Hello there, Pals? How are you today? I know holidays are supposed to be relaxing but when you spend it at home all you see are things that need to get done. So I’ve spent the past 2 hours swearing like a trooper doing various chores. On the bright side, my pillows and curtains are clean and smell lovely and I have food in the fridge.

I did two short but brutal no-equipment upper-body routines and even worked out with my expander, which I haven’t done for a while now. I don’t know when I can return to my dumbbells, but I definitely won’t before my laser treatment finishes. So I’m freestyling now, another thing I haven’t done in a while. I don’t mind having to select the routines for each day because I have time for that now but I’ll have to return to programs once I go back to work.

Let’s move on to our fact-finder fragment. I’ve chosen some forest facts because I was in such a bad mood last week that I ended up buying two! books. One of them is about forests. Did you know that forests are home to over 80% of the world's land-based species of animals, plants, and insects? We still don't know all there is to know about our forests. Did you know that our tropical forests store about one-third as much carbon as is held in the atmosphere? Also, people are responsible for around three-quarters of all wildfires.

So Pals, don’t play with fire and have an easy day! I’m off to relax a little.