Dalyan – 9th & 10th September

I’d been invited to join the weekly boat trip to Köyceğiz market on Monday 9th September and had contemplated taking the day off work, if Gayle & Neil had fancied going. They had decided they would have a relaxing day by the pool as they had the complex to themselves and they were both booked in for a massage at Mimis later on. I had a glass of juice and some fruit for breakfast and then noticed left over pizza and garlic bread which I had forgotten all about. I worked all day and was enjoying the peaceful atmosphere as I had a bit of a hangover. For lunch I decided that fried rice with mushrooms, onion and sweetcorn would sort me out a bit. In the afternoon, I ate fresh figs with grapes and a plum, thinking they were syn free – I would later find out they weren’t. I didn’t finish work until gone 7pm, had cheese spread on toast and finished off the rest of last night’s mushroom pizza. I met a friend at Kaunos tea gardens at 8pm for a tea then I walked via the shop to buy a few items, prices in lira;

Migros Supermarket
Cheese spread 29.50
Quark 29.95
Glass container 32.95
Total spent 92.40 lira (£2.08)

I was needing 2 of the items so that I could make my overnight oats for breakfasts again as I’d got in to the habit of having bread again, for convenience.

I was up early on Tuesday 10th September because I wanted to get some work done and then have time for other things. I had a bit of a feast for breakfast. I had overnight oats with Quark and frozen berries, fresh figs, plums and grapes. It was so good and felt nice to be back on some sort of healthy eating regime again. I had already had 280 syns this week and it was Fat Club tomorrow so I was still optimistic for a small loss in weight.
Mid-morning we had a power cut so I decided to make myself a pasta dish for lunch.
I’d been working on an idea for a book of travel tips, based on my own amusing experiences, and had found it quite difficult to design the front cover of the book. I had no spare cash to pay anyone professional to do it, so I’d decided to do it myself on Canva. I didn’t think it was that good so I sent it to a select few friends, Captain Caveman, my sister and my Mom. In general, the response was surprisingly positive and most people said they would buy it. I continued to set out my page headers and researched a little about the ways to self-publish and costs involved. I thought by doing this book, I could generate some income to be able to do a more professional one on the next one.
For dinner I had lentil, tomato and onion soup with buttered wholemeal bread. I went to bed early but I couldn’t get to sleep. A storm came, the lightening was very bright and the rain unexpectedly heavy, going on for several hours throughout the night.