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Well I'm back to having normal food - for the first time in 10 days.
I still get really tired very fast, but I'm definitely on the mend. I had to miss my dieticians appointment today because the car is in being fixed for rego, but I will reschedule Wednesday or so and see what the official weigh-in says (My scales said around 6 kg last time I checked).
I had an interesting birthday - being ill and no car - but I have decided next weekend I will take a day and just do whatever I want to do (pool/bbq at boambee etc) for the day, instead of Saturday. On Saturday Karl came over with chinese food (easily digested!) and dvds so I had a quiet night with the family and Karl and just relaxed. The kids made me a teddybear birthday cake (so cute) with 1001 candles on it ... and gave me lots of presents - bath stuff and perfume and a gift voucher for the beautician for a pampering, and a Corrs CD :) I love them a lot for being so thoughtful.
Today was weird - I woke up (very late for me - 8:30 am) and immediately thought "ok what is on the agenda for today" (as usual). To my shock, I realised that I have nothing on my "have to do" list! After the last 5 years - that feels really strange. So then I looked at my "want to do" list and realised I have quite a few things on it - and NOTHING is stopping me doing them! (well, apart from the fact I'm recuperating, and have no car).
So this afternoon I am going to work on updating my portfolio so I can take in my resume and a copy of it to J ... with a note on it that I am also looking for parttime work (which would actually work out better if I could work at the uni as well!)
Oh ... and I forgot to mention that Graham told me that the uni will be offering me work as well ... probably lecturing/tutoring/preparing materials ... so if I could work at J parttime and work there casually it would fit in perfectly with the kids and my other responsibilities :)
(And it would also mean that I wouldn't have to move in the near future, while I get myself back on my feet financially)
Of course my preference is for a good-paying job here, so I can move house, but not have to move out of the area. But I don't believe that will happen.My plan at the moment is to sort myself out financially for 5-6 months then move to the city for work.
Anyway, I am starting to get back the sense of hope I had at the beginning of last year - that I had finished my degree, was working on my health, taking time out for me, and now the world was my oyster :)
I still get really tired very fast, but I'm definitely on the mend. I had to miss my dieticians appointment today because the car is in being fixed for rego, but I will reschedule Wednesday or so and see what the official weigh-in says (My scales said around 6 kg last time I checked).
I had an interesting birthday - being ill and no car - but I have decided next weekend I will take a day and just do whatever I want to do (pool/bbq at boambee etc) for the day, instead of Saturday. On Saturday Karl came over with chinese food (easily digested!) and dvds so I had a quiet night with the family and Karl and just relaxed. The kids made me a teddybear birthday cake (so cute) with 1001 candles on it ... and gave me lots of presents - bath stuff and perfume and a gift voucher for the beautician for a pampering, and a Corrs CD :) I love them a lot for being so thoughtful.
Today was weird - I woke up (very late for me - 8:30 am) and immediately thought "ok what is on the agenda for today" (as usual). To my shock, I realised that I have nothing on my "have to do" list! After the last 5 years - that feels really strange. So then I looked at my "want to do" list and realised I have quite a few things on it - and NOTHING is stopping me doing them! (well, apart from the fact I'm recuperating, and have no car).
So this afternoon I am going to work on updating my portfolio so I can take in my resume and a copy of it to J ... with a note on it that I am also looking for parttime work (which would actually work out better if I could work at the uni as well!)
Oh ... and I forgot to mention that Graham told me that the uni will be offering me work as well ... probably lecturing/tutoring/preparing materials ... so if I could work at J parttime and work there casually it would fit in perfectly with the kids and my other responsibilities :)
(And it would also mean that I wouldn't have to move in the near future, while I get myself back on my feet financially)
Of course my preference is for a good-paying job here, so I can move house, but not have to move out of the area. But I don't believe that will happen.My plan at the moment is to sort myself out financially for 5-6 months then move to the city for work.
Anyway, I am starting to get back the sense of hope I had at the beginning of last year - that I had finished my degree, was working on my health, taking time out for me, and now the world was my oyster :)