Instantly I felt defeated. I had planned on cycling to work and by not driving getting myself a sticker. But the weather wasn't looking good. I don't mind the rain, but I am not a huge fan of being cold and wet, so cycling in the rain when it's cold is just not something that appeals to me.
Of course, it might stop raining. And there's always the bus...
But I'm not ready to admit defeat yet. I have my heart set on cycling so I get up to check BOM for the weather. The forecast says: Rain.
I'm still not convinced that riding will be horrible enough not to do it though. Perhaps this is just because while the book I'm reading is really good, catching the bus was just a less preferable option this morning than getting a little bit wet. So I look outside. I have a good look outside at the weather, at the clouds. They're pretty grey, but it's not raining right now...
But this is not to last. No sooner had I reverted my eyes back to my computer screen than the rain came pounding down. And the impression I had from the colour of the sky was that it wasn't going to stop in a hurry. So the bus it was. Except I needed to be at the bus stop in 5 minutes and I was still in my pyjamas.
Needless to say, I didn't feel like I'd planned my challenge very well this morning. For starters, if I was going to get the bus I don't even know which side of the street I need to stand on. I have to acknowledge here that I was very very spoilt in Sydney with the 131 500 website which is amazing for getting around town and is a public transport resource that Canberra very sadly lacks. But this is no excuse. All the same, I realise that I can get a lift, so I organise to car pool-with my husband.
The other major thing I did today was to review and read up on my purchases from the previous day for my garden. It's too wet to actually be outside gardening, but I have an array of seeds that I need to sort into soil types and companion plants or I will kill them like I have everything else. Admiring my new beautiful pink fabric and white leather gardening gloves I am encouraged. I love these gloves. Maybe my nice new gloves will help me not kill everything I plant... The gloves are cool, they are gorgeous, and even more amazing, they fit perfectly. They're still clean, but that won't last long. They're so beautiful and so soft I want to wear them now, even though I'm just sitting at my kitchen bench with a cup of tea reading up on how not to kill my chili's and tomatoes.
I'm hoping tomorrow it's not so wet and I can get my bike out and make my gloves dirty.
As for my other 3 daily challenge items. I only made one purchase today-organic yoghurt (so I decided it counted for a sticker even though that bends my rules slightly). Showers were on target and tonight was vegetarian night. So today was a good day, we earnt 4.5 stickers.
Half a sticker you say? We average out driving and showering between us.
And he drove.
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