I’m 8 months pregnant in the middle of a heatwave. Feels like a cruel and unusual punishment.
My 6 year old son decided 1.00am was a good time to go absolutely nuts and bounce off the walls for three hours
Last day of work until the 12th and I just know it’s going to be a long, long day. Of course, with it being the last day of work, it’s also the last day of decent weather for about a week. The dreams of bbqing everyday are diminishing.
Been getting back into regular activity and exercise the last few weeks after nearly 3 years of long covid. Feeling much better, and I bought a bunch of weights to help rebuild my strength.
I felt a bit of a slight twinge in my knee yesterday, so – sensibly – I decided to stop my workout. Two minutes later I bend over to pick something up, and put my back out.
Fucksake.
Gotta work on the hottest day of the year. Should be a national holiday when the temps get above 21 in this country 🤣
I might possibly have a dental abscess. Joy! So I need to phone my dentist at half eight to see if I can get in to be seen (ha!).
I’ve been trying to have a haircut for months but have had to cancel three times because my babysitter kept letting me down last minute. And I’ve rearranged my hair appointment for this morning and now I need the dentist and I bet they’ll only be able to see me when I’m supposed to be having my hair done.
Also my partner is off to London today and staying overnight, to have a catch up with old work colleagues so I’m doing extra solo parenting tonight. It’s work and nursery/preschool tomorrow for me and the kids so I’m already not looking forward to the morning rush.
Why do these things always cluster together? He gets to go off and have London fun while I’m worrying about keeping everybody up together.
I drank too many cocktails last night and it was fun, but the headache this morning is not! Not looking forward to work today because of that.
Also I’m 27 today, and I don’t like feeling old
Apparently car indicators don’t exist anymore. Driving is such a chore.
Is “I’m awake” allowed as a complaint? Also want to complain that “I’m alive,” but hopefully that sensation will ease throughout the day.
I’ve had a very stressful three years, ending in a bad relapse of my ME over winter, which I thought was mostly in the past. This has exacerbated my mental health conditions, and I’m just fed up of feeling so confined, exhausted, painful, and thoroughly useless every day.
Apart from all that, I’m fine 🙈 Thank goodness it’s lovely and sunny!
I’m on holiday and I have the worst flu I’ve had in years. Why the fuck do people here sneeze and cough without covering their mouths? How did any of them survive the pandemic?
I had a meeting with my boss yesterday asking for some kind of pay rise above minimum wage for a skilled job. He spent the whole thing nit picking parts of my work, explaining how labour is fucking him over and that a lot of the skills I’ve learnt in the past 4 years at the job off my own back he “didn’t ask me to learn” and that I learnt them ‘on his time’. He said he will give me a pay rise but I expect it to be in the 20-50p range at best.
Feeling proper shite after that.
The cat sitting drama continues, and I feel guilty and unreasonable for wanting to decline the job.
Long story short, I met the owner this week (after they didn’t show up for the meeting they scheduled last week) and it was weird. Like they dismissed my questions about the cat but seemed weirdly fixed on my setup, particularly exactly where I live. And then as I was leaving they casually went “oh and let me know when I can come visit you”. (I should add that the cat would not be coming to my house and I would always go to them – obviously if they were it would be different.)
That just really threw me as I’ve never had a potential client ask that before, and I wouldn’t ask it myself when I was booking sitters for my own cat. Plus I currently live alone so I’m a bit concerned from a security perspective. But now I’m second guessing myself because I feel like of course you want to know the person looking after your pet is trustworthy, and I’m a stranger going into their home so is it really that different?
It all just feels off and at this point I think it’s best I say “sorry, I’ve thought about it and don’t feel I’m a good fit so will have to decline” but I’m struggling a bit to actually press the button. The job isn’t for three weeks so it’s not like I’d be massively leaving the owner in the lurch, but I still don’t feel comfortable with saying no. Especially when the money would be helpful (but it’s by no means essential either).
