Patches of Ordinary

The thing I like about living somewhere and travelling, is that in between the travelling you have time to relax and have a little bit of mundane time. I've spent the past week having a patch of ordinary.

It rained most days. Rained so much that when I walked to the bus stop sheets of water sprayed up at me from the wheels of cars. I haven't been cold though, snuggled up in layers of woolly jumpers, coat and umbrella.

These were the highlights of my week:

* Two year five girls sidling up to me at lunch time.
"Miss Lexonline, what will you be doing next year?"
"I'm not sure, why do you ask?"
"Well, I was just thinking that maybe you could be our teacher."
Wouldn't it be interesting if teachers were hired by invitations from the students?

* Trudging through the puddles to pick up a parcel from the post office. Opening the parcel to discover that four of my friends have got together to make me a birthday parcel. Thank you SO much for that!

* Going for a jog around the biggest park I've ever seen (maybe I'll take a photo for you when it stops raining) with my flatmates. Making it one lap around the park - I told you it's BIG - and being unable to keep up with my flatmates. When I'm 30 I want to be as fit as they are.


Spectators at the London Marathon - literally thousands of people


Runners - Can you see me here next year?

Actually, when I went to see the London Marathon last month I thought for about a day that I would go in it next year. My uncle went in it a few years ago. Yes, I was pretty sure I wanted to get really super fit and run something like 42km. Until I found out that a 21-year-old guy who had done it had died. Maybe being able to do two laps of the park will be enough for me!