Wednesday night... 7.30pm and sat down to chill out (shock horror!) lol
It's been a pretty good day all in all, work went ok, still have to do some stuff for some meetings this week, but not worried about that very much as I can do it in the morning. Job 2 flew by as fast as ever, must admit, I was so tired this afternoon it was a job to keep going! However, what made this a great day was that I went to see the Dr this morning AND he signed the consent form for my skydive :clap::clap::clap: and so now it's full steam ahead and I weigh almost a stone under their maximum weight , so, by the time I do it I shall be even lighter! Yippee!!!!
I was so chuffed, he was lovely. I talked to him about some other worries I had. Mainly - skin and boobs. I told him how I felt about it all and, bless him, he didn't even ask to look. (Which I'm glad about as he had a trainee doctor with him and I would have been embarassed). He said he is going to write to my pct and ask for permission to refer me to a plastic surgeon. I told him that if they can just do my arms and boobs I would be happy. I know my belly and inner thighs are in dire need but they can be hidden with trousers and skirts and long shorts.. but my arms and boobs are a whole different matter. I could have kissed him when he said he would write to them and ask, this is, of course, only the first step. They may well say no, sod off, and I need to prepare myself for that. I asked if there is a waiting time after getting to goal - ie a year at goal or whatever, and he said that he didn't know but would write straight away for me. He had me explain to him how many calories I was having a day and what the Cambridge Diet was and I told him it's about 450 cals a day and he said he thought it was 600 , so I got confused, lol, and said maybe if I was another 3 inches taller I coulda had the extra as that is another pack. I think I need to read all the blurb again! lol
Then I went to see the nurse and she took my BP and it was 119/74 and on her scales I weighed in at 89kg (but hers are way out compared to Ailsa's so I'm not bothering to work it out. lol) I do know that I used to weigh in (at my heaviest
recorded weight) at 153kg so that's encouraging news!
I had to collect a prescription for hay fever stuff, which I've avoided taking so far but my throat is beginning to suffer so I thought it best to get them in as the rape seed is so high and the tree pollen breezing around. In the chemists is a lady I know from church called Pam, I haven't seen her in a while and she was a poppet. We chatted and I told her about the skydive and I'm taking my sponsorship sheet in there one day soon (no idea when as it's shut by the time I get home! lol) still.. maybe in a couple of weeks when I next get checked up. She has been very supportive, none of this 'oh you should stop now or you'll look ill' nonsense! lol
Got to job 2 late (due to Dr running very late and me crying about skin and other stuff - you know.. ex etc.. me not knowing who I am blah blah blah...) but only by 15mins so I stayed late to make it up.
Decided to send CV to Northampton job agencies, I need a single job in one place with lots of people. So, time to start looking! I also rang the tax credit people and told them about my hours changing and about Zoe finishing college... glad I remembered to do that, don't want to get into any trouble just coz memory is shot to bits!
Got home about 6.30 and took the dog out for a long walk (trying to get my 10k steps a day in!!!) called in at the pub to chat to landlady, she's great. Really get on well with her. She's another one who is a great encourager. Then came home and had second pack of the day (choc mint muffin) just as I sat down on here
Zoe's in a great mood - she has been contacted by an agency who saw her cv and want her to go for an interview at a big flashy place in Hertfordshire as a pastry commis chef!! She is over the moon, and so, Sunday is driving to Welwyn Garden City time!!! Flippin long way, but it is the job of her hearts desire so will be worth it if she gets it. It'll be live in though... still... I can redecorate her room if she moves out (albeit temporarily - or not!) and make it all lovely for her again... and I can set to sorting the rest of the house out too... and me and the dog will be ok... and I will fill the house with noise (music) and maybe some lodgers... with just me in it I could get 2 or 3 in! lol Or I could let the house and live in a feckin tent! lol Speaking to the tax people was helpful as I will still get some tax credits so it isn't as bad as I first thought, although I think I might need to get an evening job for a few nights a week as the maths just doesn't add up. If Zoe lives at home and works she would give me board and that would make a massive difference, but I want her to be happy and do what she wants with her life more than I want to stay here.
She is going to be the most fabulous pastry chef ever!!
She wants to have her own patisserie one day and I will back her to the hilt!
Right, the muffin is working its way through my system and I need to do some festival stuff and I have to practice my melodeon AND I'm expecting a phone call from a lovely girlfriend at half 9 so am off to visit some diaries/threads and then sod off the site til the morning.
Sorry to drone on (yet again) lol.. my day has been a real uppy downy uppy one.. lol More uppy than downy though and that's cool
Oh, also, thought I might join a dating site but then not but then thought I would... and so the inner debate continues... think I'll leave it a while yet and see if I can get a job in Northampton so I will be more settled and have more energy too!!
Looking at the list for Birmingham meet up methinks I shall want to be a single girly that night!!! lol It's gonna be a good 'un! Loving the fact that everyone has something in mind for the evening , and, if I didn't love boogying so much I'd be off to see Cats too!!
Still... only so many evenings in a weekend and only so much energy! lol
T'ra fer now xxx
well, they tried to. This is such a small town, within 30 minutes of them not showing up at school (and the school ringing me to tell me!) I had tracked them down and frogmarched them in! lolol they did it twice and then gave up. lol She is doing fantastically now, she's almost completed her interior design course and is a wonderful young woman. It was lovely to see her again and to get such a warm reaction. 
