3 Weeks out from Competing and I really don’t know if I will make it. It is feeling like it will be a mad rush to the finish line.  This buying a house event has been so very stressful and the little things that should have gone smoothly have all gone wrong which has added to the stress.  I only had to move 2 blocks so it all started out well, then the phone took ages to set up which effected email and internet and then the hot water which is heated by gas wasn’t connected when we wanted it to be. We were constantly driving back to the old address to use the phone and have hot showers and baths. Then the big pieces of furniture would not go up the stairs to the lounge so now that entailed getting in a glazier and mini crane to get the furniture up and through one of the windows.  Then there is the matter of finding things. We are pretty much unpacked now but to find the thing you need is almost impossible. So needless to say the stress levels in my house are rather high and it is a shame as it has all ruined the joys of buying a lovely new home. My children seem to be handling things rather well. We have had the odd meltdown but their rooms are set up and look and feel fantastic. They are sleeping well and doing great at school. My sleep has improved over the last few days, I think since I have been able to lift weights again I have been sleeping better. The Studio is now set up and ready to torture people…ha ha ha. It has its own private deck off one end and so far is real nice to train in. It is smaller than my last place so need to use the space I have wisely.  The cardio has been moving lifting and shifting boxes and furniture and now I am back on my exercycle again. If I am going to make it to the competition I need to get back on track. The competition diet has not existed at all. Some days I have been to busy to eat all my meals and other days I have just joined in and ate what ever the children were having. So needless to say I don’t think or feel like I am on track anymore. It would be so easy to just give up and not bother. Eliminate one stressful part of my life right now. So who knows what will happen. I am still just taking one hour at a time and plodding on. It is important that Taranaki gets its own bodybuilding competition back in the region. We have some amazing bodybuilders here and the passion for the sport is high. Nabba have been fantastic at getting everything organised with our local ladies and I really don’t want to let them down by not competing. The rheumatoid is playing up and affecting my feet and hands a little. Not to major but enough to make me miserable. It always does flare up with lack of exercise and with high stress levels. Even when I went to pick up my script for my Humira the chemist told me I had none left and my permission number (which I have to get from the powers above as it is expensive) has expired. Well a look of panic ran over my face as I needed to take that medication! Lucky for me the chemist I deal with is fantastic and more or less did up an IOU for me. But now I need to contact my specialist and get him to apply for new permission number etc etc etc. I have lost all my email addresses. I was smart enough to print them all out before I moved but now can’t find them!!!!! This means instead of simply emailing my specialist I have to go through 3 different receptionists and eventually leave a message that probably won’t make it to my Doctor. I know the system well; it is always consistent at letting you down. The goals for the week ahead include:
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