“Quiet now”, I tell myself, trying to calm my mind to get the rambling parts of my thoughts to sit somewhere else for a while. Just long enough to get myself to write and say what I feel I have to say. “Quietly now”, I say again to myself and hope that without too much stress on the other parts of my mind, the parts that look and watch me not doing what I should be doing… I watch and think and not let myself say what I have to say… “QUIETLY. NOW………..”
Its been a long year, hasn’t it. A very good, long hard,long, rewarding,long and frustrating year. But a good one.
I set myself up on a new path a new way to install a physical regime. I signed up for an Outdoor Recreation Course to boot camp me into the Irish Mountains and kayak me into the waters. And for two months it really worked, September and October- o’boy it worked alright-everyone mentioned the rosy glow and high energy levels. Yessirreebob- then there were the floods in November and after the water receded, my clients that have me direct them, teach them, coach them and act the maggot with them,whatever they want, I’ll do it, needed more rehearsals for all they’re Christmas plays, so I couldn’t attend the hillwalking or the water sports and then it became December and the shows were all scheduled plus various other book launches that I spoke at ( good work Frances Tolton and The Rainbow Factor) and concerts and what-not entertaining gigs propped up and I haven’t been able to reach those mountains.
Now I can’t even reach my toes! Life is long, fitness is longer.
Still- another week off with the holidays and then-by god… up those mountains I’ll go. Willingly, I shall be crying out loud for a defibrillator of my own. It must be done. And then you know what I’m going to do??? I’m going to sign up again next year and push this heaving carcass across country to greater challenges by going to another place in Ireland where they don’t know me and I can’t get away with my natural good looks and charm! How about that? Good plan eh… i thought so too. There’s a course down in country Wicklow ( my birth county) and I could like, you know, have an out of Leitrim experience.
Why don’t I upload a picture of one the great walks I’ve died on this year…..
walking inthe Keelogue Mountains near Donegal
Pretty isn’t it.
yes it is.
Thanks for clicking on. Its a good thing, you’re very kind. Cheers. In fact, I’d like to give you in return for reading- why not have three wishes.
Take a moment and be kind to yourself and do it.
I can’t exactly give you the world but perhaps, if you think of me and think of three possible thing s I could give you- Your wishes will come true!
Lets us know how you got on.
All the best,
always eileen