No-kneed

So much to say but where to start? Firstly, by declaring that Christmas is exhausting. I need a holiday. The problem is the lull between Christmas and the new year- the undefined slightly transitory recovery period at the end of which people tend to feel both rested and restless, resulting in them going and getting exhausted all over again on New Year's Eve.

Christmas training began well. My 9 mile early a.m. run on Christmas Eve elicited some suprise from family members, but went rather well. Lots of hills in Shropshire though. In fact, I never really appreciated how wonderfully flat London is until now.

I then became blase (acute accent), ran up the big Grins-Hill and then gleefully decended it at pace. My right knee has been swelling and hurting ever since.

So now training is over a week behind and I am unable to do anything until my knee stops hurting. Most frustrating.

I decided that perhaps some treadmill running would lighten the load on joints and joined a gym yesterday. While injury may be preventing use of gym, you will be relieved to know that Fitness First provide free fizzy drinks, newspapers and DVD hire. It's my new hangout- membership fees will not be wasted.

So I've started to think about really raising some money for people with spinal injuries, which is, don't forget, why both you and I are here. I plan on baking cakes for the inhabitants of North Shropshire and delivering them, along with sponsorship forms, during the Easter period. (Residents of Clive are invited to provide details of cake preferences in comments)

Other than that, anyone in London who gives £20 or more should most definitely invite themselves to dinner chez moi and I will provide them with fine cuisine and vin de table.

So roll up, roll up, why spend £50 with a load of same olds in Mamalanji's? Spend it on Dinner At Jessies! I reckon we can broker a deal whereby quality of dinner increases in proportion to size of donation... £50 could either get a dinner for 6 -guests of your choice- or oysters followed by boef en croute for one... I shall stop here before we get on to what £2,000 would buy you.

www.justgiving.com/jessicahatcher