On March 14th I hopped off the plane at Tullamarine to be picked up by a smiling mother. She always seems to be rather relieved every time all of her children and safely back inside Australian borders. I promptly jumped full throttle into life as a full time student.
To be totally honest, life as a full time student kind of blows in comparison to the life I led this summer as an athlete. Sitting at a desk really doesn't compare to flying down the slopes and squeezing in a work out is just so much more difficult. Though, getting back into the social scene in Melbourne is always a treat. This year I was lucky enough to have a gorgeous birthday dinner shortly after my return, the perfect chance to sit down and actually talk to long lost friends. In addition to all this I had started work at a pub around the corner, The Cricket Club, which was the perfect job - not too stressful and great hours. I am organising the snowboard portion of racers for Melbourne University and was also helping coach the St. Hilda's College 1st rowing crew!
Perhaps a little too much and as Good Friday rolled around I came down with what seemed, at the time, like bad tonsillitis, but a week and a blood test later turned out to be Glandular Fever. Thus the past week has been all about lying on the couch and afternoon naps; study and exercise have ground to a halt. Chocolate was not a great feature of Easter as nothing seemed to taste at all like it should, much to Mum's chagrin I was constantly saying, 'this taste's like vomit' - it was not her exceptional cooking just my silly taste-buds! My body seems to be losing any muscle mass it ever had. I'm not looking forward to feeling well enough to start working back on my body condition - it's going to hurt!
I guess this is a kind of karma for taking perhaps a little too much on. Hopefully after a few weeks off work and the gym I can keep up with my study and get a whole lot better. Fingers crossed because the Queen's Birthday Weekend, the opening of the ski season, is only six weeks away!
In other news I was very humbled to receive a Friends of the Sports Association Scholarship from the University - this is going to be significant assistance for the Australian winter coming up. Also, I am beginning the search for sponsors in the hope that next Norther-winter I can be a little less reliant on Mum and Dad.
Don't share water bottles with anyone!
Wow Lockie....Glandular Fever mate, shit no. How bad you feeling, I had it a few years ago slowed me down heaps, but managed to only miss a few days of work. I did however go to a natural path who put me on a blood type diet and a few mixes of her own? I felt it helped me get over it quicker than expected though?
ReplyDeleteMate we'll have to catch up soon, O yeah did you hear Ollie just got back to Oz and with a board set up!!! So he might need a bit of help sliding sideways!
Cheers Pete V.