i'm lost without the sat nav.

today i was tested. and i lost. the sat nav had to be returned to its owner for the week. so, that means i'm working with printed off directions care of google and my little map book of bournemouth. but, written directions are useless because there's no street signs. (slight exaggeration...there are some signs, but most times not). forty-five minutes later, i decided to skip the home visit as to show up then would have just been plain embarrassing, and my emotional pms-ness state probably wouldn't have been able to handle it. apologies to the knitter who was the lucky recipient of my frustrated text.

so, i went shopping instead. nothing a little retail therapy can't fix. i decided to try these bad boys on and my jaw dropped. i'm looking back in the mirror, turning around, shocked and asking myself, is that what i look like now? i don't have a full length mirror in the flat so i can only really see from the waist up, but is that really what i look like now? since my cuban holiday in january, i've managed to lose thirty pounds. my clothing options have opened up. i've had to discard most of the clothes i came here with, including the box of summer clothes i mailed out from canada before i left. now, i don't entirely buy the idea that this has happened in the most healthily of ways, because the last four weeks have been incredibly stressful and appetite up and leaves when this happens. but, for the most part i've managed to keep the low-carb lifestyle and my meals are portion controlled. it's all very interesting.

looking forward to my cousin, his wife and babe coming down to visit this weekend. hoping i can baby sit the little babe for the evening and sneak in some snuggles. oh, babies. sigh. hey, its thursday again tomorrow. where does the week go? it's a holiday weekend coming up, saturday is may day. i might see what's around, maybe go to oxford as they seem to have a pretty long standing tradition of events. going to be an early morning though. hmmm. not too sure about that one. but, it's a long weekend. no work monday. wahoo.