SHUZBUT!

 Now I have your attention!! 


No reason for the heading of the title today - I feel upbeat and my love the old Mork and Mindy TV show is shining through... even as corny nowadays as it is. Shuzbut is actually supposed to be an expletive so it doesn't pertain to anything I'm about to write about, but I do love the sound of it. Shuzbut! I just kicked the dog........ (not me.. that was Mork being a dork in an old episode! lol)

So, I managed to lose a grand total this week of...... 200 grams! lol.. Sad but true. I guess I'm lucky to have lost at all considering I have such minor restriction (I wish that damn Doc wasn't on leave - I would bring my appointment ahead of time!) As I mentioned in my last post - I am surviving on water. And tonnes of it. If nothing else, the old body is getting a damn fine flush out. I'm not really suffering from head hunger but I am getting the tummy rumbles more often and feel like my stomach is squeezing out through my spine.  I suppose I need to eat more and drink less. But the thing here is.. I don't want to eat. I am quite disinterested in food. In fact, I am not searching out anything in particular to eat - I'm eating for fuel right now. Hows that? Very weird from this little black ducks perspective and probably a first. When I do eat right now, I'm sticking to high protein. Meat and cheese and yogurt - the Greek variety. Actually, my diet is hugely boring but until I get some control over this band of mine next week, I'm sticking to what I know. 

For some reason 2010 has come off with a bang for us here in this household. I foresee a huge amount of change. MOTH (Man of the House) is looking for work in a different direction... he's seriously thinking about getting his builders ticket....Mitchell is also on the hunt - he's run out of money and needs to get back in the game .. he is trained in HR  (and has a few things lined up as of yesterday... ) and as for moi.. well, I have taken a HUGE HUGE step. And I can honestly say: If it weren't for band and the way it has helped me lose this weight I would never, ever have even considered doing what I'm about to do. It just wouldn't have been in me. Mentally, physically or in any other way.



Anyone who reads my blog knows by now that at heart I am a writer. And a reader. It's nothing for me to peck out a couple of short stories a week and even less to read two books or more in a fortnight. Well, I have made a huge decision that I am in the death throes of getting sorted.
I am going in a different direction. I want to become a carer for the elderly or disabled. These wonderful people are in short supply here in Australia and everywhere I turn I see advertisements calling out for people in this line of work. I guess it boils down to that we are all now living longer than ever before.. so demand is high.

I went in yesterday to Centrelink (boy, there's an eye opener for you.. ha!!) to lodge some forms to get me underway. I have picked a course - Cert III in Aged Care. It's a comprehensive five week course - two weeks of traveling to Perth to learn about the theory side of things (hygiene, how to look after the elderly, bed to gurney, work safe stuff, bathing, feeding etc etc) and two weeks of on the job learning. They place you in work experience. I hear that they will give you a local nursing home too. Yay. Less traveling.Then the last week is back to Perth for assessment and finishing up.


It's all very exciting and also a bit daunting. The last study I did was 20 years ago when I went to University to become a Dental Nurse's Assistant. I have worked a little out of the house in the years since the children were born - I did sales, did a stint as a copy writer, worked for a bit in a busy cafe - but this to me feels like a bigger step. Writing will always be my first love but for now, this is what I want. I want to branch out and take on new challenges. I feel healthy, fit and mentally ready to tackle something new. And to be honest, the extra money will be a Godsend. 


It's going to mean a lot of changes in this household. MOTH will have to come to the party with organisation - and Mason said to me yesterday .. "Mum, you will be too tired to cook dinner at night." lol Typical teen always thinking of their stomach. I just laughed and said.. "Well, listen. You have to get used to me not being around as much. I will probably be doing shift work and besides we have another three people that can cook here. I have taught you all well. You, your brothers and Dad will have to fend for yourself a little more. It's my time now." He nodded thoughtfully and said, "I knew this day would come around sometime. It's all good."

Oh, yes it is. It's fantastically good!!! 


Seeya soon,
Cara xxx