"When are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man
You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues
So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road"
Hi,
Funny how some lyrics of a song can stick with you! You can listen and listen to them!
Maybe I should have stayed at the farm - yet there was no job offering differing challenges there.
I definitely know no one can hold on to me forever. I signed up with no one, and if i did i guess the cats are the winner!
I am over penthouses, marketing, selling or living in them!
I guess i have decided that maybe my future lies beyond any and all gold or yellow brick roads.
WOW how my daily life has changed!
Today i have lost close to 30 Kilos.
I now weight myself every day.
I jump all over the place, up down yet the monitoring helps me adjust what i eat and drink each day!
Koh Samui is an amazing place.
It attracts so many different people - from all places. I was always a very extroverted social person when I worked at the Regent (now Four Seasons)
I use to get invitations to Guests homes all over the world, to stay and enjoy their country. Christmas Time was always a challenge - I would get Xmas cards from guests I could not even remember, Who would send me photos and what they had been up to for the past year!
I think it is all about to happen again!
In the past week I have meet a great Dutch Couple, a Couple from Georgia in the USA, 2 Lariken Wogs from Sydney, A very cute Swiss couple on a budget around the world! If i give myself permission ( which sometimes is hard) to converse friendly, honestly yet graphically about their travels and what i am doing - I hit it off! Some many addresses, emails, and numbers have been exchanged! Maybe back to the future!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some past goals I will not hit again.
Loosing weight is hard.
I get frustrated if i have not lost each day.
The body is funny too - almost like a yo yo. I totally understand what those gainers on the Biggest Looser go through when they gain!
But over all I keep on going down!
I am now 20 Kilos from my goal weight.
when I reach it - I should have lost 50 Kilos or a touch more!
My Cats are a god send! I love them!
They have all settled in so well, and all are happy.
Sleeping each night with one or all of them is bliss.
I never thought I would have a back pack!
Yet I now have my bike, and i need to carry items home, like food, stuff, and my Apple Mac Laptop!
Sits comfy on my back!
I so look like a teenager!
Riding the motor bike is fun, challenging, scary, careful and a precarious task each day.
You have to judge the pot holes, gaps, taxis, people etc.
even slow is hard.
Yet nothing like the previous yellow brick road.
I would never have thought I would be bringing linen and napkins home hanging on each handle bar (so i could do a bleach wash-!!)
You get used to it!
I guess it is clear my future is beyond A yellow brick road.
regards
Tim
