I feel good

Two people have said to me today that I look a lot happier and more cheerful, which is great cos I feel it :)
I don't think it's one specific thing, but a combination of the eating better, exercising more and also that my house build is going to be starting on Monday!

I feel good this past week and I'm loving it. I don't feel fantastic or sensational but nor do I feel moody, grumpy and have a case of the CBF'ed. Feeling good is where it's at and I'm glad to be there again.

I normally don't get up early for a walk on a Friday, I have a 30 minute sleep in, but due to the rain yesterday morning I didn't walk, so today I needed to. When my alarm went off this morning I tried to talk myself out of it, but I then told myself that if I don't exercise I wont continue to feel good so I had to get up and get my arse moving, so I did :D

3 sleeps until my house starts to get built, how awesome!! :D

Car accident

This evening I was involved in a car accident... The car in front of me stopped to keep the intersection clear, I stopped in time but could tell the vehicle behind me might not, so I edge further forward but nope, they ran up my arse and guess what kind of vehicle it was.... a scooter! Yup, a stupid bloody small buzz box scooter!

Thankfully the rider didn't bin it and they are OK but I have paint scrapes on my bumper so we exchanged details and I will get it fixed but what a real PITA - I will probably be w/out my car for a week while they fix it and because of a scooter that I could probably fit in my bloody car.

GRRR

Interesting timing though with the whole car insurance renewal happening.

Oh and they say things come in threes, I witnessed a car accident last week, this week I was involved in one I hope next week I don't cause one or the fault of one

Water usage

this year I have been trying to do my bit and save water. I changed the shower head to a water saving one, I put a bag thingy in the toilet's big old cistern and as it still uses a lot of water I don't always flush when I only pee - hey lots of people are doing it these days, trust me! It also helps that I live alone.

Anyway, this time last year my usage was a whopping 213 litres a day! Gawd! Just by changing the shower head I had a decrease down to 150 litres per day and now I'm down to 125 litres a day YaY!!

My water bill is only $22.83 :) Best I not get used to that as once I'm in my own house I then have to pay water rates or parks n gardens fees or something

Bugger!

I just got a phone call from Consumer Affairs about my rental increase enquiry... I have to pay the increased amount :(

He asked me about the place and I said it was a very small 3 bedroom unit... and then there was a chuckle on the other end of the line, bugger! Basically no matter the condition, falling paint, tiny rooms etc etc they wont have a problem getting that rent on the rental market if the place was empty, bugger!

He did however say that I can issue a notice to fix within 14 days for the bathroom and then if they don't I can take it to Consumer Affairs and VCAT will laugh at them if it gets that far, especially if I be very co-operative and say I can shower at work during the time they take to fix etc etc so I will be sending that off to them tomorrow! If I am going to pay more rent, I want better conditions!

Hrmmm what else needs fixing?!?

From zero to full bore

Ok so last week I started exercising a lot more on Monday and Tuesday and started well on Wednesday but got sick... so back to it today.
30 minute walk this morning then when I get home I get changed and jump on my bike on the indoor trainer for 15-20 minutes and then go for a 20 minute walk! I feel great!

Also, tonight I decided to cook potato and leek soup for the first time ever (YUM!!!) and then decided I wanted to cook vanilla bean rice pudding, so did and I also cooked a chicken fillet for part of dinner and basted it in nandos peri peri.

I'm now stuffed both physically and stomach wise - all is good with the world!

I hate insurance

I have been even lazier than normal these past few weeks, but time to stop doing that! I went for a 30 minute walk this morning and walked the other direction so I finish with walking up an incline instead of finishing on the flat - makes me feel better and pushes me a bit more towards the end! Tonight I might also do a 20 minute walk.

I got my car insurance renewal this week, it's gone up again, this time by about $160! I hate it how my car insurance always seems to go up each year, it's really annoying! Looks like I will be doing the ring around for some quotes. I've also decided that since I have the cash in the bank I may as well pay the whole thing instead of doing monthly payments.... broke month for me car rego and insurance, ouch!

Change of mind?

I hear France is lovely in July

My train?

My mum called me today to congratulate me... ermm what for? Well, it was for the announcement of the start of the construction of the train line out to South Morang being started in a few months... yeah, she wanted to congratulate me on that...

Sure, it was officially announced about 6 months ago that it was going to happen, but ya know she needed to do it evidently. Ummm ok! I don't even catch the train where I currently am and I am only about 1km from the train...

Weird, especially considering this is the second time I've spoken to her since the end of August!