Oh, and speaking of money – why is it always that just when you actually dare to feel a bit comfortable, something comes out of the blue and throws a spanner in the works? It’s not something I can’t manage temporarily with savings, but it just feels frustrating to get caught out and feels like the universe is laughing at me somehow.
I am trying to get one thing done.
Have gone from “Could you possibly” to “As I mentioned” to “per my previous emails” and about to scale the di zzy heights if “might I remind you that it is a legal requirement to” if I don’t get a result soon. Fuming.
I’m getting the bus to work and so many stupid fuckers just casually and without any worry use their phone while driving. If you’re so addicted that you need to use it while driving you should be sent to the slaughterhouse before you kill someone
Way too hot. Thank fuck it’s gonna cool down in the next couple days
Actually think Thursday morning’s are the worst in the week, though it’s close with Tuesday
On the flip side, Thursday afternoon’s are pretty great. So I’m holding out for that
My left ear’s blocked. To add the: broken filling, infected tooth/gum, and cold that won’t go away.
I am going away this weekend for a friends birthday. It was originally going to be 6 of us but one person dropped out last minute, so the cost of the cottage was split between 5 of us, and as it’s the bank holiday it wasn’t exactly cheap.
Then later on a different 6th person was added, and instead of re-sorting the money out, it was agreed that this person would buy all the food for the trip and I was fine with that.
Except now this week, they’ve sent out a spreadsheet assigning everyone with what food they should bring. And also informed me that they’ve invited someone else along as well, so there’s now 7 of us.
I’m all for “the more the merrier”, but I’m not on board for giving someone else a free holiday. But I don’t know all the others very well so don’t want to be a stick in the mud complaining about finances.
Forgot to take my antihistamine this morning and it’s really showing.
My partner of two and a half years told me last Friday that he was still mourning his previous relationship and that he might be for the rest of his life.
They were together five years, broke up three years ago, still best friends. I’ve been worried for almost a year now that they aren’t over each other. Doesn’t feel good scoob.
Had the last three days off with my Dad who has visited from Scotland. Back at work today and the melancholy is rife after having a great few days with him.
Fun and games with the HMRC.
Submitted a pension tax claim. Waited the advised 28 working days to be told nothing has been done.
Will be done in 10 working days.
That was now 14 working days ago.
Tuesday they have told me it should be done in 10 working days, but will have been checked by yesterday.
It was checked yesterday! Huzzah.
However.
Now as its slipped into the new tax year due to their delays, they now have to wait until they get a P11d from my employer…
Had to pay to park my car for second time this week, where I usually park was full again and police cars everywhere too dealing with drunk students
Had to deal with a safeguarding at about 7pm last night right at the end of a youth group session I was running, the young person involved doesn’t deserve half the shit they’ve got going on and I just wanted to give them a big hug. I’ve dealt with safeguarding incidents before but this one just got me right in the feels
Hayfever is killing me today. My eyes hurt, my throat won’t clear and my nose has been blocked all morning so far.
Cleaners not been in the office the last couple of days and I’m the first in so I’ve had to empty and refill the dishwasher. That’s fine, I don’t mind doing that.
What I don’t get is why people put glasses in the dishwasher facing up. Do they not have a basic working knowledge of physics? The rules of gravity still apply in a dishwasher, water will still accumulate when it has nowhere to go. It’s just as easy to turn the fucking thing upside down. Lazy bastards.
Plus some bell just straight up left a dirty plate in the sink. No attempt to clean the detreitus from the crockery, nope, just left it there.
A few work grumbles.
And I wish the sun would stop hiding. Typical Scotland. I actually got briefly rained on when on my pre work walk.
I want to slap past me for ever thinking I’d be fine to manage a house move and the final week of my dissertation at the same time. That is all. 🙂
Nipped into Tesco to buy a cheap pair of sunglasses, (having lost my favourite pair and was struggling to see anything.)
Instead i grabbed the single and only pair they had.
No price, but they looked cheap and tacky.
Got to the till and they were £30!
By this point, my hay fever was already doing a number on me, and I only had 5 minutes before I had to get my train.
So £30 on a pair of sunglasses that I won’t wear again.
