How the other half live
Yesterday we went for a free family day-trial at David Lloyd fitness centres. We could never normally afford the membership to one of these places. It's £70 a month for adult membership and £20 per child, so it was nice to be able to have a go. We went into the swimming pool first. Eddie was really annoyed that kids weren't allowed in the steam room, sauna, jacuzzi, gym or the outside pool except between 11am and 3pm. He was actually quite grumpy for a lot of the time we were in the pool. Naomi loved it tho. In the outside pool, Naomi actually took her armbands off and attempted to swim. She managed about 3 strokes, which is a good start. She had got to the stage where she's a pretty competent swimmer with armbands, she can swim lengths wearing them, but she's always been afraid to take them off, so even trying to swim is a step forward. As with Eddie she was the only person in her class at this age who couldn't swim. All the other parents seem to take their children to swimming lessons at a young age. Eddie taught himself and he's a good swimmer now.
We had some dinner there and it was not really very good. I had a dried up pasta dish and Eddie said his chicken was ok but not great. Naomi refused to eat her sausage and mash, so Graham ate it and he said it was nice. They both refused to eat their broccoli and I thought they were being fussy, but when I tried it, it was actually disgusting.
After dinner we played a bit of tennis, it was outdoors and it was quite sunny by then so it was very pleasant. Then we played a bit of badminton. Graham even joined in, even tho he isn't moving very well at the moment. I think he enjoyed it anyway. I discovered that Eddie really likes racquet sports and I must make time to do them with him more often. He is a similar standard to me at badminton, so we get a good game. Naomi got a bit restless after a while and wanted to go swimming again. As soon as we did Eddie got grumpy again, so the day didn't end very well really.
That write up looks more like a consumer review than a journal post. It reminds me of when I used to write for a consumer site. I really enjoyed that actually. There was a good community of people and we all used to read each others reviews and they began to feel like friends. Sadly a lot of us stopped when they changed the payment structure from 2p per read to 1p per read but only on certain categories of reviews. I a wish I wish I'd stayed. It wasn't really about the money. Dunno if I even claimed most of mine. Maybe I'll go and see if I can still sign in...
We had some dinner there and it was not really very good. I had a dried up pasta dish and Eddie said his chicken was ok but not great. Naomi refused to eat her sausage and mash, so Graham ate it and he said it was nice. They both refused to eat their broccoli and I thought they were being fussy, but when I tried it, it was actually disgusting.
After dinner we played a bit of tennis, it was outdoors and it was quite sunny by then so it was very pleasant. Then we played a bit of badminton. Graham even joined in, even tho he isn't moving very well at the moment. I think he enjoyed it anyway. I discovered that Eddie really likes racquet sports and I must make time to do them with him more often. He is a similar standard to me at badminton, so we get a good game. Naomi got a bit restless after a while and wanted to go swimming again. As soon as we did Eddie got grumpy again, so the day didn't end very well really.
That write up looks more like a consumer review than a journal post. It reminds me of when I used to write for a consumer site. I really enjoyed that actually. There was a good community of people and we all used to read each others reviews and they began to feel like friends. Sadly a lot of us stopped when they changed the payment structure from 2p per read to 1p per read but only on certain categories of reviews. I a wish I wish I'd stayed. It wasn't really about the money. Dunno if I even claimed most of mine. Maybe I'll go and see if I can still sign in...