HIMP 4, day 2

1. Today's topic was rhetoric, or the art of persuasion. It's been interesting to analyse a couple of key speeches and understand how they were put together - the trick will be to remember this in a few months.

2. I managed to go for a short run outside (about 5 minutes) before dinner. I ran further than I expected, and very much enjoyed the fresh air.

3. Our group's presentation has come together well. It's very different to how we first planned it, but it feels good now.

first week back...

• quite busy at work
• but I've been encouraged that we've been able to get on well together while pushing to do better.  I love feeling that I know so many people there and that when I walk around there are lots of smiles.  We work hard, but it's a good place to be.
• back to the routines (mostly)
• my prayer triplet met again for the first time in 3 weeks, and I was back to my Pilates class too; thankfully our teacher was quite gentle on us for the first session after Christmas - next year may be tougher!
• we had friends over for tea last night
• Andrew made beef in Stilton sauce, which was delicious
• Caroline had made a German apple cake - also delicious!
• and today we set up some more bits and pieces for the house
• a roofer to look at our roof and the rendering at the front of the house
• new curtains for our spare room
• more old stuff cleared out which was hidden in the desk drawers
• the skip is arriving on Monday to start clearing our garden of rubbish
• and I also got new headlamps for the car - they hadn't failed, but they looked pretty close!