226 - 14.8.26 - -4: Ghin gets his results

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Well, Ghin got his A level results and he got straight As. After all that. He did well enough for his political paper to pull up the C he had to an A. We were expected AAB or ABB, but in the end he sat down and grinded and he got the A. He wasn't here but we did celebrate over the phone. And now my duty has been discharged and he is now on his way to university. That's him.

All done.

I did my run and swim yesterday and the swim was weird because it looked like I had done the lap in just over a minute which can't be right. But that's what the clock said. I did go for my run and it was easy as well. I'm just gonna keep doing this and I no longer look at myself in the mirror. I know that I have lost all this weight and that I'm recovering my fitness and that's the most important thing. I now will work in series of months. I will see out the rest of August and then start counting the days then - I think. I don't know. But everything has improved. My joints, flexibility, strength - and of course being here for Ma. All really important.

Well, I did some shitposting on FB and now it is time to get off my arse and go running. It is already Friday. The passing of time is just fascinating. The boys are now all grown up and they are on their way. I am filled with wonder about that. I can't help it. And I am also immensely glad. That is the horror of the vampire. That they cannot die. They refuse to die. And they survive by feeding off the young. By feeding off potential. There is nothing sexy or wonderful about that. They are little more than zombies. Zombies with property. Chinatown. I did throw up yesterday when I got back. I think the pork was less than fresh possibly. But I managed to sleep after that. 

OK, run now. Or maybe we rest from running today and swim instead. Then I run tomorrow and rest complete on Sunday. It could work. 

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