Day 21

Things that sneak up out of nowhere and try to get you while you are practicing discipline (you know, just in case you needed warning):

1. eBay seller fees! I might be doing my darnedest to pay off the card, but eBay sure want a fair slab of the pie. 'Cause they are so poor, and all. Fifty bucks, schmifty bucks.

2. Chocolate. Today, I was minding my own business and looking for some morning tea, when about eight pieces of chocolate jumped out at me from the pantry, like a crack team of ninja warriors, and forced themselves down my throat. Sneaky little buggers.

3. Eleven PM. I swear that eleven o'clock at night is stalking me. The harder I try to get away from it, and into bed, the faster it comes. I see it all the time now.

4. The bottom of the dog food packet. Kachow, out of the blue. Someone must be eating all the dog food. I suspect the dog. Must remember to buy some more, dog has had to eat Weetbix for dinner again today.

5. Bad television shows. They grab your attention with cheap tricks and then slowly torture your brain cells to death so before you know it you have rotted away three quarters of an hour watching The Force, and have run out of time for the washing up, or anything else remotely useful.

6. Mondays. The Monday is the most badass day of the week for stripping you of good intentions and sending you into survival mode. Part of the problem is that they are so closely backed up by their evil wingman, the Tuesday.

7. KFC. Oh, it lurks there by the side of the road, all innocent, but then bam! your car is veering off course and getting sucked into the vortex of the drive-thru and fried chicken starts to flow into your veins making you forget all your worries... And then you are left out in the cold feeling queasy and greasy, holding a cardboard box and an empty wallet. Insidious.

8. Facebook. Both friend and foe. One minute it gives you the motivation to get up and go, the next minute it's beckoning to a spot beside the laptop on the couch, and suggestively revealing all sorts of tasty gossip that keeps you scrolling down for more. And then you turn into a pumpkin.

Well, The Force is over, I need to go change the channel. :)

M xx