It doesn't rain, but it pours!

Baggy was woken up by a phone call from the estate agents that manage the rental of her Dad's house. "Good news, we are a step closer to your tenant leaving. He's found somewhere, it's a question of when he can move". Clever Bird tried to get Baggy's brain to wake up, "Urrrm, I had no idea that there was a problem. He's had nearly three months notice. The roof's coming off in September, so he'll have to be out by then". "Well, yes but it's not easy to find somewhere that will take a dog". Sorry, but how is that Baggy's problem? What exactly do these "professionals" get paid so much money for? Freda Fretter and Hormonal Hannah started to stress Baggy, who was instantly cross/tearful. Then Clever Bird stepped in, "And if he isn't out?", "Well, you'll have to take legal action". Cue hot flush. Baggy could feel her temper rising as Freda panicked her. "Right, well I'm not worrying about that until it becomes an issue", said Clever Bird as she made Baggy take deep breaths. "Well there aren't really any properties to rent round here at present, so it might be a problem". Baggy breathed in, then out, slowly; to get her heart to stop doing that boom-boomedy-boom thing that it's not done for a while as it tries to jump out of her chest.

Baggy headed off to Fat Club. She had put on her lightest, floatiest dress. As she got to the scales, she took all her jewellery off (just in case). Shoes off, she stepped onto the scales. They flickered between her having put on another half-a-pound, or having stayed the same. She stopped twitching and "lifted" herself. They settled on her having stayed the same. Phew! Bearing in mind that Baggy has not managed to stick totally to the plan for even one day in the last few weeks, Freda Fretter was actually really pleased with the result. Thank goodness for Furry Mama, Grotty Groom, Gloria Gardener and The Domestic Goddess who have burnt off the extra calories for Baggy. Actually, Hormonal Hannah and Freda Fretter might need a little "thanks" too, as between them they probably burnt off a load more calories stressing her out!

Home again, Baggy opened a letter from her solicitor. Three weeks after instructing him to buy the land for Baggy's Dad's house from the chap who had "acquired" its garden, there was a letter. With a whole load of complications for Baggy to address, and a request for a large cheque to pay the other person's solicitor. Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! Clever Bird phoned. It wasn't even noon, but the solicitor had gone home for the weekend. Hannah started to set Baggy off again - anger/tears with a hot flush for good measure. Clever Bird said, "Okay, I'll write" and made Baggy take deep breaths, while muttering the mantra, "There's no point in worrying about things you can do nothing about".

Meanwhile, Baggy's husband Calum is doing his best to alleviate Freda and Hannah's biggest fear that he will leave Baggy; not intentionally, Baggy totally trusts him, but by something happening to him. So in addition to eating more healthily to lose weight, he's now joined a gym! To encourage him, and to give Baggy's own weight loss efforts a new boost, Clever Bird has decided that Baggy needs to get to the gym too. Baggy has therefore just burnt off a load of extra calories, fighting her overloaded wardrobes and drawers trying to find her trainers and gym clothes, that haven't seen the light of day for more years than some of you bloggees will have even been on this planet!!! She's now dressed in said items and will be heading off to join up this afternoon! She'll meet Cal there when he finishes work later. Hormonal Hannah then pointed out to Baggy that this is precisely why she should never throw away old clothes. Pesky woman. Baggy needs to face that fear (but she does have a point bloggees)! Currently on the bedroom floor are various items that are well past their sell-by date. One is a fleece that's full of holes from Minty Mutt chewing it when he was a few weeks old. Another top is literally threadbare but was a present from Baggy's sister. There's a very nice cardigan that just isn't to Creative Clara's taste, that was a present from Baggy's stepmother. There are a number of tops that were Baggy's real Mum's, that Baggy has never worn. And so on. Whether they will make it from the floor to the bin or charity shop, or they will end up being stuffed back into the wardrobe remains to be seen, but getting rid of any of them would be a step too far for Hormonal Hannah today; but at least they've left the wardrobe.........