A Tiring Week!

I am now the proud owner of a onesie! Yes, like footsie pyjamas without any feet. At first I was skeptical of the craze but I realize now exactly why they are so popular; they’re SO comfortable! Mine is a cow onesie with a hood that has little ears on it! It’s so warm and lovely that I think I could quite easily live in onesies from now on (but I won’t, because I’m not.. how do I put this… a chav!).

On Thursday, training properly started for the run. I couldn’t do very much because I wasn’t feeling great – I’d had an x ray in the morning which wasn’t an entirely pleasant experience – plus I didn’t warm up, but I did a four mile walk with a jog along the beach. I ended up with a nasty blister but it was a lovely walk and I felt really good when I got back, plus it made me a bit more comfortable about being able to do the run. I can start training to run and jog longer distances once I’ve strengthened up my knees and ankles a bit, so it’s all good. I’ve also started collecting sponsors (I’m doing it for Birmingham Children’s Hospital; the hospital that saved my life when I was a baby and who made my little brother’s last days comfortable), you can sponsor me at www.justgiving.com/Madison-Matthews , if you can give anything at all, please do – and even if you can’t, please share the link on your facebook/blog/twitter, I’d really appreciate it! You can tag me in it if you want – @lifeofamoomin (Twitter) – but please let as many people as possible know what I’m doing and why!

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I love sunny days!

It’s a beautifully bright, sunny day today, which is a good thing – I think it cheered me up somewhat during that uncomfortable ride to the hospital. I would gladly have a thousand blood tests at once rather than have another one of those because it is so painful, especially when your kidneys aren’t exactly perfect – mine protested quite a lot because I drank… well, I don’t know how much, but it was TOO MUCH – squash and it was so uncomfortable, especially seeing as the appointment was delayed slightly.

So, I’m at home again, trying to summon up the motivation to change into more comfortable and summery clothes (I’m thinking pyjama bottoms are the only option here), whilst slowly comfort eating every sweet item we have in the house because it hurts a lot. On the bright side I’ve made some progress in other areas – I feel quite motivated to write today, and I’ve sorted out a provisional playlist for a singing booking I’m doing next month. It’s also two weeks until I go on holiday and 18 days until I turn 18, which is all very exciting stuff. So, all in all, not an awful day – not the best, but the scan didn’t show up anything untoward which takes us one step closer to finding out what’s wrong with me, which is always good – and the sun is shining, so I think it’s time to sort out this chocolate face mask and relax.