Late start

Yesterday I was getting a head like a balloon ( I even don't know if that's an English expression, LOL ) with my studying, DH was also tired working so he proposed we go and play squash.

Squash ? ? ?  Eeeeeeek !

In the past 3 years, I had a major physical injury each year during our holidays in August. In 2011 as you know I fell down the stairs and broke some ribs. In 2009 a running dog in the park sent me flying in the air and I injured my back being stuck for many weeks.

Well on an August day in 2010, I was playing squash with DH. I was running for this stupid ball ( that I missed ) and I fell pretty heavily. Result was a double sprain on my right ankle and crutches and tears for the next 6 weeks.

I have always loved squash but that accident made me a bit shy with it, comparing 40 mns of fun to 6 weeks of no fun at all. I always said, I need to wait a bit more, next week, next month . . . and I eneded up never playing again.

So when DH propsoed to play squash yesterday, I got a kind of heavy stone in my stomach, but I thought " OK, let's give it a go ! ". So we went. I was a bit scared, that's sure, but soon the game took me over and I was even able to win 1 game out of 3. Now of course, I can't wait for the next time we will play !

I am not " that old " but I already feel that getting older brings some serious doubts about what the mind would like to do, what the body can do and if it is all worth it. It's a very strange feeling ! Surely many of you will agree.

Last night at 4, we woke up to the sound of Rhea " knocking " on the stairs' door. She was scared and she wanted to come with us. DH got up and brought her back to her basket with a cuddle and came back to bed but 20 minutes later, she did the same, so I got up letting both of them come upstairs. I think the wind was the reason because it was pretty violent.

As soon as she was with us, Rhea felt better but she still wanted a cuddle. Did ever try cuddling a laying down dog when you are in bed? You need to extend your arm out down like it's going to fall off. Then you pretty quickly get a cramp and after a while it's getting cold ! Anyway I managed to have that one happy and sleeping and fell asleep myself. She woke me up again a couple of times but it wasn't too bad.

When we opened an eye this morning it was 9:45 and I still can't believe it. The last time
I slept until almost 10 must have been 20 years ago ! Because the night had been disturbed, the girls were still sleeping and it was raining a lot too, so it didn't really matter. I gave them their breakfast and they went back to sleep whereas DH and I needed a serious time catchup with work and so. Tell me about a dog's life  !

We went to the park obviously pretty late but in fact it was good because though there was still a lot of wind, it didn't rain anymore and the sun did his best to go out now and then.

We had a nice round and then went back home, the girls went to sleep after their biscuit and I went back to my work !



Project 365+1 - Day 181 : Silhouette

Sometimes I wonder how this project will be in a couple of months because sometimes I feel it's getting more and more difficult as I refuse using photos I didn't take on the day ( even if it was only yesterday ) and I try not to do what I already did even if it wasn't a project word.

As silhouette came up, I immediately thought about a shadow photo, but I've done that twice already so I needed another idea.

It wasn't too difficult in the end, I just had to wait for the sun to come out and take my picture.

Take care everybody, xxx