Hit By Dog - a Bonkers story!

Sheesh! The days have been flying by around here...

I don't want to be one of those people that keep apologising for not blogging. The truth is that I'm making up for lost time, and I'm trying really hard to get back to work, push forward with my business, do some charity work, keep up my fitness regime, and spend lots of time with family and friends. It seems that blogging might take a little back of a back seat to all of that now.

 Anyway, one of the most bonkers things ever happened on Tuesday. I took the day off work to spend with my nephews. We had a lovely morning. We had choc chip pancakes for brekky, and then headed to the bike shop...

.....then Spotlight (they weren't too impressed with that), the toy shop...

.... and to see Tom and Jerry and then make maraccas at the Tom and Jerry craft table!

After lunch we went for a little bike ride, before heading to the local park.

So as the boys were riding their bikes around the lake at the park, and I was walking along minding my own business and listening to music, a huge labrador ran straight at me and hit me in the legs. It completely knocked my feet out from under me, and I landed directly on the concrete path, right on my coccyx.

I ended up getting carted off to hospital in an ambulance, and spent five hours waiting in emergency to see a doctor and get an x-ray to make sure I had no fractures.

If it didn't hurt so much, it would have been bloody hilarious!

But now I'm thinking, on such a beautiful day, there were hundreds of people at the park (school holidays), why on earth did that dumb dog choose me?

I Ride My Bicycle - Part 2

I've been making the most of this beautiful Autumn weather that we're having, by getting out and about to ride my new bike.

My Physiotherapist recommended an APP named Runkeeper, to track exercise progress. I really like it! You can set it to give updates along the way, so I have mine set for every five minutes. It tells me how many minutes I've been riding for, how far I've travelled, and my average speed.

This fantastic bike path along the river is only about two blocks from my house, and for all these years, I haven't been able to use it. I'm now trying to make up for lost time.

My two eldest nephews joined me yesterday morning. Luckily they rode slow enough that I could keep up!

I have a little route that I've set myself along the path. It's just over five kilometres. I might try to increase the distance next week, except that I'm at the hospital four days out of five so I'm not sure how much time or energy I'll have left for riding.

Spotted these guys along the way yesterday - perfect weather for a bit of kayaking!