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Awful RSI in my hands.
My second toe hurts for no reason
I’m in Blackpool.
I’m 8 months pregnant in the middle of a heatwave. Feels like a cruel and unusual punishment.
My 6 year old son decided 1.00am was a good time to go absolutely nuts and bounce off the walls for three hours
Last day of work until the 12th and I just know it’s going to be a long, long day. Of course, with it being the last day of work, it’s also the last day of decent weather for about a week. The dreams of bbqing everyday are diminishing.
Been getting back into regular activity and exercise the last few weeks after nearly 3 years of long covid. Feeling much better, and I bought a bunch of weights to help rebuild my strength.
I felt a bit of a slight twinge in my knee yesterday, so – sensibly – I decided to stop my workout. Two minutes later I bend over to pick something up, and put my back out.
Fucksake.
Gotta work on the hottest day of the year. Should be a national holiday when the temps get above 21 in this country 🤣
I might possibly have a dental abscess. Joy! So I need to phone my dentist at half eight to see if I can get in to be seen (ha!).
I’ve been trying to have a haircut for months but have had to cancel three times because my babysitter kept letting me down last minute. And I’ve rearranged my hair appointment for this morning and now I need the dentist and I bet they’ll only be able to see me when I’m supposed to be having my hair done.
Also my partner is off to London today and staying overnight, to have a catch up with old work colleagues so I’m doing extra solo parenting tonight. It’s work and nursery/preschool tomorrow for me and the kids so I’m already not looking forward to the morning rush.
Why do these things always cluster together? He gets to go off and have London fun while I’m worrying about keeping everybody up together.
I drank too many cocktails last night and it was fun, but the headache this morning is not! Not looking forward to work today because of that.
Also I’m 27 today, and I don’t like feeling old
Apparently car indicators don’t exist anymore. Driving is such a chore.
Is “I’m awake” allowed as a complaint? Also want to complain that “I’m alive,” but hopefully that sensation will ease throughout the day.
I’ve had a very stressful three years, ending in a bad relapse of my ME over winter, which I thought was mostly in the past. This has exacerbated my mental health conditions, and I’m just fed up of feeling so confined, exhausted, painful, and thoroughly useless every day.
Apart from all that, I’m fine 🙈 Thank goodness it’s lovely and sunny!
I’m on holiday and I have the worst flu I’ve had in years. Why the fuck do people here sneeze and cough without covering their mouths? How did any of them survive the pandemic?
I had a meeting with my boss yesterday asking for some kind of pay rise above minimum wage for a skilled job. He spent the whole thing nit picking parts of my work, explaining how labour is fucking him over and that a lot of the skills I’ve learnt in the past 4 years at the job off my own back he “didn’t ask me to learn” and that I learnt them ‘on his time’. He said he will give me a pay rise but I expect it to be in the 20-50p range at best.
Feeling proper shite after that.
The cat sitting drama continues, and I feel guilty and unreasonable for wanting to decline the job.
Long story short, I met the owner this week (after they didn’t show up for the meeting they scheduled last week) and it was weird. Like they dismissed my questions about the cat but seemed weirdly fixed on my setup, particularly exactly where I live. And then as I was leaving they casually went “oh and let me know when I can come visit you”. (I should add that the cat would not be coming to my house and I would always go to them – obviously if they were it would be different.)
That just really threw me as I’ve never had a potential client ask that before, and I wouldn’t ask it myself when I was booking sitters for my own cat. Plus I currently live alone so I’m a bit concerned from a security perspective. But now I’m second guessing myself because I feel like of course you want to know the person looking after your pet is trustworthy, and I’m a stranger going into their home so is it really that different?
It all just feels off and at this point I think it’s best I say “sorry, I’ve thought about it and don’t feel I’m a good fit so will have to decline” but I’m struggling a bit to actually press the button. The job isn’t for three weeks so it’s not like I’d be massively leaving the owner in the lurch, but I still don’t feel comfortable with saying no. Especially when the money would be helpful (but it’s by no means essential either).
