Work-Work-Work-Work-Fun-Disappearing-Life Balance

Blood was 6.1 this morning. Took a walk down the Taff Trail before work, and, as it happened, spotted my pal Lee pottering around his back garden, and had a quick chat. He invited me for coffee on my way back up.

Which is the interesting thing about geographic incompetence, in a way. He and I share an inability to navigate, though arguably, he's better at it than I am. On the way back up the Trail - the Trail that I've walked up and down many many times since we got back here - he wasn't in his garden, annnnd I missed his house. Missed it completely, and wouldn't be able to categorically point it out to you again, were we to take a trip down the Trail right now.

Meant to do some biking at lunchtime, but, since Lee had the day off, he called and invited me for coffee and lunch. Went, oddly enough, to the Busy Bee Cafe and Fish Bar - the place d and I went for my first fish and chips in two years. Lee and his sister were both already there, and they had the fish and chips which is so good there. I went for a simple jacket potato with butter and ground teeth. It's the thing I've said many times - this thing is like being an alcoholic: you have to be able to sit with people drinking, and not rip their head off out of pure elemental jealousy.

Meant to do some biking this afternoon, but my publisher popped up having not been around for days, so I had to crack on and send him some stuff, cos I'm on a tight deadline there.

Meant to do some biking this evening, but kept working and finishing some work.

Could go do some biking right now, but have missed d all day and wanna spend some time actually with her, so am simply gonna do that. Tomorrow, there's spinning before I'm wise, and blood donation at lunchtime (my first time, so that'll be interesting). Today's been all about getting the balance right, or rather....not getting the balance right. Gonna have to work on that going forward - making more moments count, get more done in the (and let's make no bones about this!) swaaaaaathes of time at my disposal, to be more effective at work, work, work, work, fun, life and Disappearing.