Perseverance has been my challenge this
week.
Diet & Exercise
I have been working out hard and eating
almost right but the scales just don’t seem to reflect it at all, which is VERY
FRUSTRATING!!
I started the Cruise Phase of the Dukan
diet this week. The Cruise phase consists of having a protein day followed by a
protein combined with complex carbs in the form of vegetables day.
This has been a challenge for me as I love
my salads and I am finding that I am not having a protein only day after eating
vegetables or salads. Something that I have to work on I guess.
Good thing though, this morning’s weigh in
has put a lovely smile on my face. 92.1 kg :D
Work
Since I am no longer employed, I have had
to go and visit Centrelink this week. For non-Australian, Centrelink is a government-funded
scheme that assists unemployed individuals like myself.
It was a pain to go there, as there is
always a line. After waiting in line for over an hour, the consultant advised
me that I should use their phone service to get more information on my
situation. So off I went to the phone section and dialed the right number.
After a 35 minute wait of listening to classical music, a human voice was heard
and they gave me advice but as the reason for leaving my work was a bit
complicated she advised that I should talk to another department to double
check which scheme I should be on. So another 40 minute wait and the person I
spoke confirmed the same information that the previous phone consultant told
me.
So I spent over 2 hours at this place, only
to be told that a person will be calling me the following week to get further
information on my situation. After all that, to me it’s easier to go to work
than having to wait around Centrelink for unemployment payments.
Love
Organised a date with a lovely Christian
boy. We met up at a coffee shop at night and just had a lovely. He was very interesting
and nice. On a previous phone conversation I had advised that I was available
during the day and at the end of our lovely conversation he organised a second
with me for the following day.
I met him at his house and we went for a
mid-morning coffee. The conversation started out normal but then he started
talking about religion and contesting certain things that I believe in. I
automatically felt turned off by him. He was someone that I was kind of looking
for, cute, nice guy that’s into religion but even though I go to church
everyday and I have my faith, I don’t like talking about religion or debating
about it for hours. I have to say that was one of the most uncomfortable
conversations I have been in. I was sitting there, hoping that it would stop. I think he caught on after a while and
changed the subject. At the end of that date, he organised to see me again the
following day. I told him that I would play it by ear and confided in a friend
for advice who told me not to dismiss so quickly.
So the following day, I went to his place
to watch a movie. We just hung out and while I was on the couch I was hoping
that he would make a move and he didn’t. So I automatically allocated him to
being a friend. Once the movie ended and I had to go home, he grab me by my
waist and held me. It was nice but all I could think of was “Oh my god, he’s
making a move and he’s probably going to kiss me’. And he did. I went along
with it and came out with sore lips. Not because we were kissing for a long but
because my lips were literally vacuumed into his mouth. My lips were sore the
whole drive home. After that performance and having doubts about whether we
click or not, I decided that we would be better as friends and told so.
