#not running

I did not run after work today. We had to go pick up our run numbers for the City to Surf on the way home. When I got home I had to log back on and do some more work. When I finally got everything sorted there I rewarded myself with some time stitching on my lovely little Singer Featherweight. I have been messing about with scraps and Flying Geese. Not sure what I will do with them but I am really enjoying making them and I have a ton of scraps. After dinner I was falling asleep in the chair so I got my hand stitching out and sat and stitched for a while, then I did a count up and have decided I will do two more rows on the big blue star hexie quilt and that will be it. No more little blue hexies. Of course I will have to stitch that final block and attach it to the mother ship before I can say the quilt top is done.

Then a long drive home and realising how swollen my ankle was and getting the keys to my new flat on Monday night and a doctors visit on Tuesday with the verdict that I tore a ligament 🫠 not a bad tear though, just one spot, brace for ten days, nothing too major. Now I'm ill as well so I guess my body really said "hello? You said we would get some rest after all that running?" Fair enough, body, fair enough. We shall get some rest.

My Friday started out damp and chilly thankfully I was working from home. It took until mid morning for the sun to make it around to my sewing room/office. I was glad to see it shine on in as I was cold. There is a real autumnal feel in the air. My 11.30 meeting ran over time so I did not get a run in today. That made me a little grumpy. I did however have time to make myself a yummy lunch and go for a wander around the garden where I watched a butterfly emerge and fill its wings ready to fly. After all the working was done we headed into town to collect our race numbers for the Around the Bays on Sunday. It is the first time Around the Bays has been run in Otautahi so we wanted to be in. I may also have done a little shopping for new running gear on the way out. We got take aways from our fav shop on the way home. Bring on the weekend.