Wattle and Rainbows

Off to Newcastle for a quick weekend trip. Hoping my innards are good to me, as I’ve not had a good couple of days in my guts and then my head… Just over so much right now… Maybe the coastal air and warmth will do me good.

Spring next week.

Bring it on.

(ps Stoked with the 12 Club tee that came from Threadless today!! THIS one is my last one… I have until Tuesday to decide if I renew or not for another year of tees)

31 Photos in 31 Days (Day 19) Back at Work

Back at work today. Fortunately I have 2 days of PD – feeding. Which means I don’t have to see clients. It does mean I have all my workmates who I haven’t seen in awhile for various reasons just checking that I’m well and telling me I look terrible. Thanks :p

I went for a much needed gym session today. More for my sanity, than my body. Needed. Still didn’t stop me staring at the meat at Woolies for 10 mins in a blank world of choice… meh.

Got a couple of cool parcels today:

A couple of Muesli4Me samples, including the yet to be released Gluten Free base with some of my fave fruits and a sample of the go crunchy base. I’ll let you know how they go!

And my parcel for hitting Queanbeyan school this Saturday to hand out how to votes for the Australian Sex Party. Say hi if you see me there… or later in the day back on my home turf supporting GetUp! at Chapman School!

31 Photos in 31 Days (Day 16) Doctor, Doctor

While the doctor ran about an hour late, I gathered some pamphlets on milk, anxiety, contraception, ovarian cancer and more, oh and kept up with Twitter. There is a foot for 31 photos with knee high socks under some jeans.

I have three days off work with a medical certificate, two “for if you get worse” scripts, one for if I actually get worse, the other for if the nose dries but the cough keeps going. I’m going to have to watch the time I spend on the computer the next few days so I don’t get too angry with politics. As if that could happen :p

31 Photos in 31 Days (Day 14) Snotball

I have a cold.

I shall hang out with the heater this evening rather than heading out and passing on my germs.

Aren’t I lovely?

(And isn’t it <– cute?)

More Questions and Some Answers

Had the day off work, tired, coming down with some virus, and went to the doctor because I’ve used up my sick days without certificate. Saw a different doctor, who probed more into my digestive issues rather than the virus, stress, work, diet and so on. So I have more homework to do over the next few weeks, and got one more blood test, to check thyroid function, more, she says, because she wasn’t sure why it hadn’t been ruled out, rather than because she suspected thyroid dysfunction. Anyway.

On an answers note, I got a 12 month higher duties contract out of that last round of interviews and job applications! It was what I was hoping for once I’d come out of the interview, but wasn’t sure what I’d get. I’m pleased… There’s work to be done but I feel like I’m finally getting there.

And, prompted by Veronica… My top referral searches for the month to date:

Vodka Cruisers, anyone? (What? I’m not 16 anymore?)

Things

Things creep up on my. Days, weeks, months, birthdays.

My dear, old, awesome cat Tizzy, on his perch at my parents place in Newcastle. He’s always been a big boy.

And also kilos. (kilos, centimetres, increase in fat with loss of muscle. All are true!)

Just a few here and there, but enough to mean I’m back into the overweight category, and that dressing to head out on Saturday night became a teary affair, where I realised that most of my going out clothes didn’t fit, or were all lumpy and bumpy in all the ‘wrong’ places.

It’s a mix of not eating right, not exercising enough, getting sick and so not being well enough to exercise. Etc etc.

Basically this means a couple of things.

I have to get more serious about my effort at the gym. That started last night, with Rish kicking my arse with sprints on the oval followed by an upper body weights session at the gym. It all hurts.

I will also have to go back to writing down what I eat. And be honest with it. This also will have the advantage of helping me figure out which foods make me feel like crap, along with helping me identify my snacking ;)

On discussion with my doctor, it appears I don’t have any specific intolerances/coeliac disease etc etc, but, as some of you told me, irritable bowel syndrome. So, writing things down and figuring all that out will surely help me feel better. :)

I’m not one to go on about weight/weight loss. I like food too much, and so the prospect of upping my gym efforts always appeals more than eating less. But so long as I stay healthy, that should stay reasonably easy. I also have always felt weird talking about wanting to lose a few centimetres in oder to feel better in my skin. Oh well, more butt kickings both by Rish and by myself shall help!

ps Where did April go?

Elephant Elephant

1. Habit :: bad habit
2. Relaunch :: brand
3. Mondays :: itis
4. Bootstrap :: upright
5. Funk :: soul
6. Appreciate :: reward
7. Yay! :: woo!
8. Life :: death
9. Sheets :: satin
10. Date night :: bottle of wine :p

(Mutterings week 376)

Currently bopping along to the Evelyn Evelyn album, downloaded from their Bandcamp page. You can pre-listen there too. It’s a new Amanda Palmer project… :D Sitting in the UC library… accidentally bought real coke… disaster. Don’t want it, it can come home with me until I find someone to drink it for me.

Volunteers?

My voice is coming back. Slowly. Have tomorrow off work, it’s been good for it, and me, not talking to many people at all. One more day of that (and hopefully not coughing all night like I did a lot of last night) and I may feel better. xx

These Days

Well, my last lot of blood tests have shown nothing abnormal, so the next round will be upon me soon. Not that I could get an appointment until April 9… But I do have newly discovered friends in Buscopan and the Career’s Cow:

Around

• Bit of a pin cushion. Blood tests. Let’s see what’s wrong. Is it okay to eat lots of things that might be bad for you in case you’re told to never eat them again?
• Uni. Assignements. eeee
• Porno sheep getting mentioned on national radio. I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna have groupies, to quote the Pussycat Dolls
• Sleep would be nice
• Wine’s nice. But best not used as a sedative
• Thankyou for all you awesome JESUS LOVERS. Keep commenting to win a purple glitter jesus moneybox. You rule!

Camwhoring my New Glasses

Finally got new glasses this week. And you get to share Friday Fun with Fiona.

Yay! Plus a bunny necklace from Shanalogic.com. Hot.

Now to find dinner, so I can eat early, so I can go for my next lot of blood tests earlier tomorrow. Yays!