Detox Day #1 part 2

OK, so I may have eaten the last chocolate biscuit this afternoon. But tomorrow I will do better.

Detox Day #1

I decided to start a Detox today. There are a number or reasons behind this. Firstly Summer started one and I was inspired. Secondly, I did a "how much do you need a detox?" test and scored 81%, there were flashing lights, alarms and sirens too. Thirdly, I eat crap and shouldn't and fourthly I did one before and lost loads of weight and I need to fit into my bikini in July.

I thought it best that I wrote about it on my blog because I feel I need to be accountable to someone: I am very good at talking myself in and out of things so recording the days' progress will make sure I don't talk myself out of it, because let's face it, no chocolate, no coffee, no wine, no chips, no red meat, well, that's just impossible, right? what am I doing? I need all these things. (see)

So far today I have eaten a pear, a few rice crackers (well more than a few but the detox doesn't give a limit, so I'm not cheating, right?) and a lettuce and tuna salad. I plan on eating a bowl of rice with broccoli for dinner. I have drunk 3 cups of lemon water, a glass of rice milk and a vegetable juice. I expect I will spend the night on the loo.

There's a box of chocolate digestives and a box of Walkers shortbread in my cupboard. I haven't had the strength to give them away yet, It's like throwing out those pants that have the hole in, you know you should but it's just too painful to part with them.

Only 2 months to go...

So, it's been a while.

My absence has been due to one main factor. My studies. A little bit has happened since I wrote last I will try and condense the last week so I can get back to writing my essay, no offence it's just that I'm paying 370 pounds a month for this damn MA so I'd better bloody well get a worthwhile grade at the end!

So I have mostly been a hermit staying in to write papers, read articles, and search online for new articles to pad out the references section of my 5000 word essay. And by the way: That's a lot of words. I'm halfway through but I think I'll probably rewrite it before the 19th, when it's due. My horoscope might make sense if I had actually done anything today that involved me meeting anyone...

Capricorn: An exciting new person will enter your life today. Good things will happen because you let them into your life.

Oh! No! Wait a minute, I ordered a pizza and I let the delivery man in! He wasn't very exciting, or new, I have seen him many a time before, but the pizza was certainly a good thing! And anyway, the day's not over yet.

I have applied for a job and been offered a new contract at my current job so that's quite exciting. The job I applied for is a consultant position at Oxford University Press which would take me away from teaching students and plop me in front of teachers. scary. Actually I was planning on applying for jobs in publishing as soon as I finish my MA: Oxford, Cambridge, you know: the major ELT publishers. I was looking at Editor positions and would be perfectly qualified for a junior of assistant position. This job is just another way in. The thing is: I'm not sure if I'm completely ready to leave teaching yet. Doing my MA has made me more excited about teaching ad trying out new things in the classroom. Its a moot point at the moment though because I haven't even had an interview yet.

I have bought my ticket home for the summer and also sneakily managed to wangle a few days in Spain! Yay!! Something to look forward to.

The cat ran off for a day but came back at 2.30 am. Little witch. She chose to knock on the door and sit waiting for me to get up and open it instead on using the open window. Little witch.

Finally, I exceeded my record number of cups of tea in one day.
So that's all for now. Back to work. No rest for the wicked. I wanna finish so I can watch Desperate Housewives tonight.
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