Good Morning WORLD!!!!!!!!!
It's only the morning but I feel compelled to write this morning and say hello. I had such a deep sleep and really lovely dreams last night, such a nice way to wake up :o)
I went out with Hannah last night..we were going to head to the herbal steam room place to play pool but it looked like the pool table was busy so drove around for a while yabbering away in the car and then decided to go the Green Man...it is a British pub but has the most amazing menu I've ever seen...it's so think they had to put it into a folder! There are little stories about the dishes whether they be historical or adapted from the River Cottage Cookbook or Jamie Oliver..or they are dishes the landlord has picked up from his travels around the world.
The people were so friendly in there and I think a little surprised neither of us were drinking alcohol. We started with virgin Pina Colada's which tasted very sweet so we're not sure there were fresh juice. We then asked for something that was only juice and it was suggested that we try a watermelon smoothie..which I think is simply watermelon and ice whizzed up....but it was lovely. It was like having sorbet.
About halfway through the drinks Hannah and I got seriously giggly and we reckon it must have been the sugar rush from the watermelon. Hannah was laughing so hard and just about managed to get out that she was eating already and she was flying so she could imagine how it felt for me. I was saying if everyone knew they could feel like this after not eating for 10days and then just have some fruit juice...everyone would be doing it..it's making me smile and giggle again a little now. Such a wonderful experience..my hips have been aching and Una mentioned the other day hips are about needing a bit more Hip Hip Hooray!..and yesterday and this morning I just feel so much joy. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the fact that I'm going to be having a taste sensation later..but also the sun is shining again this morning after a few days of rain..which we asked for as it's Hannah's last full day.
Oh...I wanted to tell you last night while I was writing my blog (and most nights when I stay late) there are a couple of friendly geckos that eat bugs while I'm writing and usually loads of bugs...last night in particular there were some huge beetles and a tree frog hopped past. When Hannah dropped me off there was a toad at the edge of the dojo (training area at the Muay Thai camp). I love this place..it's so alive! I have been bitten by several mozzies but the bites haven't been annoying me that much and I think when I need to stop being bitten I will be.
I've been meaning to upload photos for a while and keep running out of time..so hopefully I'll be able to add to this entry later today.
Little message for Mum:
No regrets! It's because of who you are that you now have one daughter doing this, another doing a really funky masters degree and another daughter very successful in all she's done and going to have a little bubba! And it's not like you've stopped doing what you want to do anyway..I love you very much and really appreciate the messages..it's been lovely to read them.
Little message for Nix:
Your message about the crap really made me giggle and it's so true...I have been carrying around a lot of old shit with me! Now that I've got rid of the physical stuff I'm starting to work on the emotional stuff. Thank you so much for posting your comments, like I said above they've been lovely to read and have really brought a smile to my face.
Thinking about the comments - when I was talking to Michael last night I mentioned the blog and your comments and it brought up again what he'd been talking about a few days earlier about how the change in your diet and in you when you do something like this can sometimes be difficult to maintain because those who've known you can assume you are still the same...and that can be a real challenge to (as Areti said the other day) stay ture/pure to what you've changed to.
I have had a odd selfish thought bubble up about wanting to tell you all about this when I get home...but actually I think the process of writing this is challenging me to trust (the all important first card that came up and I got so emotional about I was crying and couldn't speak). I never believed I could write something that anyone would find interesting (why on earth...surely I don't have anything interesting to say!). But I think this has been really good for opening me up...
So I will update this entry later when I've done something today! (And try to take and upload some more photos for you..I'll see if I can get a picky of all the girls together).
Oh yeah one last thing...I thought the weight loss had plateaued but I've gone down a little more again this morning - another couple of pounds off. I have been warned that you do put weight on again when you start eating but it's all about changing your eating habits..which will be more than easy here, there's so much fresh beautiful fruit and salads around here. ..And obviously when I start training again the fat that's left should start dropping off and I should tone up nicely.
I've asked if it's possible to move bungalow as I'm not happy with the one I'm in (there's no Wifi like I thought there would be and I can feel my hip bone like I can't remember ever feeling them before..the bed's springs poke through a litte so it's been uncomfortable sleeping there).
Anyway...Una's just arrived (she's on her 2nd day back on food) so I'll have a wee chat with her and then we'll head down for the morning gathering :o)
Ciao ciao xx
P.S. I'm a numpty I forgot I need the base unit to upload my photos so you'll have to wait til tomorrw nix! Oh! The Ant......ti...ci...pation! Hee hee hee hee xx
Well, had my last colema (which is water not coffee so as not to irritate the bowel). They also give you a large syringe with a plastic tube and tip full of good bacteria to insert after all the flushing that's been going on. So right now I feel like saying...'there's nothing like a shot of good bacteria up your bum in the morning!' Tee hee hee hee
So I got back to reception to my plate of fruit. It was watermelon, mango, apple and pineapple. I have to be honest the watermelon was good but not amazing...what was incredible was what I'd really been looking forward to - the mango!!!!! That first bite was heaven..I really tasted it in a different way, you notice so many different subtleties in the flavour. The pineapple was nice to but I think the fruit hadn't been cut this morning...or a while ago so it wasn't that juicy...what I am really looking forward to is the greek salad at friendship beach later today. I do have to say though..I am feeling really full after just a medium sized plate of fruit slices.
