#129.21 - ! May

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What an incredible year it has been so far.

Tomorrow I'm going to start a blitz on the website for the Forest School. It has been a tough return, but it is what it is. We will beat it.

I finally got my running shoes and I'm breaking it in. It is still factory tough but that's expected. I'm gonna have to wear thicker socks so it is a good thing I have loadsa socks.

Ghin got new shoes as well.

I'm alcohol free 72 days - that's two and a half months. Almost three. I have been running now for 50 days and now running up the hill is no longer even a second thought. I am more flexible than I have ever been and the drop zone proceeds. I'm fasting next week and from feeling very tired this afternoon I'm feel fine. I actually thought I was getting fluey this afternoon. But after I went for the run I rallied. 

I've also dyed my hair blue. By the end of this month I'm gonna be the fittest I've ever been in years. Years and years and years. Tomorrow to test my running I'm going to do the hill on the otherside of Belvoir Park and see how it goes. I love running. It is never going to stop.

I've also been doing Irish for almost two months in a row. It rebegan again when I started running. I feel really really good. Really good.

The complaining on this blog has worked. I have stopped receiving stupid ads about weight loss and secret pooping habits. I now get ads about science courses. At least that's up my street. At least it doesn't infuriate me every time I look at it. There are some nice ads about clothes which I would wear, only I would never buy them because I have clothes coming out of my ears. My goal is to fit into all of them by the end of the year. ALL OF THEM. So my work is cut out. But see, I dropped two dress sizes in three months, which means that I can drop another two in another two months. To size 8. I think I'm now a size 12. This does mean I am going to get those those stupid ads about losing weight again appearing on my youtube and facebook feed but I don't care anymore. I do not care.

I need to go wash my hair out now. I dyed it blue today. I'm getting good at this - dyeing my hair. I used denim blue and turquoise blue. I hopefully it will look great. I had a good week in school. The kids were a handful as usual, but we sailed through. Drawing the caravel sort of restored order... it was therapeutic for everyone. For me, for the kids... for everyone. Tomorrow I'm going to head in to clean up and take a photo of the caravel. It has been such an awesome week. I loved it.

 Hair Grom








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