Today

Well I have survived!

Dropped kids off then off to WW. Down another .6kg. That's 5.6kg down and 10 weeks in a row without a gain. A long way to go, but I am impressed with it! Of course my mind was on other things and I totally stuffed up the books. Ended up not balancing big time. I thought I was over, ended up being under. Fortunately the leader just took it all and said she would work it out. I was almost in tears.

Then came home. W was in a mood. M was here visiting. I have mixed feelings about M. He is supportive of W, but he was part of the problem in the parish and does not really help W in the long run. Good thing though was because I didn't want to sit down and talk with him I just did the dishes which were long overdue!

So then W was in a mood. M had given him some money for helping out at the nursing home- their Sunday evening illegal service. The way it was done though was made to feel like charity which made me feel a little blah. So I suggested to W that we go out for a sandwich for lunch. He didn't respond as he was walking downstairs. So a few minutes later I followed him downstairs and asked again. He said that he had said that that would be nice. So I rang P's office to see if he was on time and was told that W's appointment had been rescheduled to 4pm. So we went to a trendy pub and had lunch. I had a Thai Prawn Pizza which was very ordinary, but Ws steak sandwich was nice apparently. We didn't really talk. Then home again where I tried to get some work done. I arranged for the kids to go and stay with M and his wife whilst W was at his appointment. Something told me that I should stay in the waiting room whilst W was seeing P. I had my laptop so I actually got about 500 words down. That is the best going I have done in a long time! Admittedly it was, um, well, it may have been based on someone else's ideas, but I did reference it! Anyway half way through the session I was called in to clarify some things. We were asked to put all blame on the shelf. I did this quite easily (which surprised me due to the feelings I have had for W this week) but W couldn't. I don't know if the session helped. I left before the end to get to work, but I was able to voice some of my gripes- whilst I enjoy my work, I resent having to do it when I want to be doing my thesis, even though P questioned my commitment to my thesis. I suspect W had said something to him!

I rushed off to work. I don't normally like 3 hour shifts, but tonight I was seconded to electrical for half an hour or so which was lots of fun! I got to do a lot of bullsh*tting but sold a toaster, digital camera and accessories, sandwich press, clock radio and almost a PS2- well I think this lucky kid is going to get it for Christmas now after I raved about how wonderful they were. And I had never seen one in my life! LOL!

I am only rostered on for 14 hours next week which is disappointing as we need the money, but I am going to use the time to make a decent dent on my thesis. I hope to have at least 2000 extra words done and will report in with my progress...