It's been a long, long time since my last post, just in case you hadn't noticed. So what have I been up to and why the extended absence? Well, where do I start...? OK, first off, I was away for a couple of weeks learning how to be an NLP Trainer, which I have to say was the toughest course yet. I am immensely proud to have passed the three days of evaluation, especially as so many others fell by the wayside - did I mention it was tough? During the course I managed to fight off the lurgy that was attacking a number of the other attendees, including the two lovely ladies that I was sharing a house with and one of the trainers. A week later, it finally caught up with me, and knocked me down both physically and mentally. Now I rarely get ill, and when I do, it's invariably my body's way of telling me to slow down, so for once I decided to practice some radical self care and give myself the break that I obviously needed. Boy did I sleep a lot! Not a lot of work done, a lot of catching up on reading in between dozing, oh, and I did manage to pull my share of the work at my motorcycle club's rally, at which we raised well over £1,000 for charity. And then I slept a lot more...
So all in all it's been a roller coaster ride for the last few weeks, and quite a challenge to me on various levels. I don't recall ever having been down for so long, except perhaps after a knee operation when I was in my teens - at least I'm not hobbling around on crutches this time! Have you any idea how hard it is to carry anything when you're on crutches? Picture the scene: you've managed to get yourself a nice cool drink in the kitchen, and just how are you going to carry it to the next room to sit down and drink it when both your hands are occupied with keeping you upright and moving along? Sometimes handy at the bar though, "Buy a cripple a drink, mister? And could you carry it to the table for me too, please?" But I digress, and that's surely not PC these days anyway. So back to my time out. I needed the time out for sure, and next time I'm in need of a rest, I think I'll plan a nice long holiday somewhere hot and relaxing in preference to the horrible-flu-y-lurgy-thing from hell. Maybe then I'll manage to post the odd, "Wish you were here", and then again, maybe not. Either way, I'm back and I'm proud!
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