Dear so and so, or how not to train for a Santa Run

Dear man from tesco

I’m sorry I shouted at you this morning as you were unloading your van. It was rude of me. It was of course perfectly acceptable for you to just stare at the mad running woman who had fallen hard on the pavement, and not to say anything like “are you OK”. In case you are interested, no, I was not. I badly bruised and grazed my knee and somehow my right shoulder and upper arm. But don’t worry, I am made of stern stuff, and I got up and ran home.

yours

woman in yellow running top.

Dear children

I’m sorry I have been short tempered with you today. Part of it is to do with falling on my run (see above) and thus being in pain. Part of it is to do with being tired. (This would mainly be because your baby sister still feeds every two hours throughout the night, and I really could do with a bit more continuous sleep than that.

I am also sorry that I returned Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) before you’d finished listening to it. I thought that it was overdue at the library, and I’m very sorry we didn’t realise it actually had another week on it before it was due. The lesson here is to check these things before you panic. This would be a case of do as I say, not do as I do.

I will try to do better.

love

Mummy

Dear me

shape up and get your act together!

love

me.

Dear readers

There is still time to sponsor me for the Santa Run, which will now be more of a Santa hobble, due to the training incident this morning. Please feel very free to click through and donate to East Anglian Children’s Hospice 🙂

thank you

Jax

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2 responses to “Dear so and so, or how not to train for a Santa Run”

  1. Oh goodness poor you!!! I can’t believe the lack of common courtesy these days! He should have at least asked if you were alright. Ugh, some people.
    .-= Kat´s last blog ..Dear So and SoOoooo Youre my Best Friend =-.

    1. Thanks Kat. I thought much that too. And said so to him. He just stared at me blankly 🙁

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