Not So Much a Blip…

… as a catastrophe.

You might have noticed that I didn’t post an entry last night.  Why?  Because I went to bed extremely early.  At around 9pm to be exact.  Why?  Because my stomach was hurting really badly and I was really bloated as well, which added to the pain.  Why?  Well…….

Last night I had a blip of such mammoth standards that I think it’s safe to call it a catastrophe health kick-wise.

I got home from work and felt this urge to stuff my face and binge eat till I couldn’t cram another morsel down my throat.  This might have to do with the thought of my monster manager returning to work today after a week and a half of leaving us in almost peace.  It might have to do with the dread of hearing her strident voice stirring up the latest drama the minute I stepped foot into work in the morning.  Or it might have to do with the already constant barrage of emails from her picking fault in everything and undermining practically all that we’ve done.  The afternoon BEFORE she was due back.  I’m just saying it might be all that.  Who knows.

So I got home and cooked GM and I a lovely thai green curry using ingredients leftover from Sunday’s dinner party.  I’ve found this out the hard way: using less ingredients is sometimes more in cooking, as in, using too many ingredients or using too much of one ingredient just because you have it doesn’t necessarily add to the taste of a dish.  In fact it might detract from it.  Which is why on Sunday I only used half of every ingredient in my curry and it turned out lovely.  As did last night’s.

Now if I had only stopped at rice with green curry I would still have been on the health kick path.  Unfortunately I went bonkers and ate almost a whole layer of Ferrero Rochers afterwards.  I suspect that’s what gave me the terrible tummyache.

It was a good lesson learnt though.  Never again will I stuff myself to tummyaching point.  It’s just not worth it.

Yesterday’s Food Diary

Lunch- Chicken tikka slices with salad, cucumber, pineapple chunks, coriander and sweet basil leaves.  A wedge of lemon on the side for dressing.

Snacks – One banana, three satsumas

Dinner – Rice with big bowl thai green curry.  Delicious.

Snack – A gazillion Ferrero Rochers

Drinks – Peppermint tea, English tea, water

So was today as bad as I thought it’d be?  Well yes and no.  Yes in the way that the first thing my mate on reception said to me as I walked into the building was, “She’s in! And she’s upset nearly everyone already!”  Not exactly very uplifting nor reassuring.  And she was in.  And yes, she was already barking down the phone at people and creating drama and trouble where they weren’t needed.

On the other hand, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be because she left me alone most of the day.  And when she did speak to me she was alright.  If she bitched she was bitching about someone else, not I.

Actually, she doesn’t really bitch at me, ever.  But does that mean I shouldn’t dislike her and her atrocious management style and way of working?  She’s not directly nasty to me but she has no cause to.  That doesn’t mean I agree with the terrible way she treats people in general, badgering and bullying to get her own way.   And I absolutely resent the way she puts everyone on edge so we’re walking on eggshells most of the time.  We’re grown adults, we should be bloody civilised.  Please don’t make us feel like we’re 12 and in the school playground again where children don’t know any better and are cruel to each other for sport and we have to fight to not be picked on.

One of my colleagues is apparently off sick from work for the next two weeks with stress and depression.  Are we surprised?

If you think I hate my job you’re both right and wrong.  I like my job.  But I hate my job because I hate my manager.

Food Diary

Lunch – Salade de Merguez.  This is the hot salad with merguez sausages that I had last Friday.  I went to the same restaurant again, but with different people.

Snack – One banana

Dinner – Two boiled eggs and 3 slices of ham with coriander and sweet basil leaves.  One bowl of muesli.

Dessert – Two Ferrero Rochers.  Improvement right?!

Drinks – Peppermint tea, English tea and water