Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Exercise Dilemma

Most of you will know that without my shoes, I'm pushing 5'4" ... stop giggling! We shorties have finely tuned hearing!

The latest dilemma to go with my height is my clothesline. For around 8 months of the year it had a serious lean... so serious, nothing could actually hang on it unless I could even it out on the other side! Even then my gracious second year neighbours commented on the 'special treatment' I was getting as a first year - to have such a unique fixture in my backyard! How lucky! Not only could I not hang anything on it, it wouldn't turn around either - no, not even in Wellington's wind!

Well, I followed procedure, put in my blue maintenance form and waited patiently... and waited... and waited... and then one day, I went to try the clothesline again, just in case it had been fixed, only to discover one slight problem - I couldn't reach it! I kid you not! Try as I might (with some serious looking around in between I might add!), it alluded me! That is, until I jumped - now there's a mental picture for you all! The kind maintenance man had done a great job on my clothesline - fixed it all up like brand new! ... and raised it an inch or two in the process!

Now, hanging out the washing (which I must say is a rarity as I'm a tad lazy and can afford a laundry room inside!) is now a sporting event! Complete with pegs in mouth and clothing in hand, I have to jump to reach the outside lines, all the while providing yet more sport for my neighbours should they look out their windows at the opportune moment!

But alas, there's hope! I'm not sure if it's due to my 'sport' or not, but the outside lines have... stretched a little!

In my zest to get the washing dry on the first fine day we've had for a while, I psyched myself up to hang the washing outside this morning only to find that I could reach the line on tippy toes - hence the blog... I kinda miss the exertion, though few and far between the moments may have been! Now I have to find something else that counts as exercise as - at the peak of physical fitness (hard to believe I know!!) - walking up the 'hill' to class ("It's a slope!" quips Nicky!) no longer counts!

1 comment:

CheekyUkie said...

Hey kuz I have a spare box for u to stand on if ya want, or how bout a ladder from da shed, that might work hmmm, then again a cherripicker will be ideal for u to hang da washing up aye Ow, or u can always ask Marcus if ya get borrow his platform shoes aye Ow, l8rzzzz Ow-bay...