Outing

Braved the outside world the other day (very exciting) to meet some friends in town for coffee. Took Dom with me (just to be safe) & got on a bus to the tube station. After going about half a mile in around 10 minutes I decided we should give up & walk the rest of the way - another half a mile - as I was feeling fine. Strode out for about 15 seconds and felt like I was going to collapse! Absolutely ridiculous feeling - really didn't appreciate the effect 6 weeks not moving can have on physical fitness. So we finally made it to the station - stopping every few yards for me to gasp - and found that all the proper seats on the platform have been replaced by tiny ledges to perch on. No good at all - ended up crouched on the floor. (yuck). So Dom went to ask the guy in the ticket office for a newspaper or something I could sit on and the lovely man brought out the comfiest office chair & set it right next to me! (Had lots of jealous stares from other people standing - so for once didn't try to hold in my tummy!) Anyway - made it in to town, had coffee & spend the rest of the day hunting out chairs in shops whilst Dom looked for summer trousers to take to Athens this week. (Very hot there still.) Need to start working this week so am learning to take every opportunity to sit rather than stand and be transported rather than walk...