I have learnt over the last few weeks that I am definitely a stress eater as I am yo-yoing up and down between 99.9 and 99 kgs. We are still having trouble getting mum's place in Chinderah ,NSW into the hands of either a buyer or a friend that could really do with it. The management are refusing the entrance of the buyer and making it difficult for the friend as I think they are trying to get the large site for nothing if we abandon it.My daughter has had to change her flight time and pay extra money to do so.
I am also having health concerns as I recently lost vision in my left eye after bending down for a short while doing some dusting. I also had some problems in the other eye but not as bad. I saw an optometrist later in the week as it settled at the time but had me concerned. She is concerned that it is either a TIA or Temporal arteritis ( giant cell arteritis). I have gone and looked at medical sites and both are scary but the temporal arteritis could blind me permanently and suddenly. It also can cause aortic aneurysms leading to sudden death or strokes that could totally incapacitate me. She said she would contact my doctor and send a referral to the eye specialist with urgent on them. I have heard back from no-one so will have to do some chasing up on that or keep on eating my worry away. That is not an option as I have my 1 year post op check coming up and want to have lost more weight before then.
Good news is every-time I buy some new clothing I can buy a smaller size. I recently bought leggings that have a rib/cable pattern on them, size 18 not size 20, and a long cable jumper that is size 16-18 and it is already looking slightly large. They were a bargain and I got an outfit for $NZ25.00. I do like a good sale. I went to my local book shop the other bay and got 3 books at 50% off of their already discounted price then $5 further off on the loyalty program. One will be a Xmas present for my brother as it is a book on NZ fishing tales, another is a kid's fantasy book (grand-kids need presents) and a knitting book by Debbie Bliss with some lovely patterns in. I often walk to the library as an extra bit of exercise and I had dipped into the book shop to check out whether a new cross stitch magazine was in yet.
I was looking through home design blogs the other day and found one called Fancy. It had a draw you could enter for a $150 voucher from an online Home Decor store called http://www.se3.co.nz . I explored that site, went back to Fancy and entered the draw. I won. Above is what I chose. I let the owner know what I wanted on the Sunday, it was packed and couriered on Monday and I had it by midday on Tuesday. Now that is what I call prompt service. It was very well packed and it got to me intact with no damage anywhere. Check the site out and be pleasantly surprised.
I am trying to set up a weekday writers group at our local library but notices I sent to our local papers did not appear so I will try again tomorrow and see if 2nd time is a charm. The friendly librarian at Botany Library is going to put it on the Facebook page as well . I hope it gets off the ground. I go to one every third Saturday A little feeling of inadequacy there as most have had something published and sold. This time we read out and got critiqued on what we had written. I apparently am doing well in how I write with tween boys as my target group of readers . The head of the group feels I have the language and attitude that they would enjoy. He did pick up on a physical impossibility I had one of my people doing. It was good to hear things other people had written and to see even professionals have their differences that need editing to improve. A good point made was to get the reader of your written language to check your work if you are writing in what is a second language to you. They may pick up more easily any inconsistencies in the language than you would. I am hoping this writing group on a week day gets off the ground. I sent a short, short story off to a writing competition and had it declined. I forgot to copy and paste it into my own file and can't remember what I wrote so not sure why it was declined. Worries me a bit but what can you do.
Next weight loss goal is now 95 kgs. Below are my new clothes.
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