Curiouser and curiouser

So, following on from my last entry, I have not received any more odd notes in the post, but I did get woken up at 0300 this morning with an egg smashing into my bedroom window. Whoever did it drove away straight afterwards, so I am rather mystified. Someone must really suffer from insomnia if they are driving around at 0300 throwing eggs at windows.

To be fair, I think it's highly unlikely that it's linked with the note - I'm sure that person lives much closer. This was just an opportunist with insomnia, a car and an egg.I suspect that having my windows fully open at night (it's very warm in my flat in summer) made me a target - I suspect s/he was hoping to get it into my room. Fortunately only a little 'splatter' and shell made it in, and that was stopped by the net curtains.

On the plus side, I have had an excuse/reason to clean my windows and give my net
curtain a wash, so it's all looking much nicer...

My own personal stalker!

I got back from a run this evening, had a stretch and then checked my letter box. In it was a note - it seems I have a stalker!
Now, in fairness, my new running shorts are a little, errm, revealing but this is the first time I have received any attention and I'm not really sure what to make of it.
My first thoughts are that this is a randomly posted note by some local kids for a joke. My second, and less appealing, is that it's some dirty old man who twitches his curtains every time someone goes past!
Either way I'm not currently too concerned, but I can see how it could get uncomfortable.

I shall keep you posted...

Ills and spills

After nearly landing a role working at Maclaren F1 and with the Abu Dhabi Police force, I have ended up working for Castrol in .... Swindon. So I am now living out of a suitcase for most of a week at a time, with just the weekend to sort out my 'life', which doesn't leave much down time at all! The unfortunate downside of this is that my immune system has taken a hit and I have come down with the mother of all colds. Normally I barely catch a cold, so falling ill is a bit of a surprise. On top of that, this is a minger! I've been struggling with it for a week and am still croaky and snotty (what a lovely image!), for what ever reason I just can't shake the bugger off. I'm putting it down to the sedentary life in an air conditioned box.
I've been trying to get into the hotel gym 3 times a week, but last week was a wash-out. This week I have to start seriously upping my activity levels as I'm rather madly taking part in a 'virtual' run of Africa - 11780Km from Cairo to Cape Town - in 5 months. Fortunately not all on my own - it's as a team of 10, which still works out at 35 miles per person per week for 5 months. If nothing else that should knock a few pounds off! Fortunately my calf is much better now - no aches or twinges, so I should be good for the distance so long as I take it carefully to start with... which with this cold, I have no alternative other than to take it easy! That said I cracked out 2o miles on my bike at the weekend - to and from New Malden so that's a start...