What a weekend... England beat France in the Rugby World Cup Semi Finals and move on to the Finals next week. Phew I don't know if I can cope with all these exciting weekends, last weekend it was Australia who bit the dust! Fingers crossed England are peaking at the final on saturday.

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More rain too which means our Bonfire Night celebrations look like they will be ok to go ahead. Today I can see the sun and the fall leaves are looking wonderful.

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Back to work full time again this week, ah it is good to be back.

First I have to endure another session with the lady and her needles (no this isnt a developing S&M fetish) my acupuncture session is 9am and basically I lay on a bed in shorts and t-shirt while Dr Z inserts about 20 needles into my face, neck lower arms, and lower legs and the one's that go between the big toe and the other toe is the only one that stings. Then she hooks me up to some sort of pulse generator that proceeds to deliver mild electric shocks for about 30-40 minutes.

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I love the way she tells me to relax as she leaves me twitching on the bed. The machine gives out a loud repeating beep when I am done (yep sounds like a microwave binging away). Dr Z comes in turns off the alarm looks at me and says "Another 10 minutes and then I will remove the needles", followed by "relax" and walks out leaving unable to see a clock or look at my watch.

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The reason I cannot look at my watch is because I have about 7 needles in my hand and wrist and moving my arm causes a feeling of pressure at the site of all the needles. Ultimately I am a little of a coward and lay still until Dr Z comes and sets me free! takes $50 and books me in for Thursday