<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mx5houseoct17.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4586" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mx5houseoct17-200x150.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" /></a>It's a strange life. I live part of my time at home and another part with Mary at her house. Last weekend we spent time working in her garden and the previous weekend we were working in my garden.

Her house was originally built as a school in 1866 which closed in the 1981 and converted into a house. It's age <a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/marys-house.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5523" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/marys-house-200x150.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" /></a>means there is always something that needs looking after. Mary is very proficient with her DIY and has been looking after herself for a lot longer than I have so she needs no help from me. Our house styles are very different - the ultra modern and the quirky old.

During the week, because Mary works on Tuesday and Wednesday I will drive down to see her. Sometimes we eat at her home or drive into Bourne. I'm adjusting to this split life however there are times when I find it disconcerting and destabilising. I'm still learning to live in the moment.

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<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/steve@gym.jpg"><img class="alignleft wp-image-5524 " src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/steve@gym-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="241" height="241" /></a>My regular gym sessions are still alien to me and I need to make it into a habit. Research indicates that it takes on average 66 days for something to become a habit but of course that depends on how often you do it. I'm going to the gym twice a week therefore it may take 33 weeks before it becomes a habit.

I already feel more flexible and I'm working on my upper body strength which seems to have diminished significantly over the last ten years. As I said before, I don't want to live longer, I just want to live healthier - flexibility is the key so maybe I should take up yoga; no! it isn't going to happen.