Why it is impossible to work with women and be thin

October 2, 2008

Today I got up early and went for a run while it was still dark.  Feeling very vertuous I had brioche and jam for breakfast and a cup of tea, which goes without saying!  I had a woman with problems coming at 9.30am so I washed up the last 2 days of dishes (!) while drinking another cup of tea.  She arrived with a bag of pastries and a baguette.  I had baked her a cake.  So we ate cake and pastries and drank 2 cups of tea.  She left at 12.30 and I had to leave again at 1.30, so no time for cooking…I’ll eat another pastry!  Off for a brisk walk to visit another lady from the church, trying hard to burn off as many pastry calories as possible.  I arrive and hand over another cake I had baked for her.  ‘Oh thank you, I’ve made a cake too!’  So we sit down to another 2 cups of tea and 2 types of cake.  (By the way…we get on really well, she lives a 15min walk from me and she is very keen to get a women’s group off the ground.  I think we will be good friends.  Please pray.)

So it’s 4.30pm.  I have already drunk 6 cups of tea, eaten 3 different kinds of French pattiseries and 2 different types of cake.  In 3 hours it is the church Bible study…  emoticon

It is IMMPOSSIBLE to work in a French church and be thin.  I’m convinced.  Maybe that’s why French women are so thin, because they don’t go to church.  I’m sure someone could do a phd on that…hmmm?!

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