soulstar | In which I have joined / signed up for a bazillionty things (Reply)

Looking at all this in one go, I may have gone a tiny bit loopy... but recently I've been signing up to stuff. And making commitments, and all that kind of thing. Which I am going to follow through on, yes I am! Because, hoorah, I'm feeling sufficiently better.

Blogathon '07, which is taking place on 28th-29th July. I'm going to be taking part in it over on my other blog, mainly because I'm going to be doing a knitting-y theme for the most part. More details are over here, including what you'll get if you're kind enough to sponsor me. The charity I'm blogging for is MDF (Manic Depression Fellowship) The Bipolar Organisation - it's something that's obviously near to my heart (or, um, brayne) and I'd like to support them with more than the piddly membership fee that I pay annually. So, sponsor me kplzthx? I'll love you lots, and stuff.

In addition to my own blogging, I've signed up to be part of the fandom_helps group blog. So if you fancy doing some fandom-related blogathoning and/or you don't think you can manage the entire 24-hours yourself, come join us! The more the merrier!!

I've signed up for the brit_knits Stash Swap, and SP11 - yay yarn (and other knitting related stuuuuuff) swapping! Although, I haven't had my stash swap details from miss_bell yet, and I think I should have... unless she's just running a bit behind. Don't want to pester her, but I think I'll drop her a mail if I haven't heard anything in the next few days. I really do want to clear a few things out of my stash that I'm never going to use - nice yarn, but stuff that I bought in a fit of "ooo, on sale!" with no real idea of what I was going to do with it. D'oh!

I've rejoined the gym, and paid for a year in advance. This works out cheaper overall, and means that... I have a year's membership! So now I can go to all the classes I want (with Ally, or on my own) and I also plan to start swimming again, and go back to working out in the gym proper. Because I'm feeling a lot better in my head, so I want to feel better in my bod as well.

In the same vein, I joined Slimming World last week. I've sort of tried to do the healthy eating thing, but I've been utterly rubbish at it without any outside motivation and structure. I asked the doctor for help, but they just gave me the sort of advice that I already knew, and just wasn't acting on. So, I shall now be going to this weekly group, and I have a target and everything. Plus, I really like their food optimising thingy. I've been doing well on it so far, and I think I can stick to it: already, I don't fancy the sort of food I was scoffing randomly beforehand. No more crisps and chocolate and Pepsi all the time. Except, I can have that stuff if I really want, only I have to record and count it... and that's seeming to make the difference for me. Well, we shall see tomorrow if I've lost any weight. Fingers crossed! I think I'm either going to have a weight / fitness stuff filter, or I'm going to use another LJ I have for all those things. Not quite decided yet. *ponders* Is anyone actually interested in following along?

And finally, since my head is doing better, my doctor has told me I can start doing wrrk again! Part time, and taking it carefully so I don't over-do things and knock myself back again (*sigh*). So I called Fiona, and it looks like she might have something for me. Yay! This means I have to arrange stuff with the Incapacity Benefits people (there's this thing called Permitted Work you sign up to) and with Housing Benefit and so on. Which is a pain in the arse of a procedure, but necessary. Still, work = good! :-)