Treaty Target

I know I know; I'm keeping you dangling. Honestly I didn't mean to, but blogging to me is always enjoyable, and therefore something I 'save for later'; and blow me if 'later' never actually comes! (Is it any wonder that I end up opening my birthday cards/presents on the day AFTER my birthday?!!).
What I was dangling you about - as if you didn't know! - is the treat I am to give myself once I reach the twenty-eight pound target. It is time to put you out of your misery by telling you something that very few people know; something which I have always wanted to do but never got round to.

SCUBA DIVING!!! (Of course now you'll all say that you had guessed that wontcha?! This I stress, is not to be confused with the act of throwing a cartoon dog into a swimming pool - Scooby Diving, or a very small person jumping into the noisy end of a brass musical instrument - Tuba Diving)

It's David Attenborough's fault, as I grew up with all his wildlife documentaries ringing in my ears. I loved them! The underwater programmes were always particularly amazing; I guess because the environment is about as alien as you can get; one in which us humans don't belong, and don't survive without help. The creatures that do live and belong there absolutely fascinate me, and there is nothing I would like better than to share their environment with them for real rather than on the small screen.

And what's the one creature above all else which I would like to see? The Great White Shark (I almost put 'Great White' but I can see some sarky bugger insinuating that I have a thing for the 'Great White Lobster' or something). I stress here that I am not oblivious to the potential possessed by a creature like this to.....how can I say this bluntly....errrr......EAT YOU. I intend to be inside a nice and sturdy cage; but how good would it be to see one of those majestic animals in action?

SO, treat number two is to book myself into a SCUBA diving course; some way away from swimming with sharks (unless they release one into the swimming pool for a laugh) but I have to start somewhere.

Slightly concerned about tomorrow. Had a bit of a binge on Saturday night, and I am not sure what the result will be. Two weeks of putting on weight will not be good. There will be mitigating circumstances which I will cover tomorrow (this is certainly becoming an inward journey..which is then outwardly shared!); pray for me!!!!