Day 601 – Day 2 of Walking for Cancer Research

As most good stories happen to do, this one begins at 6:30am with a Small Human scringing.

I am 100% lying. No good stories start like that but it is how today began so here we go. I do like to be honest, after all.

Dafties who harmonise together, stay together! (because no one else would put up with them)

We had a morning of Julia Donaldson books and TV adaptations of a couple of her books before a super visit from one of my amazing Mammy Mates and her two wee boys for some play, some tea and some peanut butter brownies.

My sous chef wondering if anyone would notice one banana mysteriously went missing.

The weather forecast was still pretty rough for today but there were no sign of snowfall after lunch so I decided to enjoy having time with our pals (because, let’s be honest the people I like will be the people she likes.) and schedule in big sling walk for later.

I cannot put into words how much I love seeing her interact with other humans, especially other Small Humans. She’s currently either brilliant at sharing or just awful. Today was a bit more of the latter, but in a really weird way. She had no issue with her wee pal eating her biscuits, playing with her toys or balls. She loved having a second, tinier baby to pat on the head but did not like anyone touching her books! I knew she liked her extensive library but wow it was unexpected to have tears over it.

It didn’t last long though and we had a fab morning, another warm soupy lunch and a lovely Skype chat with Nana before naptime. Not for the first time did I consider strapping my fitness tracker to her little wrist as she dragged her Nana all over the flat during the course of their conversation. There was no wrestling the tablet from her tough little mitts so Nana must have had a great time staring straight up Daftie’s nose.

Feeling somewhat reminiscent of her being a newborn, being taken out for a big sling walk during the fabled Witching Hour, we bundled up for a dander.

The wind has totally died down and there was a lovely warmth in the air. We headed off in the direction of the big Morrison’s and went for a nosy down the Waterfront Park. The small expanse of water was frozen over in places, the snow clung to the bridge and branches. It was really lovely.

We made it home, with a little bit of hat swapping along the way, just in time for dinner. Our expedition was just under an hour and we hit roughly 6,000 steps. I finished off the rest of them with my friend Leslie Sansone again. It is a really weird thing to walk actively in one’s living room but it also is a lot of fun and means we made it over our 10,000 target!

Day 2 done and already excited for tomorrow!

Spot the difference. Wee tinker kept nicking my hat! (Her’s should be the pink one that fits her, rather than doesn’t fit me!)