Movers arrived this morning and 42 boxes of our worldly goods were sent off to Uh-merica, painter is finishing off the last of the bits that needed touching up. Meetings with solicitors and accountants on Thursday. Its like this is actually happening....

I am still however, remembering things in the middle of the night, like: must remember to cancel the milkman, get spare keys cut for neighbours and make sure everyone has current e-mail addresses etc.

Exciting, scary, happy and sad all rolled into one. But I have discovered that the quickest way to make friends in this part of the world is to tell people you're leaving. The instructor at my water workout class asked me if today was my last class loud enough for it to be heard by others and suddenly I felt like I was surrounded by people wanting to be my friend. Where was I going? Was it permanent? How long had I lived here? etc. Really well and truly bizarre. I actually feel like I might miss some of these strange people who spent so much time and energy trying to ignore me.

To new beginnings.....

came and went and NO ONE sent me a card or anything!

that's all

Current Music: Lambchop, National Talk Like a Pirate Day

2.03Km on the elliptical in 20 minutes! I got the Platinum Medal at the gym (only like 3 other people have done this - or should I say were stupid enough to have tried)! This from the woman who couldn't do 5 minutes on the dreaded machine a few months ago.

Current Location: but invigorated
Current Mood: exhausted

B's visa just arrived! Not like I wasn't expecting it or anything but OMG! And it expires on 23rd March 2009! This is really happening!

In other news hormones are playing havoc with my BGs and I've lost a whopping 3/4 lb in 2 weeks despite exercising like a fiend. Trying a Water Combat Class tonight, I'm thinking that the chlorinated water may remove any camouflage make-up so it's probably best to forgo that part, yeah?

Yeah, I know how sad can one girl get?  But kinda WOOT too, in just 3 months I've reduced my waist by 14cms (that's 5 1/2 frickin' inches!), lost 12Kgs (that's 26 1/2 pounds), and reduced my resting heart rate by 14bpm.

In 6 months I've lost nearly 50lbs and I don't know how many clothes sizes because nothing fits me anymore.  Maybe un petit shopping trip is in order.  B, I won't go crazy though because I'm not done yet ;)

Current Mood: ecstatic

I went to the gym with B this morning while he was having his induction.  The trainer got me talking to another woman who was new at the gym and next thing I know, she's asking me about exercises and machines - and I'm showing her.  Then she says 'How do you use that bar over there?' so I show her some exercises with the flexi-bar - which I really like and I'm explaining how to stand and hold your stomach in and she says 'that's why I asked because when you were working with this I noticed you have no stomach'.  OMG!!!!  I could've kissed her (of course, I didn't) and of course, I DO have a stomach and a lot of work to do still but it's just sooooo nice to hear a compliment like that from a total stranger.  Yippee skippy - now must store this feeling somewhere I can get to it when I'm feeling crappy.

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: I'm Bad Like Jesse James, John Lee Hooker

Went to the gym this morning because it was raining - again and I really didn't feel like getting all cold and muddy on my bike.  Came home and pools of water had begun to form on the patio.  Went to Water Workout class at the local pool (since I won't be getting my walk in either - thanks to the weather), came home and it turns out I could've just stayed home and jumped around in all the water on the patio.

Pray that the drains hold - the weather forecast is looking a bit grim.

Current Mood: Damp
Current Music: Redondo Beach, Patti Smith

B told me last night that according to the BBC we had the most 'dreary August since records began' and September doesn't look much better.  We/I manage to get out for walks in between the deluges but it would be really really nice to be able to dry just one load of laundry.

Trying a new conditioning class tonight at the gym, fingers crossed that my temporary weight loss moratorium shifts this week.  I'm up to 2 hours of exercise/day, I don't think I can do much more - my legs are constantly sore - but hey at least they're there ;)

Very excited that I got a new 1GB MP3 player just for working out (with loads of funk that B will never have to hear), and some new gadgets for my bike

Off to try to make some low-carb snacky things, I made loads of garbanzo/chickpea 'nuts' last night thanks to my sis sending me a recipe but they're so yummy I'll probably OD on them.

  Obligatory grumble of the day - FBG this morning was 6.4 grrrrrrr

Current Mood: funky
Current Music: Stevie Wonder - Superstition

It's slowly creeping back in, this is the 3rd day in a row I've succumbed to the cafetiere.  Mostly because it gets rid of my near constant hunger and I'm out of the yerba mate with ramon that, bizarrely, I was kind of getting to like the taste of - but at $11/250g I'm not likely to get overly hooked on that .

And the coffee is.... well so yummy

Current Mood: probably too high BG
Current Music: Happy Me - Jesus H Christ & the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse

My second HbA1c results are in and drum roll have gone from 6.7% to 5.7% yep, that's almost non-diabetic level numbers!  WOOT WOOT WOOT!