Resolve...

I think I set myself 2 new years resolutions.

One was to tidy and sort out our livingroom cupboard. It is a bit of a mass of various alcohol, DVDs and general junk. I'm still hopeful I will get to it but I really haven't managed to get near it since Ewan was born.

Number 2 was to walk up the stairs at my work to my floor at least once a day. I think I've managed it all but once which was the day Ewan was born as I took the lift up in the morning and ran down the stairs about an hour and a half later as I headed home.

Walking up 4 flights of 26 stairs each gives you a couple of minutes to let your mind wander. I used to count the stairs and I think I did once use the time to all but work out the horizontal distance walked when going up the spiral staircase.

My current meanderings are spent trying to work out the least/most energy sapping methods of getting up them. The sprint, the calf climb, the single step, the double step, the reverse.

There are various ways of really tiring yourself out but I've found one of the least tiring ways so far is the 'text climb'. Writing a text message whilst climbing the stairs seems to take my mind off it and I don't get as tired.