Pic of the week 9/1/22
First up, an apology!
I’ve gotten a little out of the habit of blogging every Sunday, I didn’t blog last week and this is my first post of the new year, 2022.
One has to hope that it will be a better year than 2021 and 2020 and we begin to see the pandemic wane to an “epidemic”. The country is currently in the throws of the omicron wave which seems to be more infectious – the number of daily cases is staggering, regularly well north of 100 thousand new cases a day – but seems to be milder, with a smaller percentage being hospitalised, needing ICU, and dying. But the sheer number of cases means that hospitalisations are high. We are back in school – I think things will have to get very bad for us to have to return to remote teaching – but we all must wear masks in lessons. Becky has been poorly the past few days, but regularl lateral flow tests have shown its now covid, it seems to be stomach related.
So what are my aspirations for the year?
The first is to get my weight under control – this is a must do. Last year I slacked off on this and was only sub 113 stone for 3 weeks of the year. Inevitably Christmas has seen me pile on the pounds and I am declaring a starting weight of 13 stone 7 ounces. I want to be sub 13 by February half term, and then maintain sub 13 (allowing the odd blip for holidays etc.)
Running: I’ve set myself the goal of running 700 km this year. Injuries permitting, that should be an achievable task, particularly as I am refereeing less now, leaving more time for running. Did my first run of the year today (a niggling groin strain prevented me running since shortly after Christmas) 10K in sub 50 mins. I will get quicker, the important thing is that I can comfortably run 10k.
Swimming: I returned to the pool in 2021 and – disputes with lifeguards and timetabling notwithstanding – I would like to swim 100 km this year.
Other goals? Not really sure I have any. Keep learning my Spanish, travel (have three foreign trips booked: Naples, Kefalonia & Dubrovnik), keep blogging here regularly and revisit my Maths teacher blog, which I have neglected for a while.
I think I need to use 2022 to shape my new normal – hopefully the pandemic will recede, the children are both away at uni, after a groundhog couple of years, this year opens a new chapter in my (our, Becky & I) life and this is the year to begin to design and define how we live our next 10 years.
Happy New Year!