The hills are alive with the sound of...panting

The last couple of days have been absolutely lovely in terms of the weather.  The sun is out early and it looks so nice and bright when I wake up at 7. The wind has also been kind - not too strong, not too cold.  Because of the National Day that fell on Thursday, we had a long weekend - so we had a lot of time on our hands.

The garden has taken up most of our mornings.  We went there almost every day to try and keep the weeds under control and to plant some more stuff.  But we don't have to stay there long.  We were usually done after 1 hour or so.  That left us lots of time to do other activities outdoors.

We haven't been going on our walks the last couple of weeks since the weather had been dreadful - so wet and windy.  We have bought a football so we could run around and exercise a bit but we haven't had the opportunity to do so, until this week, that is.

Since the days have been so nice, we have managed to go out and play football.  There's a huge football pitch nearby so we headed there with our football.  There were even small goal posts that were perfect for us.  Since there were only two of us, we played one-on-one and it felt so good to shoot and score goals.

I used to play football with my friends back home, usually with the guys, so I am familiar with having to dribble past guys or getting tackled. But Pete is so strong!  I find myself flying every time, he tried to get past me or to get the ball off me.  And he kicks with such power that I get stung if I try to intercept his ball.  But it's all fun and he does try to not kick too hard.  And it's really fun to run and roll around on the grass.  

Apart from playing football, we also have been enjoying scenic walks around the neighborhood. The area near the garden is being developed into a huge park with a lake.  It's still has a long way to go, but there are currently trails for walking or jogging.  The trail starts just beside our garden and goes up and down some slopes.  It makes for a nice, mildly challenging walk.

If we weren't up for the long walk, we could just run up and down the hills.  That was what we did this morning.  After working at the garden, we did some laps up and down the hill.  It's tiring, of course, but since its not too hot, and the skies so nice and blue and the grass so lovely, soft green, it was really one of the nicest way to exercise.  We were panting, of course, since we haven't been exercising regularly but if the weather keeps up, this could be our daily thing and maybe we just might get fitter.