Sigh

I put on 2lb.  Too grumpy to say any more.

Weight: 14 stone 13lb, weight gain 2lb.

Weight Loss - week 1

Yo!  Lost 1.5lb: ovet the moon as no real change made to diet but have hit the gym again and slowly working it up to 45 mins cardio in gym and then a km swim.  Once I've built up some sort of fitness and hopefully lost a few more pounds I hope to pluck up the courage to hire a personal trainer.  GULP.

More later, marking to do, but:

Weight 14 ston2 11lb, weight loss 1.5lb:)

Slowly going mental

You know I like students and I enjoy the contact with them, but this practice exam question marking is driving me up the walls.  I've been at it since around noon with a half hour break for lunch (to watch Drs) and I've only managed ten.  I want to go to the gym after tea so I at least leave the house today and to attempt to get the old weight lower on Thursday but at this rate I'll only be half way through the 30 I have to mark (managed to do none over the weekend - was exhausted).  I told them they would have them back by tonight at the latest but I don't want to be sitting up all night at them.  Incidentally the 30 I have to mark does not include the latest 10 I got sent over the weekend!  In one way it's great to see time being spent doing this, in another way I'm feeling a bit put upon that the other lecturer on the course has hardly any stuff to mark because he has gone through no questions and has given no indication as to what could be on the exam.  I, on the other hand, have gone through past papers.  The students are grateful though: it's just a pity that the gratefulness doesn't translate into a few thank you cards that I could show to my probation panel!  A couple of boxes of chocs would be cool as well.  No!  They wouldn't!  Devil, get behind me!

Still no word from university in New City: a lesson in doing a bit more prep for an interview.  There's always next time round but it would have been so nice to get this job even if I turned it down.  Did I mention that my external examiner for my module at my current university was on the panel and he was hot!  Very easy on the eye.  And so unlike his photo on the website!  Definitely more talent there than my current place, sigh. 

stressing out.

I've been absent again because I've been so bloody busy and stressing out.  We are coming up to exam period at my university and with it the attendant panicked students.  On my desk I currently have 30 past paper questions to mark and give feedback on which will take me all weekend to do. 

I had a few days annual leave earlier this week as I go shortlisted for the job in New City and stayed on a couple of days.  I haven't heard anything yet so don't think I've got it.  Bit disappointed but it may be for the best.  Or at least that's what I'm telling myself.  I love the city, I know I would be happy there but the teaching methods in the law school are completely alien to me and I'm not sure I would suit them.  Not getting it would mean that I wouldn't have a decision to make and would make my mum happy.  She's already asked me if I'm going to just receive the rejection letter now and can barely keep the glee out of her voice. 

I found a new blog a while back: someone is blogging their weight loss.  So, seeing as I'm not happy with my weight at all and have been trying and failing to lose weight for quite a while now, I'm going to put my weight where my blog is.  I'm going to weightwatchers but now, once a week, I'm putting my new (hopefully lower) weight online here so I'm accountable to you lot out there who read this.  So, wish me luck, encourage me and send me some virtual chocolate please!

Here goes:

14 stone 12.5lb