Another Oh Bother Post

 A few things happened the other day that had me saying "Oh Bother" a lot, and a few other choice words!

The first thing that had me cursing was my weight.

I used to check it every day. I've always been obsessed with my weight. I can look at photos from years ago and remember how much I weighed! That's rather bad.

Recently, my weight has been going up and down by the same 2 or 3 kilos. I'll get down to 93kg, which is very big but a lot better than where I started from 113kg. Then I'll get up to 94 something, then down to 93kg. I can't seem to break this 93 kg barrier. I'm self-sabotaging myself, and I don't know why. For me, losing weight is really a mental game. I know what to eat, I know what kind of exercise I can do and what is good for me, but I keep shooting myself in the foot. I need to spend some time thinking things through and trying to understand why I'm doing this. My goal for this year is to be under 90kg, so near yet so far!

When I got on the scales the other day and saw my weight had gone up, that was the first Oh Bother moment!

The second was to do with David's car.

He bought this car a couple of years ago, basically to help with moving. From the start, the car had some problems. It looks like an older model, no automatic windows, it has the old-fashioned ones with the wind-down lever. The key doesn't have a button to unlock and lock the door; you have to put the key in the door. Not really a problem, but it gave us a good laugh.

After driving for a couple of months, the engine started to make a strange noise, so he took it in to be checked. Some belt needed to be changed, then the engine light came on, so he took it in again and got a few more things fixed. Since he's had this car, it feels like every couple of months he has to take it to the garage to fix something. The roadworthy test is due in August, the mechanic estimated it would cost over 300,000 yen to fix it, about £1400, it's not worth it. David has decided to sell it and buy another one. He called a couple of companies to come and check the car to see if he could get something for it. The one mechanic said that the odometer had been turned back!  My reaction when I heard that was not Oh Bother, but a lot more colourful language. David basically got scammed.

David's car.

David isn't too upset, he said, it's only a car. When I said that I'm angry because he worked hard to make the money for the car, he said that it's only money! That's David, very relaxed about material things.

And because misery loves company, the tax bill for the land came! Another year of paying tax on land that doesn't make an income. I really want to sell or rent out the land, but until we change the name, we can't, and to change the name costs a fortune. I was hoping we could do it bit by bit, change the name on one plot of land, sell it, change the name on the next plot. But we have to do it all at once!