So over winter....

The weather here is just dismal. We have one sunny day, the next is raining (with thunderstorms) then it's sunny-ish, then it rains again. I wish it would make up it's mind. To top it off I think I understand the whole concept of "water torture" now. We have popped a down pipe at the front of the house just outside my study window and we had a veritable waterfall of running water coming down from the gutters - heaps of rain gushing out that did my head in with the racket it made. MOTH rigged up this bright blue pipe that he jammed in the hole where the down pipe should sit, and that worked for a bit as the water ran down it and gushed down into the garden at the side of the house, but now THAT has come loose and I'm back to listening to water pouring onto the concrete driveway. Not to mention the whole duck and dive scenario as I try to get to my car without getting soaked. Sheesh.

I am due for my first fill this time next week - and it can't come soon enough. I am definitely at the stage now where I can eat!!! And I want to. Only self control is keeping the hunger and eating at bay right now. I don't feel like eating sausages or steak or anything like that - but anything else, well its up for grabs. But because I'm still in week four which means I'm still on mushies - blahh - I really have to make a concentrated effort to stick to the rules. I can't say I'm looking forward to that slammin' great needle though. While I no longer have such a bad phobia - having babies tends to get you past that - I once performed for a whole year when I found out the year I turned 14 we had to have a TB jab at school - and I whinged and begged and cried until my mother gave in and said, "Fine. You don't have to have it." I'm still filled with trepidation at what I will have to go through to get that saline in the band though but I know, like everything else I've coped with, I will cope with that too. If you hear an almighty scream echoing throughout the world next Wednesday, no fear. It's just wussy here getting her first fill.

Two quick notes. Natalia - if you're reading this post - your new blog page looks gorgeous.. but I can't leave a comment. It won't let me put one in. Just thought you might like to know in case you're wondering why no one's commenting. And Em from Perth. I can't find your blog full stop :( If you read this, can you guide me to where it is again? Thanks x.

MUSHIES

Day 25

Breakfast: Coffee, one weetbix with 1/2 cup of hilo milk, one tspn sugar

Late Lunch: Scrambled eggs with a small slice of finely chopped smoked salmon, 1/2 tspn lite sour cream

Afternoon tea: Small iced light coffee drink

Dinner: Coffee and profiterole cup (small with three weenie profiteroles and chocolate) chopped within an inch of its life.

Day 26:

Breakfast: Coffee. One cup of Sultana Bran - with all the sultanas picked out. 3/4 cup hilo milk - 1 tspn raw sugar

Lunch: Coffee and half hour later 2 poached eggs, 1 small slice smoked salmon, one tblspn tomato sauce

Afternoon Tea: 3/4 cup of diet strawberry yogurt

Dinner: One hearty Choice meal - Pasta Carbonara (horrible super-soft and bland!!) Coffee about 8.30pm

Stay safe

Till next time

Cara xx