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I managed to heave myself out of bed at 6:00am to ride my exercise bike before breakfast. This was quite an achievement given that I was unable to sleep until after 1:00am, and only did so following a bed switch.

I continued my exercise spree with 60 lengths at the pool. This wasn't as pleasurable as usual because there were eight children playing noisily on the trapeze, hoops, and in the two lanes beneath the equipment, for most of the time that I was there.

I dedicated myself to Mummy hazelh admin this afternoon, helped at times from a distance by my not-so-little sister. I hope to finish one particular piece of work early tomorrow so that I can move onto helping Rachel prepare for a job interview.

I'm now looking forward to a little television, a relaxing bath, reading in bed, and then sleep. I'm taking no chances tonight though. I'm going straight to the spare bedroom after my bath. (Sorry Mr hazelh....)

I blipped this scene at the cactus house on my way home from the gym this morning.

Exercise today: 1 hour on the exercise bike; swim (60 lengths); walking (10,841 steps).