From Dix's field to a familiar friend.

Spent the morning being lovely with David, and taking it in turns to persuade the other to make the morning cup of tea- a battle which we both won and lost as he made the tea and I put the clothes up. I tell myself all there is to being a grown-up is compromise. To balance out this mega outburst of maturity I made a flower chain from daisies and primroses and dandelions (washing my hands afterwards so I didn't wee myself of course...) for a friend I haven't seen in 6 months. I caught the Davidmobile into Exeter in order to avoid shelling out the outrageous £5 single (just thinking about it feels painful!), and walked through Exeter at my favourite day; when its waking up. When the sun is bouncing off the balconies of Princesshay and I can hear someone playing music and the pitter pattering of fancy shoes, and polished shoes, and shoes that make you wobble and look grown-up. I think what I enjoy most about Exeter is that it's a city that is in love with it's people.

I did it!!

Yup. I did it-was slightly alarmed to discover that my first night at running club was their last night of a 10 week programme and were being 'rewarded' with a 5k run. Cue me metaphorically soiling my pants. I think the colour drained from my face and my feet started edging me towards the door as my mind starting to formulate escape routes. However everybody's amazingly welcoming faces and easy chats put me immediately to ease and my mouth on motor-controlled natter. I do like a good natter-and surprisingly, against all my better judgements that's all that the evening felt like-a really inspirational, energetic, emotionally bonding chat. I was so prepared to fail that I surprised myself and everybody else that I could actually run, after spending so much time convincing myself that I'm not a runner. Yet it seems I am a good talker and I do have a body and legs and stubbornness and that's one thing I have learned from this evening: is that's all you need! So whatever you have convinced yourself that you can't do, or don't like, find the right people to be with and I think you can amaze yourself with what you do like and what you can do.

Running around in circles.

Tomorrow I'm joining a running club. To say I'm nervous is to understate it, and to say I'm underprepared would pretty much sum it up. My trainers have a giant chasm through the sole of them (my god I hope thats not a metaphor for anything...!), and the longest I have ever run singularly is 1 mile-and that was once, and with the brute stubbornness of a mule, which I am hoping will accompany me alongside the 4 miles I'll be jogging this time tomorrow. O and plus I've been told that I'll need to be wearing a fluorescent jacket-so the entire of my town can immediately see me and the blancmange I'll be sporting in place of my face! Despite these niggles I have decided that I am going to get through it-two of my most fabulous friends today have completed a half marathon-thats part of my inspiration. Also the girl who recommended it has 2 children, works a hard job, and does a degree-if this go-get-it mentality is borne, or at least enabled by running then I definitely want to be a part of it.