Page 57 - Bridget Jones's Diary - by Helen FIELDING
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9st 2 (extra fat presumably caused by winter whale blubber), alcohol units 4,
cigarettes 12 (v.g.), calories 2845 (v. cold).
9 p.m. V. much enjoying the Winter Wonderland and reminder that we are at the
mercy of the elements, and should not concentrate so hard on being sophisticated
or hardworking but on staying warm and watching the telly.
This is the third time I have called Mum and Dad this week and got no reply.
Maybe The Gables has been cut off by the snow? In desperation, I pick up the
phone and dial my brother Jamie's number in Manchester, only to get one of his
hilarious answerphone messages: the sound of running water and Jamie
pretending to be President Clinton in the White House, then a toilet flushing and
his pathetic girlfriend tittering in the background.
9.15 p.m. Just called Mum and Dad three times in a row, letting it ring twenty
times each time. Eventually Mum picked it up sounding odd and saying she
couldn't talk now but would call me at the weekend.
Saturday 11 February
8st 13, alcohol units 4, cigarettes 18, calories 1467(but burnt off by shopping)
