🏊 Week 259 - Swim

After our anniversary weekend in the Cotswolds, I drove home while L picked up the boys and continued on to a lodge in the Forest of Dean with her parents. For me, this meant a few nights of currys and quiet, and working from home during the day, while they were away.

I’m now officially a gym person: I paid for a full membership when my trial ended last week. I’m settling into a routine and I’m starting to enjoy the feel-good endorphins after each visit. I want to lose a bit of weight and improve my general fitness, so I’m continuing with the swimming first. Twice this week.

I continue to tinker with my new website, although it’s felt good to let it breathe this week. Like these weeknotes, its primary audience is me, collecting my content together, and I have a few other ideas to add in the coming weeks.

Somehow L and I skipped the Handmaid’s Tale when it was first on. I remember us watching the first episode and deciding it was just too bleak. We’ve given it another try, and although it’s no cheerier, the acting and storylines make it all worthwhile. 1.5 series down, 4.5 left.

We all went down to the Emirates on Sunday for our annual pre-season friendly, this year against Borussia Dortmund. We thankfully sat in the West Upper shade on a scorching day, although the ineffectual air-con on the train home was our payback. We got to see new signing, Bruno Guimarães, presented to the crowd, and the Premier League trophy was pitchside. The match sadly ended 2-3, but hot dogs were eaten, replica kits were worn, and we all got to see the Arsenal together.