Snacking, slacking and stitching up

Something's happening to me recently which I'm wondering if its to do with getting older or just simply a winter thing. Since Christmas I've had an appetite of a hungry-hungry hippo. Normally I laugh at overweight people's urges to eat another packet of crisps, have extra large fries or a King sized Mars bar but these urges are affecting my concentration. Is it my body saying that my normal diet needs more? Eating more fruit is just a pain in the arse, boring and a little expensive.

Weekends are getting weird as my body demands I do something physical to burn off calories otherwise I start off Monday in a haze of blurred sleep and a bad mood. Caffeine is the easy answer but I don't really drink much coffee. Another vice I'm proud of not overdoing but nearly everyday I've needed that cuppa in the morning. Read the other day that a man drank 20 cans of Red Bull and went crazy, driving through Norfolk being chased by the local nick. He did have a history of mental illness but the guy must have a bit of spare cash to do that! BBC news story

It would be great to have some sort of dashboard to say how your body's performing though can't think where you could grow it if you could. Obvious one would be your energy levels but a better one would be something to monitor your calorie usage where at any certain time you can see if you're under or over the normal. That way you know you need to do some exercise to burn off the excess or eat alot less at the next meal. Come on boffins! Stop wasting time on cloning and get busy with a bit body attachments. Maybe Mr. Dyson could use his vacuum cleaner attachment experience.

Over the past few weeks we've been getting quotes to improve the house. Our main worry was the kitchen external wall. Apparently we had rising damp according to Capricorn Building Services who quoted a Chemical DPE injection plus other work for over £400. We also asked for a quote on plastering the stairs with painting them - Over £700 for the plastering and £600 for decorating. This didn't amuse our bank balance. Not satisfied to take out a second mortgage I started ring around other builders and services. Just had a specialist come round and blown away that damp theory saying that we didn't need anything like that at all. Another Capri-con was the plastering - one guy I called said under £200 so guess who's not getting the job?!