Well! That quickly went from being a daily blog to a weekly one didn’t it?
I suspect before much longer it’ll become a monthly blog – but it’ll be so much richer for it ha ha
I don’t actually have too much to say right now – whenever i think of anything profound or witty i’m never near a computer to log it (not that it happens that often of course)
Anyway – in the last week i’ve been to the dentist – no work hoorah!!!!
I HATE the dentist – not personally, but just GOING to the dentist
As kids, our dentist never gave us injections to treat us – turns out it wasn’t standard practice (although i am getting on a bit so it was back in the 70’s), more that it cost more as my parents insisted on us having a private dentist back in a time when ANYONE could have NHS treatment – maybe the NHS didn’t give injections either – whatever the case – it HURRRRRRRRRRT!!
I remember clearly being chased round the surgery by my dentist after he’d announced i needed a filling – he got a kick in the groin too for his trouble – well i say groin. He was an INCREDIBLY fat man so i’m not sure he actually still HAD a groin – just a wobbly mass where the groin should be
I think that was a sign of his luxuriant lifestyle that came from being a private dentist – his house was pretty huge too i remember with great sprawling gardens maintained by a team of gardeners – GOD i wish i’d been sadistic enough to want to be a dentist – i’d be retired now and even fatter than i am!
Anyway – i didn’t have to have anything done this week
I’d made the appointment because i had some pain in the nerves round the top my teeth – but turns out i’ve brushed so hard over the years i’ve rubbed the gums away – bloody bugs bunny!! Apparently that’s not HOW you brush your teeth! Doc!
Mum always took us to the dentist and we always missed behaved because we hated it so much – so after the kicking the dentist episode i was informed that my dad would be taking me
I shat myself, now i was in real trouble – my dad always went to the dentist on his own because he didn’t want the hassle
Or so i believed
Turns out HE was as scared as i was !! THAT’S why he went on his own, so we didn’t see – didn’t make me feel any better, but i took comfort in the fact that he was feeling as much pain as i was
So you’re not all that Dad!!!
Ooh have had some acupuncture as well
I figured that if you can have it to help you stop smoking – then you must be able to have it to help you stop eating!
It was a strange experience – there i was laid out on the couch like a hedgehog, listening to tinkly Chinese music trying my hardest to relax – and not doing it very successfully
How do you DO that?? Relax, that is – as soon as someone tells me to do it, my body goes rigid – and although i’m laid there doing nothing – i’m just tense the whole time trying desperately to MAKE myself relax
Anyway –i’m prepared to give anything a go
I’ve currently got mustards seeds in my ears – so whenever i feel that i’m going to dive onto some junk food i search for the seed and twiddle it with my fingers
As you can imagine i’m twiddling like crazy – i’m surprised the seed hasn’t managed to find its way right through to the other side of my ear!
But i, sort of, think it might be working
I AM managing to keep my eating to mealtimes – AND eat quite sensibly
I bought some chocolate on Tuesday – two bars of aero – i reasoned that aero is mostly bubbles so therefore not as bad as normal chocolate- of course, that’s the reason for buying two bars – because you need twice as much of it to fill you up (fill you up! That’s a laugh!!)
Anyway – the point is – i went to the cupboard on Wednesday morning to get the oats out to make my normal porridge and noticed the bars still in there
I FORGOT there was chocolate in the cupboard!!! That has NEVER happened in my LIFE!! Before
In the weeks up to Christmas i bought various different tins of sweets and hid them in the wardrobe in the spare room so i didn’t open them before Christmas Day – i didn’t, but for weeks they just kept SCREAMING at me to open them – i never once forgot they were there!
So that’s good isn’t it?? That’s got to be a step forward
And what’s more – they’re STILL there!! (for now)
