Needed to be up at 4.30am to catch the flight to Edinburgh for today's meeting, but ended up not getting to sleep till gone midnight, then woke up at 3.45 & couldn't get back to sleep, so got up then instead. Had a raspberry shake before leaving the house & took with me a nut bar and a mushroom soup, though doubted very much I'd be able to have the soup!
Flight up was fine, landed just after 8am & went & grabbed a decaf coffee in Costa. Laura & her boss landed about 20 mins after me & came & joined me for a coffee before heading off to their meeting - was a bit weird seeing her at the airport for coffee! Tried to get onto the wifi & couldn't get a strong enough signal (even though the websites proclaimed wifi access even in arrivals!) - moved around the terminal a few times & even went upstairs to the departures bit before security but still no luck, which was a pain as there was a tonne of work I could have been getting on with if I had access. S
till, had a load of notes to read through & write up, and actually by the time Laura & her boss left at 9 there was only 3 1/2 hours to kill before my colleagues arrived. Drank plenty of water during the day too & had a nibble of the nut bar at 12 before they landed. They grabbed some lunch before heading to the customer - looked really good but I wasn't at all tempted & sat drinking my black coffee & catching up with news!
Meeting was a bit disappointing actually, & to top it all off the taxi taking us back to the airport was really late, and the guys were catching the 17.25 back to Heathrow. Luckily they'd already checked in but one still had to print his boarding card & we finally got back to the airport at 16:45! I told them to run for it whilst sorting the taxi out (my flight wasn't till 18:25 & I was already checked in / had a boarding pass, so I wasn't in a hurry.
Got out of the cab & bumped straight into Laura & her boss, which was cool, so we went and sat upstairs for a bit. Her boss had to go check something with the airline so had a good natter with Laura & ate the rest of my bar before we all headed through security, which took an absolute age! Hope the guys catching the earlier flight made it through ok, but I didn't see them in the departure lounge so hoping they did.
My flight ended up being delayed & finally took off around 7.45, so I didn't get back home until about 9.30 by which point I was absolutely knackered. It was really hard hanging around at the airport for those last few hours as everyone around me seemed to be eating and there was a fab smell coming from one of the catering outlets. However just sat there sipping my water & persevered, and when I got home had a mushroom soup & a hot chocolate, and felt very proud of myself for sticking with it!
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Look at you! Do you remember worrying about going to Paris that first time on LL? Well now flying and hanging around airports are second nature to you. Well done - travelling is one of the hardest things to cope with I think.
Not long to go 'til the wedding now is it? Are you happy with the progress you've made? You must be. Think how nice it'll be being a slim bride?
Nightmare about the suits - it just creeps up on you and things which were fine suddenly go baggy seemingly overnight. Still, better that than the other way around!
Keep it up - you're doing brilliantly.
Lesley x
Just checking in, well done for not eating at the airport. I know how that feels as I fly to Birmingham quite often and it is the hardest place to resist food, especially if you are delayed!!
Well done getting to your two stone..
Keep up the good work
Claire :o)
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