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Fog, fundraising and goals!
“If you marry a man like your Daddy, you
are in such big trouble my girl!” Oh my god I am having conversations with
Lottie dog, okay that is not unusual, but forgetting that she is a dog and not
human is. Life has been a bit like that
the last few months, my brain, or is it my mind is having an identity crisis
almost on a daily basis and roll on 19th April 2011. Bring it on, can’t wait, well I will have to
of course. So what is so special about
19th April 2011, my latest Open University Course will be over.
So with the latest assignment on my mind it
is hardly surprising that my mind is all foggy and I can only view a distance
of a few inches, and the horizon seems an impossible goal (Psychologically of course) 
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Richard is currently next door writing an essay, and I think his horizon
is looking a little fuzzy too. At least my study goal ends on the 19th April,
Richard doesn’t end his studies until the 24th June, but there are
other goals we both have to achieve in the next couple of months.
My goal by the end of June is to lose a
stone, though this week I have fallen off the diet wagon, and eaten chocolate biscuits,
ice cream and sweeties. Last week I was
a good girl and stuck to my diet and didn’t lose a single pound, and so with
the stresses of writing and studying for my latest assignment I am currently
munching or is that crunching through pineapple chunks, not the healthy
sort. Richard is undertaking the Beach
to Beach bike ride for Asthma UK in May of 140 miles so he is currently
training (and losing the weight), and is now managing to cycle 60 miles in one
ride. Well I say managing, there are a
lot of moans and groans, creaks and snapping of joints, and plenty of jokes
provided by me about tubs of Vaseline and the benefits of wearing proper cycle
shorts. Richard so far has turned down
my offers of getting him some cycle shorts on the basis that they leave nothing
to the imagination 
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As part of Richard’s fundraising efforts, I
have been collecting sponsorship from neighbours, family and friends. So far everyone has been really kind and
supportive when asked direct but messages via Facebook asking to donate via his
just giving page have proved fruitless. Whether this is because people are fed
up of being badgered to use these Just Giving pages for various causes or
afraid to use this method of giving we don’t know. Though these aren’t the only ways Richard and
I will be raising money, we will also be doing a car boot and Lottie and I for
one day only are going to become Wheezie Fairies dressed in lime and purple for
a one day street collection in high town, using the motto “Help the Wheezie
Fairies become Breathe Eazi Fairies.” Of
course not all Asthma Sufferers wheeze, but I think the slogan sounds good and
if it gets people’s attention on the day, great. For any of you in follow Asthma UK on Facebook
I promise to post photos of Lottie dog in her fairy costume.
Asthma wise at the moment I am doing very
well, walking a lot with Lottie, and enjoying the current mild weather even
when it isn’t dry. Such a relief to see
those dull and cold days of winter gone.
I have had a couple of visits to A & E but thankfully no admissions,
and my contact with the local respiratory department has been zero. Though this hasn’t been by choice, just
simply appointments have been cancelled by the local hospital and since my
point of contact left the local respiratory department has left, support is now
non-existent. So 4th April
shall be interesting when I see the respiratory consultant………………………………………ummmmm!
Thanks for reading, sorry to my followers for leaving it so long!
Cheers Katina aka Lottielou5972 
and the Lottie Dog
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