Finally after 31 days straight of working between Sydney and Melbourne I’m on 5 days off… It’s been a long haul and the most days straight since the Beijing Olympics; but I don’t think I would have done it as easily without the weight loss… Normally by about the end of the 2nd week I’m starting to get a little on edge and snappy; but this time I pretty much breezed through it easily
And that last week in Melbourne wasn’t easy; having to deal with the delicate situation of arranging our coverage of the Black Saturday Anniversary
That was a real challenge dealing with people in Kinglake and Marysville that are still grieving 12 months on and all they just wanted to get through the first anniversary with little attention on their own. We did it; and did it with the respect it deserved…
I must say it was so eerie every time I went up to either Marysville or Kinglake in the lead up to the Anniversary. I had never been to either town before; and because of the tragedy that unfolded up there 12 months ago, didn’t get to either town then because they were taped off as crime scenes, so to drive in there 12 months on it made me think what the place would have been like before; and on the Saturday when I was driving into Kinglake for the news what would have been going on there 12 months ago, seeing all the burnt trees with the regrowth, or the empty blocks where houses once stood… it was a very strange feeling.
It was a long month (130+ hours of overtime) with 3 trips to Melbourne (the last one being 16 days) and it was great to be home.
How did I go with my food intake…? Well I thought I’d stuffed it completely, I had a couple of blockages and regurgitations (I think I’ll give up on ever being able to eat sausage on bread again); and It probably wasn’t always the healthiest options; or I ate more than I should have; but all in all I only put on ½ a kilogram over the 3 weeks; so I’m pretty stoked with that… My daily walking to and from the tennis; as well as the odd “stroll” into town from the Seasons also helped; but all in all I hope the doctor and dietician are happy when I go and see them on Monday… I’m probably ready for a fill this time round
Now I’m back home and the last few months of mayhem at work have passed; I’ll hopefully find the time to update my blog more regularly.
Until next time
