Days 76 + 77

I've had another odd couple of days because of my bizarre sleep pattern and various other things. On Wednesday I was expecting a parcel to arrive but as I had been awake all night on Tuesday night I had to take a 3 hour nap at lunchtime. I did manage to stay awake until the boyfriend got home from work so he could accept the delivery on my behalf and I woke up again before he had to get to sleep.

Annoyingly, the parcel failed to arrive that day which messed up my plans for the rest of the week. I'd been waiting for a part to repair a computer and I was supposed to be fitting the part that evening so not only did I have to reschedule the delivery but also the appointment to fit the part and rescue the poor computer. According to the tracking on the website, the delivery driver had attempted delivery at lunchtime but found nobody at home, which was a complete and utter filthy lie. I've had the same problem with this courier company on a number of occasions and have made a couple official complaints. I have a feeling that the area I live in is usually served by the same lazy delivery driver who can't be bothered to get out of his van, I regularly order computer parts from 2 different online shops that both use this courier company and this happens with annoying regularity.

I had to go and lay down mid-evening because I was in so much pain and the paracetamol wasn't touching it. The plan was to curl up in bed and watch some DVDs, drink some peppermint tea and have a soup sachet at some point. As I'd only been awake a few hours, I wasn't expecting to fall asleep but a few hours later, I woke up with a half full cup of tea still in my hand and the DVD's menu playing over and over in a hypnotic loop. I stumbled downstairs and got a drink but I couldn't face any soup so I went back to bed and slept for a over 8 hours. Consequently, I missed out 1 CD meal that day and I didn't drink enough either, at least I got some sort of sleep pattern back though.

I did manage to fit in an unofficial weigh-in on Wednesday somehow and was pleased (and quite amazed) to discover I've lost 4lbs in the last week. I don't know how I managed it with my pork-pie weekend, TOTM and the fact I've been doing SS+, but I'm still bang on target for my 15st by Xmas mini-goal so maybe a little food has helped. I also did a waist measurement but it hasn't changed at all, I guess there are plenty of places on my body I can lose flab from. My arms, legs, face and neck are looking quite different and the boyfriend tells me my bum is changing for the better too.

Thursday was a little more 'normal'. I spent the day waiting in for the parcel again and also working on creative fun things to try and keep my mind off the possibility of my delivery not turning up again. By just after 5pm I knew it wasn't going to arrive so I called up the head office to register a complaint. I make a point of always being particularly pleasant to call centre workers as not only do they have a pretty boring job but it can be very stressful too with loads of people phoning them up and shouting and ranting at them about things which are not their fault that they can do nothing about, so I try and be as patient and friendly as possible. I think it makes a nice change for them because they often go out of their way to help me and today was no exception. I spoke to a very polite, helpful young man called Tom who not only sorted out an evening delivery for me (instead of just telling me to call my local depot and reschedule for another day, which is what I would normally have to do), which involved him calling the local depot twice and calling me back twice, but also mentioned to me that his shift officially ended 1 minute into my call. Of course I was very apologetic and asked him if he would get paid any overtime for staying on an extra half hour. He said he wouldn't but he didn't mind helping me out at all, what a lovely chap!

The parcel arrived around 8pm which goes to show that this courier company CAN do what they are supposed to, it must just be a few lazy drivers letting the whole side down. I celebrated with a nice cup of peppermint tea and a lovely chewy chocolate CD bar. Aside from the sleep strangeness and parcel related stress, my dieting has been OK, I missed one sachet on Wednesday but had everything I should have and nothing I shouldn't today. Despite feeling quite run down and a bit ill from my TOTM, I feel pretty good and quite positive about the CD. I even braved my favourite black jeans today and they are even closer to fitting me than they were a week ago even though my waist hasn't shrunk. I must have lost a little around the hips, another few days and I think I'll be wearing them out in public at last!