Is it Really time to go back to work?

Along with millions of others I stepped back onto the rat race roundabout today and it was so much fun - not!.

All too soon the Christmas decorations have been replaced by wet washing garlands draped over every radiator. The laundry room is overflowing, the pile of ironing is at risk of a landslide, the house looks like a tip and I'm already feeling exhausted. I must find those lottery tickets, this could all be so unnecessary. . . .

. . . . £6.40! well it's a first win in a long time but I don't think I'll be retiring on it!

Oh well, at least it's a short week. Tomorrow I have to fit in a 40 minute 'tempo run' which seems to mean that I have to go a bit faster every now and then. Think it might be easier on the machine but we'll see.