Run for Good 2026

I did not have high hopes Sunday at 3am, I had a late night Saturday, not by choice and was not in a great mind set when I woke up.  To add insult to injury it was raining.  I knew it would be highly competitive and there was only two age groups.  But I went and was so happy I did.  I did not end up on the podium, but I did improve my time by 6 minutes form the same race last year.  Hopefully by another 6 minutes in 2027!  And BRUCE arrived, I am so happy.  He had a stroke in Cambodia and I have been very worried.  Got him here now and will get him back to health.We then had a nice Sunday and showed our guests our favourite Virus game.

Sebastian's First Sleepover

On Friday Fraser left a message for Sebastian asking if he wanted to sleep over on Saturday night as we were having dinner there.  Sebastian responded maybe, if his Mum would let him and then asked me to pretend I said no.  I was a little relieved, I do not want him leaving the nest just yet.  But then on Saturday he woke up saying he wanted to.  I packed his back but was pretty sure he would end up leaving when I did.  But he didn't, in fact he tried to kick me out even earlier.  I was happy/sad for sure!  I was thankful it was with people we know and love but still he did not need to be with his MUM! Heartbreaking!!

Eliska and Henry Arrive!

We were all so happy to have Eliska and Henry arrive from the United Kingdom.  Sebastian the most excited and has been showing off for 48 long hours.  They are starting a 5/6 month South East Asia adventure and are starting off in Bangkok.  Eliska is the daughter of my very good friends Martina and Phil in Bruton.  Both Martina and Phil were so kind to me while living in Bruton.  They were actually more like family, I enjoyed vegetarians dinners every Friday (made my a butcher I may add) and our dogs were dating.  I am super happy to be able to repay that kindness now.  Well and also because I love them.  An added bonus is I quickly discovered that Martina has not shared her wine cub days with Eliska.  As I was sure this must have been an oversight I have shown them the calendar and have so many more stories to share.

Today I forced some culture on them. It is usually a trip I really enjoy but today it was not as good.  But they still got to see Big Budha so that was good!

Gaelic and Brunch

I love Gaelic Football Sundays, mainly as there is an activity to keep Sebastian entertained.  Every morning he is up at 6am at the latest and requires a lot of entertaining.  I can only play so much tag or football in the mornings before I am worn out. Especially this Sunday as I was up at 2:30am.  After football we were taking a family out for brunch, so I was pretty excited to have him entertained for a while!

I also had to recruit some buddies to get him to the brunch!

TGCS 10th Annual Run

I almost did not go.  I could not believe I had signed up for a 4am start, I use to make this mistake but have gotten smarter and try not to go to one that starts much before 6am.   Especially when I realised there were no age groups, why would I want to take a taxi across the city at 3am. to race 20 year olds!  But I dragged myself up as I need every race to make my 30 race goal in 2026.  I was so happy I did as I placed 2nd! I could not believe it.  I have come a very long way in the last two years, still a long way to go but yay me!

New bike, Birthday and Buddies

I am doing a Masters course now in the psychology of children Sebastian's age and part of it is the importance of social interactions for brain development.  Well I can confidently say he is nailing this.  He cannot be without friends for 5 minutes. To have a morning with us is usually met with dramatic crying and throwing things (my course has yet to tell me how to fix this!).  We basically had to drag him to get a new bike Saturday morning and to the park to test it.  He went reluctantly, had a good time at the park, not that he would admit it and when we returned home raced straight to the pool for waterslide fun at a birthday party.  And then the next ten hours were taken up with friends, from the pool he went to Bayeme's house for play and a movie.  Pretty much his best day ever, oh except the morning portion with us!

His bike is almost as big as mine! He is getting big.

Chris's Birthday Dinner

We do not see them nearly enough. Life here, well anywhere gets busy and most of our activities are around Sebastian.  But I was committed to making this dinner happen and last Wednesday (I am behind) we met up for dinner.  And then wondered why it has probably been a year since the four of has had been out together.