Swimming

Well, 10 years ago I competed at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics in the Australian Swimming Team - and then I retired! The pic below was taken at the closing ceremony (I'm the one in the wheelcair). In the last month I decided to start swimming again, with the local Aussi Masters swim club (Masters is for those over 25) and boy have I felt it! My main reason for this is to lose some weight (kinda hard to do when you can't walk), but also to get out and do something that involves mixing with people other than those in my normal circle of friends. I've struggled a bit with the early mornings, my fitness and the fact that I'm ten years older than I was last time I swam, but I'm hoping that I'll keep going. Watch this space!

Happy Birthday Mum!

I found this amazing blogger template! It's perfect coz not only is it my Mum's birthday this weekend (Halloween no less!), also because she collects Owls!

First Post!

Ok, so this is my first post, on my first blog. Hopefully I can keep it going (though no promises), and also keep it interesting.

I'm not planning on this being about anything in particular, be it ramblings, graphics, tales or what have you, but a bit of everything. Feel free to leave me comments (nice ones of course).


Cheers
Kate

By the way - title of the little opus is a tribute to my legendary bouts of insomnia, which is usually when I do most of my creating!