After my run-in with the ghastly "customer service" (HA!) people at Yarra Council I was pretty upset, feeling like a victim and as though the world was an unfriendly and unfair place. *Note: I was not trying to avoid paying the fine. I was trying to pay it! Imagine what they'd be like to people who aren't trying to cooperate!!
So I had a bit of a snivel and a cup of tea, and then I went out to prove myself wrong.
Jeremy at the hairdresser was funny, polite and competent, and I no longer look like a tragic frump with no interest in her appearance. Amanda at the phone shop was charming, polite and competent, and laughed at my lame jokes as we replaced my dead phone. Between them they restored my faith that people are fundamentally nice. I do believe that. When I got home I rang Amanda's manager to tell her how impressed I was. Spread the love, I say.
BTW 'Habit of the Week (HOTW) #1 - no diet coke/soft drink is going very well. I am horrified how much money I spent on that stuff! My M-I-L gave me a diet coke yesterday and I couldn't finish it. So there's a habit broken :) Go me.
HOTW #2 has been 'no extras', because they're what's been tripping me up in terms of weight loss. By 'extras', I mean bites of Noddie's sausage roll, coffee-and-cake instead of coffee, dessert just because J is having some, nervous/angry eating of jelly snakes... you know the drill.Thinking 'is this an extra?' whenever I reach for something outside the normal meal pattern is working much better than I expected. A bit like journalling food, but no need to find a pen - we have to keep them out of Noddie's reach so there is never one when you need it LOL.
Any ideas for HOTW #3? Nothing too hard!! I need to succeed!
I have done no exercise this week and I am champing at the bit for a run. Tonight, I hope. Next week I'm going to follow Linda's fine example and get back into the weights. Hold me to it, will you?
Uni deadlines are approaching apace and I am procrastinating. No more posts until this assignment is done (have a nice life guys...)
Friday, October 13, 2006
Cheers to Jeremy and Amanda, and HOTW
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5 much-appreciated comments:
I have a big weekness for coke zero, love that stuff (I know it will kill me if I keep drinking it...)
Well done on the Melbourne Half PB :)
Well done on getting rid of the coke. I have a rule - I only drink it if it has Bourbon in it.
Good going with the weights also and look forward to hearing back from you after your assignment.
Lindaxx
So show us a photo of non-frumpy LBTEPA, already!
Good on you for HOTW, do you eat whilst preparing meals? Maybe that's another HOTW for you?
Hope you had a good run.
LOL - the word verification letters that just came up were UMAGD (Ew, my gawd!), am I the only one amused by this?
I'm with you and will try to eliminate those extra's too, having a 19month old in the house makes me do the same, I'll just finish this and that ...argghhh.
Well done on the run, I love the medal whow.
LOL Hayley, no, you are definately my relative, Im amused too.
Good on you for giving up the dietcoke etc... did you see the link they announced tonight on tv between it and osteoporosis (sp?)
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