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Officially crossed the 6 weeks pregnant threshold. Got a GP appt to confirm it on Friday and then I guess I find a midwife???

Hehehehehehehehenoimnotpanickingwhyarewepanickinghahahahahahahahahahaha

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lol that line up

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Still no period sooooo maybe this is happening???

I can’t tell people IRL about it yet in case it doesn’t happen so I’ll just shout into the void in the internet instead.

Genuinely one of the perks and downsides of having a super regular period coz you can tell immediately.

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Still positive. Yikes 😂😂😂🙃🙃🙃😬😬😬☺️☺️☺️😂😂😂😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

I did not appreciate it enough the last time I ate sushi.

Don’t get me wrong I still feel like my period is about to arrive.

But guess who just had a positive pregnancy test.

What the hell.

Will do another one tomorrow morning.

😂😂😂😬😬😬🙃🙃🙃😂😂😂

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Don’t get me wrong I still feel like my period is about to arrive.

But guess who just had a positive pregnancy test.

What the hell.

Will do another one tomorrow morning.

😂😂😂😬😬😬🙃🙃🙃😂😂😂

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The hardest part about grief is that it pops up right when you just don’t want it.

Dave’s parents have just been here for an overnight trip and his dad always wants to do jobs coz he has to feel useful and can’t sit still and it always just turns into such a fricking performance it’s not funny.

And I just so badly miss having dad around to call for help and advice to fix projects and ask questions and figure out what kind of screws I need to be buying without googling.

It physically aches today. I want my dad back.

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Today is the last weekday of my six and a half months off work. If you asked 18 yr old Catherine if she thought she would have been both fired from a job and made redundant before turning 35 she’d laugh in your face, but here we are anyway.

Im so grateful for the last six months off, honestly. The chance to catch up on sleep, live life without many demands whatsoever, space to breathe and walk and mooch and watch terrible tv and just exist without having to do anything is a revelation and I’ve enjoyed it. Not to say there haven’t been some miserable periods and tough days but man, tough days are a lot better when you have the freedom to throw a pity party and go to the gym or retreat to bed depending on what the mood calls for.

So many things are changing and I’m here for it. It feels like it’s been a lovely reset period and I’m ready now to learn some new stuff and hang with some new people and live a little bit differently.

Blessings upon this time of my life, I will always look back on it fondly.

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Suppose it's time for a life update since it's been a while!

Job hunting is a real rollercoaster, but as of 14 April I'll be gainfully employed again which is nice. In a job where I won't have a work phone, get free parking, is a 3 min drive from home (can walk in good weather), 4% kiwisaver contribution and they were just so bloody lovely when I interviewed and everyone I've talked to throughout the process has been so good. the biggest downside is the pay - a 55% decrease from what I was on in my last role. Naturally some of that is the very swift snake down the corporate ladder but it's still pretty brutal. So there will be no holidays or coffees for me for the foreseeable future quite frankly. But it'll be worth it. They're a great company and I'm hopeful once I'm in I'm in and I'll make myself useful enough that they'll find me something else at a better pay grade.

In fun news, we're officially trying for a baby. In not fun news, because I react so badly to hormonal contraception, this is my first foray into messy sex and I am not a fan lol. but anyway. it'll be worth it in the end.

Turned 35 and the baby switch was well and truly flicked, who knew. Not me!

I've started baking which is super fun! I used to do it all the time then stopped but I'm getting back on the bandwagon. Spend some of my birthday money on a stand mixer thing which has been fun, and Dave bought me the Bake with Brooki book so am spending my time making and eating delicious things.

Have started repainting the bathroom, and really need to finish it before I start work lol, oops. Have been successfully procrastinating on that but anyway. Mostly the hallway too let's be real. Might see if I can get the worst of the entranceway done next week but also wanna just enjoy the last week of freedom I have too and not try and cram a million things in.

Have been on a roll with winning money on scratchies - yay for that. So with my winnings I'm gunna go and buy some black work pants so I don't always have to wear dresses which will be nice. Just chuck on a blazer and a top. Will be interesting to see what the dress code will be like as well - not actually sure.

Job hunting was such a rollercoaster and I'm so glad it's over.

Dave finally got some driving lessons as well so yay for that. I have been teaching him the right things so thats good to know! god knows it's been 20 years since I sat my driving test, yikes.

Other than that, life just keeps trucking. Gunna spend the next few months on lockdown trying to get eating and gym under control with the new routines etc and go from there. I foresee a lot of mince in my future lol.

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I did not go back to sleep. It’s gunna be a looooooooong day.

And also I have a sore back coz accommodation mattresses are never as good as the one at home! But at least I had a spa this morning

I do not need to be awake right now. It’s 4 am and my cousins wedding is today and it’s gunna be busy and tiring enough as it is without a super early wake up.

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I do not need to be awake right now. It’s 4 am and my cousins wedding is today and it’s gunna be busy and tiring enough as it is without a super early wake up.

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I have a headache and my stomach feels a bit iffy so I guess I’m gunna go for a walk rather than a full blown gym session I think.

So close to hitting my first weight loss goal and I bet it takes another two weeks thanks to dumb period bloating and waiting for that to settle down. Oh well!

Might go look at some new sport shoes later as well since mine are pretty hammered.

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Job hunting sucks. That’s all.

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Trying To Not Feel Doomed Tuesday

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Early morning swim: done!!!

I may not have lost any weight but my cardiovascular system (???) is doing better. I can do 4 strokes per breath now and even in covid when I was doing it on the regular I started at 2 and had to build so that’s a win!

Got the super striders series tonight again so a 3km walk this evening with Lynaire and Zoe and that’ll do me nicely. Go and do gym day tomorrow as well I guess?

Today I need to apply for three jobs and get that in.

I’m taking the truck in to get it appraised and see how much I might get if I sell it but I haven’t told anyone yet coz I dunno if I will or not. Dilemma.

Gotta figure out the cat poop situation. Am I adding a third litter box? I don’t know. Maybe. Yikes.

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The post workout tomato face is real and so are the endorphins yaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy

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I need to start planning something for Mondays because I always get so grumpy.

The cat is generally doing very well but has started pooing next to her litterbox rather than in it and I feel like a bad pet parent coz I can’t figure out why or how to fix it.

Dave had his birthday yesterday and I feel mean coz we did nothing special but he insisted he wanted nothing and then his parents came over for the day.

Im just so grumpy and blah.

I need to go to the gym and do something and lift some heavy things.

Lunch first though.

Also thank god it’s not 29 degrees anymore. That was too hot. No thank you. Blessings upon my ice machine. It got a work out this weekend.

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Murder mittens is doing great, even if she is a menace who likes to try and get into places she shouldn’t be!!!

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