shopping ban in the name of a bargain (or a dozen).
So I guess I won’t be going anywhere after all.
So far this Merdeka weekend, I’ve watched Wall-E at 1.55am with the boys (loved it despite the funky hour), half guilted Y into going for the Avril Lavigne concert with me (more on that later but we enjoyed ourselves), and wept buckets over Marley & Me, the bestselling novel which will soon appear on the big screen starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston. And a clumsy but lovable Lab retriever, presumably.
With over a day to go before it’s back to work, I’m determined to bask in this great long-weekend feeling and am lazily contemplating a session on the treadmill to either High School Musical or Hairspray. It has to be a movie that keeps me entertained well enough that I forget I’m slogging away, and one that I can appreciate above the loud whirring of the treadmill - no headphones in this ‘home gym’ for me.
I am also wanting to give this 10km run a go, so the workout will serve both as the beginning of training for the year-end run, and some serious cardio activity for this couch potato who hasn’t really moved her butt since the Olympics began almost a month ago. After fantasising about doing a run for so long, it’s time I put my words, and my body, to the test. Stay tuned for progress.
Happy 51st birthday, Malaysia. Here’s to hoping the powers-that-be don’t screw up too badly in the years to come.
