Windy Blows

Well, after a wonderful and very restful Christmas holiday it was finally time to go back to work today. I’ve had so much wonderful sleep over the holiday, so I thought that I would try to carry that on and had a very early night last night. Unfortunately I didn’t have a brilliant night’s sleep because the house was so cold because the heating had been off for over a week. I ended up sleeping in PJs, socks and a thick jumper! It’s also crazily windy here in Leeds at the moment, which meant that there were a few funny noises in the night that kept me alert.

The wind also led to quite an amusing walk into work. Just outside my office is a really bad wind tunnel, where the wind whips around. It was so gusty this morning that I could hardly stand up. I’m doing a 5k time trail at running club tonight, which could be interesting if the high winds continue. I don’t think that there are going to be any PBs broken this evening!

Despite a slightly rough night’s sleep, I was woken up very pleasantly by my Christmas present from Peter.

Clearly I didn’t wake up at 16:49 … I just took this photo now. I’ve wanted one of these lamps for ages. Peter already has one and it’s such a nice way to wake up. By the time that the alarm went off my room was light and I was alert and awake.

Although I’m a little bit sad about having to go back to work, I am glad to be back to my normal eating routine. I made sure that I ate plenty of fruit and vegetables over the holiday, but I ate quite a lot of other stuff as well. I started the day right with a bowl of porridge cooked with oat milk and bananas, with cracked linseed and blackstrap molasses stirred in afterwards.

Actually, I think I’ve had porridge for breakfast nearly every day over the holidays because I felt that I could make at least one part of my day healthy. It’s also a very quick and easy breakfast to make while I’ve been staying at other people’s houses without access to all my normal eats. I’m looking forward to being able to have a smoothie again, but I forgot to put a banana in the freezer last night and I have to have my smoothies with something icy in them.

Now I think I need some inspiration for that run later on …

I asked for a subscription to Runners World for Christmas, and this was waiting for me when I got home last night. In my opinion, magazine subscriptions make brilliant presents and are great value compared to buying one every month. There’s no way that I would shell out £4.50 for a magazine, no matter how good it was!

Have you returned to work today? Are you glad or sad that the holidays are over?

Do you subscribe to any magazines?