The wheels of the bus go 'round and 'round...
6 September 2004, 17:53
Lygon Street, Carlton
We had fitness assessments at our gym on Saturday. [ahem, dramatic pause] Let it be known that I realise I’d achieved my nadir of physical fitness prior to the assessment (the result of 9 months of little (no?) activity and a standard 20+ drinks a week) but the results were still jarring. I am officially a “poor” performer. I would have preferred “room for improvement” but it’s good to get a pride-denting boot up the arse to kick it off the couch.
To celebrate the findings, we met Matt’s Uncle John for dinner at Jimmy Watsons that evening, and stuffed ourselves stupid on international yum-yums (how can one possibly resist the decadent pleasures of an amaretto and raspberry trifle I ask you!) .
Our weekend routine goes something like this:
Saturday: Wake up earli-ish. Have brunch somewhere local. Have lunch somewhere further out, maybe with friends if we’re feeling popular. Maybe a trip to the gym, but probably not (actually, I just put that in there to make me feel better), nana-nap around 2 in the afternoon. Go out for dinner and stuff ourselves stupid…
Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Sunday: Wake up earli-ish. Go early morning shopping at our local supermarket (very nerdish, but very relaxing, trust me), read the paper over coffee at home. Go out for lunch – usually Brunswick Street, Lygon Street or High Street, Northcote. A DVD in the afternoon, or a drive somewhere (yesterday we bought bikes! I’m in mama-chari heaven yet again). Nana-nap in the afternoon. Cook a roast dinner or something similarly cholesterol-pumping. Switch on the TV, and stuff ourselves stupid…
No wonder we’re such bloody paragons of sloth. Time for some major adjustments…
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