Whoops last post wobbled

I will try again;

I now have less than 2 weeks before my departure date. My daughter, who has been in Australia for the past 2 years, returns home next week. I am looking forward to having one week with her before I leave.  I have mixed feelings in really looking forward to seeing her again, disappointed that it will only be for one week, while also looking forward to my trip.  Not great timing but just the way these things work out.

A more trivial pre trip 'concern' is related to my current fitness level. I retired 5 months ago and set about shedding a few pounds and improving my fitness. I have been moderately successful in both aims; perhaps putting in greater effort than the results show but I can feel the difference. I wonder after 6 weeks of sitting on planes, in cars and in meetings; eating hotel food and exercising a lot less than the 8 hours a week my body has got use to, (with a few complaints it must be said) will I waddle back home having lost 5 months of hard earned gains? My budget doesn't run to luxury hotels with gyms and pools and my schedule is not conducive for regular runs so the odds seemed stacked against me and I look set to return from my Churchill Fellowship trip with not just the benefits of the experience gained but perhaps also more of a Churchillian frame!