Nearly as good as tetris

Little brother came home from Adelaide this morning. He managed to see the entire Indian cricket team at Adelaide airport and wrangle a photo out of Sachin Tendulkar. Just his luck! 

Mum and I did boxing again at the gym this morning. It was a good workout and the instructor pulled her up when she tried to cheat by doing lazy frenzied upper cuts. We were working in pairs and there was a lady next to us who would not shut up about her sore shoulder, how she'd already done another class beforehand then ranting motivational 'no pain no gain' type phrases. It was very annoying, very noisy and she was too busy ranting away to notice how far over she'd moved and that Mum and I were getting pushed further and further into the wall. Self-awareness is a beautiful thing.

It was very warm today in Melbourne, 35 degrees. I am a St John Ambulance volunteer and I foolishly volunteered to attend a duty this afternoon. At the time when I said I'd do it, it didn't occur to me that the men's singles final would be on. As usual and thankfully we did little more than hand out stingoes and bandaids. There was one lady who requested our help. She had been in the sun for a few ours and was feeling dizzy. She will be 92 this year and is still living independently, which is pretty amazing. Her daughter is a doctor and told her not to go out in the heat today. She should have listened! The poor lady just needed a bottle of water and air-conditioned surrounds.

I have a splitting headache so I won't write anymore today. I saw this quote on a lovely girl I went to school with's facebook page and I thought it was pretty accurate:

"Considering how hard it is to change yourself, you'll understand how little chance you have in trying to change others."

(Thanks, Sneha Rakheja!)

I hope you are all in for a productive and enjoyable week!