The final part of the foster care process was to have our GP sign off on our medical health declaration.
As we haven’t properly found a doctor here that we are happy with we have only seen the after hours clinic when in desperate need for medical attention. (Like the plague that husband infected me with, with no regard to my safety. I thought I was going to die!)
So, knowing that we had mere hours before we were to be seated in front of 6 serious looking people at panel and asked the hard questions like ‘would you like tea or coffee’ and ‘what is your name‘, we had to find a GP and fast.
Thankfully our new GP was awesome and saw us at last notice (or early notice as we were outside the surgery at 7am) and got on with doing our health check.
We were about to finish up when he decided that he should probably weigh us (WHY? I ALREADY KNOW I’M FAT) and took us into the treatment room where one of those scales is…you know, the one that doesn’t lie about your weight and gives that look of “You shouldn’t have had that bag of chips you heifer”
Husband stood on the scales first and then I was up.
Now, I’m going to say that I was feeling cocky.
After the plague of death I had lost 5kg from my life almost slipping away and I haven’t put it back on.
I had visions of myself telling the doctor that I am making a good hard effort in losing weight and see? i’d lost 5kg!
He would pat me on the back kindly, congratulate me and then give me a sugar free lollypop in grape flavour because it’s my favourite.
However what happened was mortifying and horrible and so very depressing.
The scales looked menacingly up at me and sniggered “tsk tsk chubs, you fail at life”
The scales said I was 10kg heavier.
10.
1 0
ten
TEN
I wanted to die.
I wanted to cry.
I wanted to eat a donut in the dark and blame it all on heavy shoes.
And then husband saved my life.
He took my handbag off my shoulder.
The handbag that was carrying my life planner, our foster care assessment files, the kitchen sink and enough loose change to buy a house rolling around a bag Mary Poppins would be proud of.
And I instantly lost 10kg.
The deep shade of red my face was took a little longer to disappear.
The end.

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I love this man.
I may have already ordered these and they are currently on their way… It’s a gift. From me to you to give to me.
My poppy ‘fix it’ made this for me when I was a kid. I’ve still got it and I keep all my jewellery in it.
I’ve spent a lot of time in here recently in the worst endo pain of my life (what am I saying, it’s always the worst pain of my life because it’s pretty much constant)
Husband won husband of the year 2011 for buying this for my birthday.
I do have to say though…
My office…or MooZoo Headquarters is my favourite room in the house. It’s the only room which is overly girly and pretty as it’s just my room.
Husbands t-shirt and bed head…or when I went to do the grocery shopping…”beach hair”














