Christmas Time

26th December 2006

Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope you all had a good one...
Christmas Eve here was beseiged by a small gallstone attack - I know the symptoms now, and I can take painkillers and anti inflamatory drugs as soon as I feel the onset, and it pretty much usually gets me out of trouble.

Christmas Day was a whirr of preparation - 9 of us for a 3 course Christmas dinner!
Whoever thinks it's amusing to buy Tyson D Dog lots of squeaky toys for Christmas is VERY mean!! (However, as with anything else, it takes him about 10 minutes to break the squeak!)

We only had a short walk yesterday - Tyson wasn't in the mood, and frankly, it was cold!
Christmas eve was a longer walk - we did a couple of miles.
It's almost the new year, which will mean that I have nine months to get fit enough for China.
My plan is to throw myself headfirst into my training in the new year, and hopefully get myself fitter - then, by the time they get around to operating on me, I should recover that much quicker! (fingers crossed and all!)

Anyway - there are 7 of us for dinner today, so I should get on!
Just wanted to update the fundraising target - Mum has been busy selling quiz books and some Christmas flower arrangements, and handed me over a hundred pounds on Christmas Eve, so my total has now gone through ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED POUNDS - so close to half way!!

Thanks Everyone, you've all been amazing!!