Another moaning Monday

OK mixed feelings this morning.

On the one hand, I lost a pound. Well the scales said I lost a pound: since only records whole numbers, this could mean anything from I went from 19st 6.6 to 19st 6,4 to I went from 19st 7.4 to 19st 5.6. Either way, I am now recording 19.st 6lbs. I’m taking it at face value and saying I lost a pound and frankly, feeling quite happy about that.

On the other hand – I slept like a baby with colic last night. I think Al and I were feeding off each other: I’d wake up and then doze, then I’d feel him wake up and try and pretend to sleep, but he’d know I was pretending, so he’d pretend, then we’d both doze again for a bit, then it would all start again……..Needless to say, the brain isn’t working very well this morning.

Other good news: I’ve managed to change the in-laws visit to when it suits me :) Well to a weekend it suits me slightly more than the one they originally picked anyway. I’m still away on the Saturday, but it’s a shorter course and I should be back home by a reasonable hour that night.

Aside from that – I had my planned shopping trip on Sat into Cambridge. I bought a loaf of bread and some banana bread. I got in there and all the shops or clothes I wanted to try on were way too expensive and it was too hot really to bother, especially since I wanted winter clothes and it was something like 20C outside. So I passed on the clothes shopping. I even managed to get in and out of Waterstones without spending money!! Miracles, of miracles, if this keeps up I may not get charged for going over my overdraft limit this month!!

Al’s starting to look for permanent jobs today. He’s off to Tesco’s this morning cos they’re looking for shelfstackers – not a permanent thing, but a job and one that will get him out of the house on a regular basis. And he’s applied for a part time permanent post just the other side of Cambridge as well as an Art Teacher. If he got that we would be so comfortable it would be unreal!! :)

Other than that – the weekend was spent lying on a lounger in the garden, reading Mercedes Lackey books. I’m going through her Valdemar series right now and really enjoying the trip down memory lane.

I really enjoyed just lying there and not doing anything but I fear it will become a way of life if I let it go on. I need to be proactive on certain things. The house needs a good clean. Not only would it be good exercise, but it would make things easier for us as well. At the minute, the clutter is taking over again and we need a good clearout. I think I will check some of my old textbooks on amazon to see if any of them are work money – some of them I will never use again hopefully, so they’re just cluttering up the place.

I also need to assign a study space for myself. It doesn’t have to be large, just a place I can study undisturbed for the coming 12months. The books for my next course arrived on Friday and it’s reminded how much easier things are when I have a defined space for these things. I have an idea how I can do it but it may need to wait til after payday to sort it all out.