on things, randomly
I must say how very supported I suddenly feel at work by the next level up of management - just bumped into a manager for a different section who was worried and asked me how job hunting was going. She has given a couple of contracts out too this week. And it was on her advice that I sent my CV to the branch manager who passed it on when my soon to be new manager asked him for names of people with contracts up. So actually, a lot of concern and looking after staff, which is really nice.
And one of my friends here in this section will be coming over to the new branch with me - she has a longer contract, so that is a definite extra plus.
Onto other things - I have a headache today and I had one yesterday too and this is noticeable because they'd gone away by and large. Yesterday I was not good with the tea drinking and it's funny how much quicker you dehydrate from hydrated. I can't work out if I always felt this bad before or if your body learns to cope better with long term dehydration. I even had that very tired, sleepy thing last night. On the other hand, I *was* tired all the time before. (I've been keeping up with Vit B though which has also really helped - mood, energy levels, sleep etc)
I found a new cafe this week, just round the corner from here - found as in, finally went looking for it having been told about it ages ago. My coffee partner is on leave at the moment and I didn't fancy making my coffee myself without her. It's a lovely little coffee house, reminds me of the one in the little village of N's just outside of London when I stayed with her. But the important thing is they are lovers of good, healthy food and they clearly label everything as additive and preservative free.
I still have the hives situation - in that, I don't have them as I have stripped my diet all the way back to basics and any mess up results in hives. It's probably going to be like this for a while now. So the fact that I know their muffins are safe to eat is a good thing. But I also noticed they have a farmers market on Saturdays and I've been contemplating going along.
Last weekend I finally cleaned out and tidied up most of my kitchen. I'll tackle the pantry this weekend. But the tidiness and organisation had me in a good mood Monday night and I baked myself muffins for the week, with ingredients I was in control of. Slowly this week I have come to realise that I might need to return to cooking all my own food from scratch, like I did last time, so as to totally detox and avoid my allergens. In time, I think it will settle down again and I won't have to do this forever.
I've stripped my diet back but I very easily default to bad eating, being vegetarian on top of it. I kind of like the idea of playing around a bit and getting back into the kitchen - I don't mind it if its planned and organised. If I know what I am doing. Often my kitchen looks like a stereotypical bachelor's - condiments in the fridge, vodka in the freezer, nothing remotely edible on demand. I think callistra blogged her mixed veggie box from Coles the other day and I know that kathrynlinge used to love getting one in England and having the challenge of using all the veggies up in interesting ways. I think I could be up for something like that, maybe? Especially now that I know the kind of work I'll be doing in the very short term. (Not sure I could do it if I have a city commute to do.)
It's where I think I am going with all of this. Another one of those "flick the switch on states" things.
And one of my friends here in this section will be coming over to the new branch with me - she has a longer contract, so that is a definite extra plus.
Onto other things - I have a headache today and I had one yesterday too and this is noticeable because they'd gone away by and large. Yesterday I was not good with the tea drinking and it's funny how much quicker you dehydrate from hydrated. I can't work out if I always felt this bad before or if your body learns to cope better with long term dehydration. I even had that very tired, sleepy thing last night. On the other hand, I *was* tired all the time before. (I've been keeping up with Vit B though which has also really helped - mood, energy levels, sleep etc)
I found a new cafe this week, just round the corner from here - found as in, finally went looking for it having been told about it ages ago. My coffee partner is on leave at the moment and I didn't fancy making my coffee myself without her. It's a lovely little coffee house, reminds me of the one in the little village of N's just outside of London when I stayed with her. But the important thing is they are lovers of good, healthy food and they clearly label everything as additive and preservative free.
I still have the hives situation - in that, I don't have them as I have stripped my diet all the way back to basics and any mess up results in hives. It's probably going to be like this for a while now. So the fact that I know their muffins are safe to eat is a good thing. But I also noticed they have a farmers market on Saturdays and I've been contemplating going along.
Last weekend I finally cleaned out and tidied up most of my kitchen. I'll tackle the pantry this weekend. But the tidiness and organisation had me in a good mood Monday night and I baked myself muffins for the week, with ingredients I was in control of. Slowly this week I have come to realise that I might need to return to cooking all my own food from scratch, like I did last time, so as to totally detox and avoid my allergens. In time, I think it will settle down again and I won't have to do this forever.
I've stripped my diet back but I very easily default to bad eating, being vegetarian on top of it. I kind of like the idea of playing around a bit and getting back into the kitchen - I don't mind it if its planned and organised. If I know what I am doing. Often my kitchen looks like a stereotypical bachelor's - condiments in the fridge, vodka in the freezer, nothing remotely edible on demand. I think callistra blogged her mixed veggie box from Coles the other day and I know that kathrynlinge used to love getting one in England and having the challenge of using all the veggies up in interesting ways. I think I could be up for something like that, maybe? Especially now that I know the kind of work I'll be doing in the very short term. (Not sure I could do it if I have a city commute to do.)
It's where I think I am going with all of this. Another one of those "flick the switch on states" things.