I've found that being in a cafe early in the morning is quite rather satisfying. Especially if the sun is shining. I'm in Covent garden again, this time I've moved down to an adjacent street into a charming Italian coffee shop. I'm curious to see how the coffee tastes like.
Today is a day off and while they seem short, and far inbetween today, starting them early tends to make them that much longer. My gym session was good, short though as it was what they are calling an 'active rest day' which means you just do half the stuff you'd normally do on a regular gym day. That said they do tend to have new exercises that I don't do usually on a normal gym day. The run in was not as easy as it usually is as I'm finding by the Thursday, I'm getting rather tired and sluggish and that 'snap' that usually I have in my morning routine deteriorates sharply around this time. Thats probably why it's an 'active rest' as this point of the week and I'm relived to tell the truth! Still a good complete session, though I was feeling pooped on the run back from the gym.
One thing i love about running back from the gym, even though I'm tired is that the morning sun carries me along 'till the end as it's ever so beautiful. I think a positive mindset and feeling really can make anything even when physically you don't feel so.
I need to figure out that chill music that they play in cafés.
I had a rough week this week in term of stress, I don't think I'm particularly averse to taking it easy, but have a real difficulty stressing out. We had our development sprint end this week and perhaps it was my fault by I overcommitted and delivered a extra feature which didn't work and affected the Dev team. On the same token apparently Jack Daniels died from an injury sustained from kicking his safe early one morning in the office and the moral of that story was never come to work early. So I'm taking that lesson on board and never delivering more that I need to. He died, I didn't - so I think I'm winning.
I'm off to Windsor castle today. I've not ever been to the castle but have made my way to Windsor before: I wondered the cute streets of eaton riverside in the rain. It rained and I didn't mind. I arrived too late to get to see the castle so I compromised. It was a good compromise.
For some reason I'm thinking of Christmas. Unusual. I watched a film last night called Cedar house rules. It reminded me of Forest Gump. I love simple people, who just emit themselves. Audiosalve said it first, "be yourself" and then my mother said it and kept saying it and now I say it. Funny how that happens. The other day I went for my fairly usual stroll in the city and it was sunny and we sat watching the Thames sparklingly. My friend just got married and I was asking so many questions about it. I'm curious really. I've never really considered getting married. Even as a kid, I remember my kid cousin asking me about when I get married, and I've always considered it as a predefined eventuality. In the same way the society makes it a accepted eventuality. Now, I'm slowly unwinding myself and distancing myself from the idea, as it seems arkward to look for something that you've never really wanted to need.