Interesting Statistics

I was looking at my blog statistics this morning (I can’t look at them at the moment because the internet isn’t working here at the hotel……again !), just to convince myself that somebody is reading my ramblings, and I picked up on one or two interesting things.  Firstly, we are now over 1100 viewings.  I haven’t counted up the days I’ve been here yet but that’s well over 10 a day – which is nice (and before you ask, it doesn’t count my own looks and edits etc.).  I have readers in America (I think I know who that it but as I haven’t heard from here for a few days it might be someone else). I have a reader in Australia who, whilst not being regular or voluminous has looked at several pages.  Someone from Canada had a brief foray but hasn’t been back, as has a reader from Hong Kong.  A fair number of pages have been read by people (or a person) in the UAE who I am hoping is Phyco otherwise I will really have to be careful what I say about people, places and my workplace ! 

I’m going running with her tomorrow so I’ll be able to check !

I’m going to put the inventory in the middle today because it confuses Mark who told me the other day that it’s the only interesting bit (he’s an old reader from Iraq and he’s addicted to pictures of Arabic food I think – food wise the blog has been a bit disappointing so far but I will make an effort to take some interesting food pictures just for you Mark !)

Money – AED 3 (it’s getting a bit repetitive isn’t it !)

Gym – an hours circuit training this evening (on my own, trying to get fit enough in a week so as not to embarrass myself with Phyco on Wednesday again……I’m not holding out much hope really !). 

I started actually doing T’ai Chi last night.  I have been reading the book but I couldn’t think of anything else to do after I had got back from dinner so I put on the video that I bought at the same time as the book, and if you ignore the fact that you wouldn’t want to get stuck in a lift with the bloke narrating then it’s really good to get you off the ground.  I’ll keep you informed but whether it had anything to do with the beginning of the process or just luck, I had a really good nights sleep for the first time in weeks.  I shall be doing a bit tonight before I go to bed either way because it might have had something to do with it – I’m not missing an opportunity !

Food – Last night I have to confess I had 2 starters and a chocolate afterwards.  I had a chocolate because it was Easter Sunday and the hotel had gone to the trouble of laying out chocolates and cup cakes with Easter themes and a chocolate fountain (which I avoided, as I did the cup cakes), but I did think a little chocolate wouldn’t kill me – which it hasn’t……..obviously.

Alcohol – Nothing yesterday but the red wine is starting to shout now……..a real test of whether I can have just the one glass……….maybe…..

I definitely need to take some photographs of something because the blog is getting a bit wordy and I’m not doing anything very interesting at the moment (other than work, eat, gym & sleep obviously) and I’m conscious that you might all be getting a little bored with just words !

So on that note I shall sign off for today and go away and think about what I have to do next (from a work perspective we are about to enter a training phase so I’m going to have to think about turning my pretty process maps into training courses and think about how I’m going to deliver them to a whole load of people who probably don’t want to be there and who don’t speak very good English, if any – should be a challenge !)