Hi from rainy Qld!

This post is a few days old now, will update soon!

Here I am in ‘sunny’ Noosa!! Today was Di and Gerard’s wedding, and it was a beautiful wedding, but it had to have been the pretty close to the worst weather you have ever seen on the lovely Sunshine Coast! Rained and blew a gale all day. Still, Di looked amazing, a true princess, and we all had a great time. The weather is meant to stay the same for the next 3 days at least!!! Good book reading weather!

I’ve been very quiet on my blog of late, I have been through some pretty stressful times and things have gotten very overwhelming for me – with selling the house, the move, my business, and training for comp. Since the July show, my health has taken a bit of a turn for the worse. I’ve got lots of niggling injuries that are not getting any better. I hurt when I walk, even my knees are starting to complain! But, mostly, my adrenal problems are starting to resurface. I’ve weighed everything up and have decided not to do any more shows this year. I just can't keep up the pace. Now that I have made the decision I feel as though a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I am still taking the time off that I planned to – I need it – physically and mentally – and I need it to move into our new home and get my office set up. At the wedding, Cheryl and Lorraine tried to talk me into still doing the Nationals, saying to have a week off and then get back into it – but I just don’t have the energy or the inclination at this point. Rachel was also there, it was wonderful to see her – she looks fantastic and is only 6 weeks away from giving birth.

So, our first 2 days in Noosa were just amazing. The weather was perfect and we did a big 7km walk around the Park the first morning – I also went for a walk on the beach that afternoon. The morning after Jodie arrived, we went for a long walk/run on the beach followed by a huge stair climb – twice, followed by some lunges on the stairs. Today our calves are hurting! We also trained yesterday. Tomorrow Hils is coming up for a drive from Brissy, and we’ll be coffeeing, and then training legs :) We went to the Farmer’s market yesterday and scored this amazing Greek Yoghurt – better than any yoghurt or for that matter ice cream I have ever had. We also got these HUGE tubs of strawberries for $5 each.

More later...