So it's been a year since me & Hannah got married. The nicest thing Hannah's done for me this (new) year of marriage, is allow me to eat the last 3 peanuts when I spent £3 on a tub of classy Sahara crispy coated peanuts when we were in a nice hotel in Gloucester to celebrate our anniversary. I was really hungry and low on salt (I need a salt-lick like horses have) and so I ordered some peanuts from the bar. I think the bar lady was a bit surprised that I refused any drinks and instantly took the peanuts up to our room to enjoy in peace.
It was awesome, because we arrived, ate some shortbread which came free with the room and then Hannah had a nap and I watched telly for 4 hours, it was literally a perfect afternoon. I learned that the human body has about 3 hours worth of energy in it at any one time and after you've exercised all that energy out, you begin synthesising your body fat, which requires alot more oxygen than synthesising glucose out of carbs (which is what you normally use) and so it's much harder to continue exercising. Also; there's a lag between switching from carbs to fat, and this is the point where you're in a nightmare and you've hit the 'wall'. I also learned that the perfect physique for sustained physical activity includes a nice bit of belly flab; it's like a long range fuel tank. Basically, I often tell Hannah that I'm like a Boeing 747, but she's like a Boeing 737...
After Hannah's nap we forced ourselves to go for a walk and discovered there were loads of blackberries nearby and also a paintballing place which seemed to be redundant because there was no sign of any paint anywhere.
Then we had dinner in the hotel restaurant. We had got a Groupon deal which meant that we got dinner included in our package (up to a value of £26 per person). The pesky hotel was a genius because the menu only included the starters and maincourses and so we didn't know how much the desserts were, and therefore we didn't know whether we'd be able to afford a dessert within our £26 budget if we splashed out on our starters and maincourses! As you can imagine, it wasn't a pleasant experience... Only joking! It was ace but Hannah didn't even want a starter so I didn't have a starter either and then I ended up being a bit hungry after the main course so I had cheese for pudding! Cheese for pudding is so great when you're still in savoury mode and especially when it's the most expensive dessert and you still have dinner budget to burn!
Our car's brake lights were fully broken (for quite a while I believe: in hindsight I think alot of people have been flashing at me for the past few months!) and so we decided that we'd take up the offer from our friends to borrow their lovely new version of our car. It was really nice driving around knowing that other people knew when we were braking.
The end.
It was awesome, because we arrived, ate some shortbread which came free with the room and then Hannah had a nap and I watched telly for 4 hours, it was literally a perfect afternoon. I learned that the human body has about 3 hours worth of energy in it at any one time and after you've exercised all that energy out, you begin synthesising your body fat, which requires alot more oxygen than synthesising glucose out of carbs (which is what you normally use) and so it's much harder to continue exercising. Also; there's a lag between switching from carbs to fat, and this is the point where you're in a nightmare and you've hit the 'wall'. I also learned that the perfect physique for sustained physical activity includes a nice bit of belly flab; it's like a long range fuel tank. Basically, I often tell Hannah that I'm like a Boeing 747, but she's like a Boeing 737...
After Hannah's nap we forced ourselves to go for a walk and discovered there were loads of blackberries nearby and also a paintballing place which seemed to be redundant because there was no sign of any paint anywhere.
Then we had dinner in the hotel restaurant. We had got a Groupon deal which meant that we got dinner included in our package (up to a value of £26 per person). The pesky hotel was a genius because the menu only included the starters and maincourses and so we didn't know how much the desserts were, and therefore we didn't know whether we'd be able to afford a dessert within our £26 budget if we splashed out on our starters and maincourses! As you can imagine, it wasn't a pleasant experience... Only joking! It was ace but Hannah didn't even want a starter so I didn't have a starter either and then I ended up being a bit hungry after the main course so I had cheese for pudding! Cheese for pudding is so great when you're still in savoury mode and especially when it's the most expensive dessert and you still have dinner budget to burn!
Our car's brake lights were fully broken (for quite a while I believe: in hindsight I think alot of people have been flashing at me for the past few months!) and so we decided that we'd take up the offer from our friends to borrow their lovely new version of our car. It was really nice driving around knowing that other people knew when we were braking.
The end.
