Aches

My head aches but it's not as bad as yesterday.

Yesterday we went for a walk up the hill, it's a big hill.
My legs got shaky and wobbly half way up.

We got up to the very top.

Except then my fella took me further along and further up.
We walked through a little bit of gorse, stinging me just slightly through my thin pants.

We got to the very top, we could see all the way around.
The city, the harbour, the south island with it's snow covered ranges, and my favourite was looking out to the expanse of ocean.

I couldn't believe we got to see this and all we had to do was walk to the top of a hill, a big hill.

My sweat started to cool in the winter wind and my ears ached as they do.
The sun shone so brightly on the sea I had to squint.
My fella smiled at me. We hugged and I breathed him in.

We said our goodbyes and he ran off one way and I walked off another.

As I walked down the big hill my shin ached and my legs wobbled, I wouldn't take a full step but I didn't mind.
I went as fast as I could, taking fast but tiny steps, I even passed a few people. I didn't want my fella to wait and maybe I wanted him to be proud of me too.

I felt good.

He was coming to the end of his path as I was walking down the end of mine, it was a little bit perfect.

But we didn't have any water.
We spent most of the day sharing one bottle of water and apparently that is not enough for either of us.
As the day went on we felt worse and worse, sleepy and achy.
My head started to throb and it didn't stop no matter how much water I had. The panadol made no difference.

But I didn't mind.

Today my legs ache, it hurts to stand up and walking up or down the steps to my office is agony, but it's a happy kind of agony.