The close encounter of the arachnid kind...

Well it's a good thing that yesterday started so well. It all went downhill from there - briefly:

* by 10am, we had placed an order and paid a deposit for the bridesmaids dresses. By 12pm, the order was cancelled, our deposit refunded & we were back at square one (it's a really long story...)

* a work-related encounter in the early afternoon that I could have done without; and

* one bloody huge huntsman spider crawled up my arm as I got out of the car after dinner last night. And yes I squealed like the girl I am. Completely gross.

Today, Thursday 20 April, I set myself a goal for 2007 which is pretty BIG. I've told a few close friends (*waves*) but don't think I'll "out" myself here just yet.... Feeling terrified and excited at the same time by the thought of it though :-)

Activity: weights with Satan
Time: 3pm
Duration: 30mins

Headed to the gym at the unusual time of 3pm for a session with Satan (let's call it a late lunch...) for a bloody tough upper body circuit, consisting of:

* an inverted row (thanks to Shape magazine)



unfortunately Satan doesn't look like this ;-) - except that Satan lowers the bar so that my body is almost parallel to the ground. Try it. It's bloody tough.
* single arm bent overs row leaning on a swiss ball;
* double arm laying tricep extensions;
* some oblique/core exercise; and
* crunches,
repeated twice. I was pretty stuffed by the end of it.

Garmin update: my order has been delayed because the bike cadence sensor thingy I also ordered is out of stock (d'oh) so I've asked them to ship the 305 now rather than waiting, waiting, waiting for the bike cadence sensor thingy to come in. Impatient? Moi? ;-)