This morning I chose the 'Stress' Tarot card which had a guy balancing on a ball juggling lots of lit candles..I think this is my reminder not to get into the same state again and keep the balance more equal.
We're off to Friendship Beach for a swim..some sun and some lunch!
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Ok, so i had a little look in mum's tarot book for you...couldn't find a guy on a ball juggling candles... but i did find the fool:
The Fool:
+ve attitributes - freedom, joy happiness, youth,new experiences, inexperience, adventure.
-ve attirbutes - foolish desires, selfishness, ignorance, irresponsibility, unwise actions,pleasure seeker, sexual focus.
The Fool is humanity on its way to experience.
Upright in the sread it indicates a desire for new experiences, sudden activity and adventure. There is a need for caution at this time, a misstep can send one over the edge. Pay attention to the environment and use insight through all circumstances. Be confident but do not act hastily.
Reversed in a spread: Confidence is lacking. THere is a need to take more responsibility. Balance pleasures, sexual needs, and other desires. Curb anxiety, have faith in the future. Other possibilities include: immature thinking and actions, selfishness, materialistic focus, or an unkind friend.
Make of all that what you will!
I have mango envy!
Also found the Lovers:
the Lovers:
+ve attributes - making decisions, higher mind, responsibility, honesty, marraige, faith, attraction
-ve attributes - indecision, frustration, irresponsibility, dishonesty, infidelity,sexual drive, hedonistic
The lovers card refers to discrimination, making the right choices and having faith. the male and female principles are looking to the higher self for guidance. THis card also indicates the marriage of our dual natures. The archangel is Raphael, God as Healer. Knowledge of good and evil stands behind the female and indicates our divided mind and feelings of separation from our source.
the lovers upright in a spread: making a choice between vice and virtue. Using discrimination in all experiences. Seeking answers from the higher self and having faith that help will be forthcoming. Accepting responsibilties for all actions. Controlling desires, being in harmony with others. \be aware of subconscious habit patterns repeating themselves. Make decisions now. No time for marriage. Make plans for a trip, social event or taking care of health matters (!!) :)
Reversed in a spread: Not making choices. Engagement or marriage plans delayed. Apprehensive about making decisions, fear of being wrong. Lack of trust in self or inner self. Superficial. Sexual indulgences. Infidelity. Potential for health problems. Closed minded. Irresponsible actiions. Dishonest in relationships.
I have much mango envy.
If you give me more descriptions of the cards, i can try to find the others ones for you, if u like. :) If they are the same as mum's, other than the labelled ones like the fool, the lovers etc, there should be four suits, wands, cups, pentacles and swords.:)
so do u start hard core training soon? or have you been training already? Will they roll your shins with wooden sticks to make them hard and calloused??!! ouch. I'm hoping not for your sake!
i have mango envy.
:)
one more thing....
i live in aticip................................................................................................................................................pation of the forthcoming photos :)
ok, so maybe the last one wasn't the last comment. So if your fast is over, what comes next? do u still do the tarot thing every morning? Is the training thing separate from the fasting thing? What are your expectations of the training, in terms of what you want to get out of it as well as in terms of how strenuous its gonna be? I'm very proud of you, big sis :) You were saying (i think) that you were gonna be working on the inner stuff as well as the outer stuff....i reckon the inner stuff will be the harder of the two (but maybe the most rewarding??), but i reckon they'll mirror each other (as in, the more you get to grips with the physical stuff, the more you'll get to grips witht the inner stuff). That kinda what i found anyway. Either way, i'm proud that you're doing it. love you. mwah! :)
did i mention that i have mango envy?
Well, I had yellow mango at Joss's at the weekend, so I don't have soooo much mango envy!!! Wow what an achievement to have stayed on the fast for 10 days - I can imagine your taste buds just lovin it!
We have had one of those organisational challenges in that both cars needed MOT's and we couldn't really drive either, couldn't get the tests until today, so went down to see Joss on the train (must get my senior rail card and save 1/3 of the fare!!). So today was new tyres for my car when they finally got the right ones in and MOT's, plus a long meeting with one of my favourite clients in the office. I bet you're reading this and thinking how far removed you are from this sort of reality! Joss invited me to live with him, but hadn't thought it through and was offering me Sandy's old room with no ensuite, rather than Charles' suite. He is a very selfish man I think, so we (I) have binned that as an idea to save money on houses!! and help him it must be said, but need to keep my own life. Don't even know really why I was even thinking about it!
Anyway, lovely to hear that your fast is being broken so wonderfully.
lotsaluv Mxxxxx
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