Elizabeth March 18th, 2007

Yesterday was my birthday, and millions celebrated it with beer and green hair. The problem with being born on St Patrick’s Day is that I never actually feel like going out on the day, it’s just too much hassle. I hate not being able to get to the bar – the free birthday drinks lose their appeal if you sober up in between each one.

Yes, I am aware that I am starting to sound my age.

Up in the Northern hemisphere they’re still celebrating my birthday. The one nice thing about having my boyfriend in another timezone is that my birthday is now 38 hours long. He’s just about to leave the house and have a drink for me

Anyway, to be honest my birthday itself was pretty depressing overall but I did get a nice haul of presents. I got a signed cookbook from Spirit House, plus a CD and apron to match, some jewellery, some house stuff for my move, and money to put towards the printing of my holiday photos and the framing of some prints I bought overseas. Plus, I had wanted to hire a treadmill for a few months but my parents found a great one second-hand and bought it for me. It looks like it’s never been used, so I guess I should be careful to not fall into that same trap. It’s sort of enormous, but I now have the beginnings of a home gym. Time to cancel the real gym membership that’s been collecting dust recently.

So today I’m beginning something new, tentatively entitled my New Age Resolutions. When I woke up I drank a big bottle of water, took my vitamins and asthma medication and had a good breakfast. I’m going to start my day this way as regularly as possible, and fit in heaps of exercise (despite the high 30C/100F temperatures – that’s why God invented air conditioning). I’m going to use that time to watch a bunch of movies that I’m yet to see, and listen to a bunch of albums that I haven’t gotten around to listening to.

Less coffee, even less alcohol than I currently drink, less sugar and less meals based on carbs. Lots more fruit, and continue to keep up my vegetables. In short, I think what I need to do is turn my food pyramid upside down and go from there.

It’s time to start walking the talk and get back to being healthy again.

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