Sunday 18 January 2015

My Sunday Photo Week 3 Fat, frumpy and frustrated

Having unlinked My Sunday Photo from Project 365, where I'm using prompts from FMSPHOTOADAY and SnapHappyBritMums and including a One daily Positive, I now have the freedom to post one picture a week that just sums up how I'm feeling, the weeks events or just a spur of the moment snap.

This is me



Feeling fat and frumpy and frustrated.

I've been living in hotels since December 12th since hubby and I were relocated from South Africa to Dubai. The children came with us, as did the cat and dog. The 15yo returned to school in the UK the end of December and the 19yo returns next week. We had hoped to be in our new home by now, all our belongings are either in Storage at customs or still in South Africa as is the case with our air freight.

Hubby and I have 3 suitcases of our belongings between us, it's amazing actually how little one needs to live with, however we are getting frustrated at our selection of clothes, accessories and foot ware.

Hubby needs a tie for a meeting tomorrow, so a trip to the shops is in order. I've done some shopping and I'm wearing a new outfit in the picture above, but I've put on weight. We are eating out EVERY day, I'm opting for salads, avoiding the pudding menu and minimising my intake of fizzy, sugary drinks, but the damage has been done.

As I dressed this morning in a short sleeved top, I realised I'm not at the stage of life where I must wave from the hips, new jeans were bought in a larger size than I needed and previously worn to accommodate the weight gain, flimsy fashion shoes are a no go any more as my feet are in terrible condition, blisters and hard skin. The trouble with buying clothes in a larger size is you end up with an ill fitting baggy crotch. I found somewhere to get my eyebrows tamed, I died my own hair but it needs a good cut and as for my nails, I'm tempted just to wear gloves and cover them up.

I feel stuck in no mans land, I don't even have a visa to live anywhere, I'm just on a tourist visa. Travel and life in hotels (however fabulous they are) isn't glamorous, it's tiring, inconveinient and bloody expensive.

I'm craving beans on toast for dinner, a sofa to lounge about on, I'm hate having to get dressed before I can leave my room, I really want and need to be able to open a window.

I know it's short term, I know everything will be OK, that I can loose weight, be reunited with my wardrobe and my stuff, but in the meantime, I just feel fat, frumpy and frustrated.

22 comments:

  1. Oh no, I can fully understand your frustration, I found living in a hotel for a week for work hard enough. Sounds like tou are doing all the right things to help cut out the calorie laden hotel food! I out on 7ib in the week I stayed in a hotel!! #mysundayphoto

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    1. slowly losing the weight over the past week since moving into our home, lots of walking and exercise with unpacking boxes

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  2. Hope you settle in very soon, I guess it all looks exciting to an outsider but I totally get the craving to feel at home.

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    1. it's fab for a holiday, but we're just hanging around

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  3. It's very hard being without one's belongings - and I know after a couple years abroad with everything in storage in the UK!

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    1. we took everything with us, although we have a house in the Uk we rent out, we didn't see the first move as a return journey

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  4. I can imagine it's hard moving countries and waiting for things to settle back down into a comfortable situation. I hope it's sorted out soon.

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    1. the biggest issue is not knowing what one is settling into

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  5. It must be so hard....I hope things are settled down soon for you x

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  6. It must be frustrating being in limbo-land but you certainly don't look fat and frumpy to me. I hope you get permanent accommodation sorted soon. #MySundayPhoto

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    1. losing the weight now and nice to have my clothes back, i was getting bored of what i had in my suitcase

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  7. I hope that everything will be better soon. Its really hard to be in anew country adjusting and not having a home. Sending you hugs. #mysundayphoto

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    1. thanks, we now have our home back and the past 8 weeks is just forgotten now

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  8. I imagine this is one of the worst things about relocating to a different. I hope everything settles soon

    Thank you for linking up

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  9. I can imagine how stressful that is. where is the cat and dog ? in the hotel

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    1. the cat and dog stayed at the house we were renting, we finally moved in last week

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  10. That sounds tough, really hope you get settledd soon! x

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  11. oh dear oh dear not much fun if you have to live in a hotel and there is no privacy yuk! only fun for a few days i reckon. hope all is well soon.!

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