Oi Oi!
Apologies in advance, today's post is going to be on the brief side (I can hear the collective sigh of relief from here). Today has been all about a three hour mock-exam which was too tedious to burden you with details, suffice to say 'THANK GOD IT WAS ONLY A MOCK'!
As a result, progress on Challenges has been slow, other than the fact I've worked out that if I complete them all (excluding the Round the World Yacht Race) I will cover 13,326 miles. However, I'm beginning to get cold feet on some of them - this always happens - particularly the Jordanian 5-Day Desert Marathon...not because it will be ridiculously hard, not because less than 50% of people finish it, not only cos it means spending five days alone with Iain in which he will undoubtedly kill me (digression alert). Many years ago we went on holiday together to the Canaries and booked a cheap package that flew out of Gatwick at silly am in the morning (before the tubes got going). Being poor, I persuaded Iain to head to Gatwick the night before and sit it out. The airport was pretty deserted so we were left pretty much along to amuse ourselves. I think we got about 18 minutes in before he shouted at me to 'shut the f*ck up' after which we enjoyed several hours of silence (I wasn't fussed, I had the tickets!). Anyway, the reason for my chilly plates, is the entry fee of £1,996. Good God man, I could fly to Australia for that - that would be an interesting vote to run. So, my head is telling me to bail on this one before I've even put my running shoes on. Advice / words of encouragement etc needed.
Right, back to the point of today's post. Is life all pre-planned and is it all fate, are we masters of our own destiny or is it somewhere in between? I got thinking on this subject today as I perused the musings of astrologer to the stars (get it, get it??), Shelly von Strunckel (for goodness sakes, there is no way that's her real name - looks more like an Enid to me) for myself and the 8.bits % of the rest of the universe who happen to be Leos. I quote:
'The deeper you go, the more you'll learn. The resulting discussions may be time consuming and may prevent you from doing something. Once those facts are clear however, you'll take a decisive action only once.'
Wooooooooooo - spooky or what (probably 'what'). This whole experience is certainly very deep (well by my standards), these discussions are ceetainly time consuming and they are preventing me from doing something i.e. sleeping. It's the last bit that's the real mystery. It sounds even better when you say it in the style of Michelle from the French Resistance. What will that decisive action be - will it be one of my many challenges - and why will I only take it once (clearly you get nothing for a pair). Time will tell - or will it? If I sit back and do nothing (my preferred position - and no, not in that way, filthy lot...erm... I appear to have turned into Frankie Howerd); if I sit back and do nothing, will this 'thing happen only once' anyway or is down to me to make it happen and, if so, what do I do to make it happen - is it like waiting for a bus or do I have to 'Runaround' like a mad thing trying to find it. Any advice - or directions / orders - genuinely and gratefully received.
Right, it's now turned Friday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVEN) so time for bed. I'm off to Edinburgh for the weekend on a work thing, so may not post again until Monday. Fret ye not, I shall be looking for a banjo, trying to break a record and having a go at the flirting thing.
Okay Tinie, i'll start you just try and follow 'Oh, written in the stars, a million miles away, a message...'
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