Oh, and speaking of money – why is it always that just when you actually dare to feel a bit comfortable, something comes out of the blue and throws a spanner in the works? It’s not something I can’t manage temporarily with savings, but it just feels frustrating to get caught out and feels like the universe is laughing at me somehow.
I am trying to get one thing done.
Have gone from “Could you possibly” to “As I mentioned” to “per my previous emails” and about to scale the di zzy heights if “might I remind you that it is a legal requirement to” if I don’t get a result soon. Fuming.
I’m getting the bus to work and so many stupid fuckers just casually and without any worry use their phone while driving. If you’re so addicted that you need to use it while driving you should be sent to the slaughterhouse before you kill someone
Way too hot. Thank fuck it’s gonna cool down in the next couple days
Actually think Thursday morning’s are the worst in the week, though it’s close with Tuesday
On the flip side, Thursday afternoon’s are pretty great. So I’m holding out for that
My left ear’s blocked. To add the: broken filling, infected tooth/gum, and cold that won’t go away.
I am going away this weekend for a friends birthday. It was originally going to be 6 of us but one person dropped out last minute, so the cost of the cottage was split between 5 of us, and as it’s the bank holiday it wasn’t exactly cheap.
Then later on a different 6th person was added, and instead of re-sorting the money out, it was agreed that this person would buy all the food for the trip and I was fine with that.
Except now this week, they’ve sent out a spreadsheet assigning everyone with what food they should bring. And also informed me that they’ve invited someone else along as well, so there’s now 7 of us.
I’m all for “the more the merrier”, but I’m not on board for giving someone else a free holiday. But I don’t know all the others very well so don’t want to be a stick in the mud complaining about finances.
Forgot to take my antihistamine this morning and it’s really showing.
My partner of two and a half years told me last Friday that he was still mourning his previous relationship and that he might be for the rest of his life.
They were together five years, broke up three years ago, still best friends. I’ve been worried for almost a year now that they aren’t over each other. Doesn’t feel good scoob.
Had the last three days off with my Dad who has visited from Scotland. Back at work today and the melancholy is rife after having a great few days with him.
Fun and games with the HMRC.
Submitted a pension tax claim. Waited the advised 28 working days to be told nothing has been done.
Will be done in 10 working days.
That was now 14 working days ago.
Tuesday they have told me it should be done in 10 working days, but will have been checked by yesterday.
It was checked yesterday! Huzzah.
However.
Now as its slipped into the new tax year due to their delays, they now have to wait until they get a P11d from my employer…
Had to pay to park my car for second time this week, where I usually park was full again and police cars everywhere too dealing with drunk students
Had to deal with a safeguarding at about 7pm last night right at the end of a youth group session I was running, the young person involved doesn’t deserve half the shit they’ve got going on and I just wanted to give them a big hug. I’ve dealt with safeguarding incidents before but this one just got me right in the feels
Hayfever is killing me today. My eyes hurt, my throat won’t clear and my nose has been blocked all morning so far.
Cleaners not been in the office the last couple of days and I’m the first in so I’ve had to empty and refill the dishwasher. That’s fine, I don’t mind doing that.
What I don’t get is why people put glasses in the dishwasher facing up. Do they not have a basic working knowledge of physics? The rules of gravity still apply in a dishwasher, water will still accumulate when it has nowhere to go. It’s just as easy to turn the fucking thing upside down. Lazy bastards.
Plus some bell just straight up left a dirty plate in the sink. No attempt to clean the detreitus from the crockery, nope, just left it there.
A few work grumbles.
And I wish the sun would stop hiding. Typical Scotland. I actually got briefly rained on when on my pre work walk.
I want to slap past me for ever thinking I’d be fine to manage a house move and the final week of my dissertation at the same time. That is all. 🙂
Nipped into Tesco to buy a cheap pair of sunglasses, (having lost my favourite pair and was struggling to see anything.)
Instead i grabbed the single and only pair they had.
No price, but they looked cheap and tacky.
Got to the till and they were £30!
By this point, my hay fever was already doing a number on me, and I only had 5 minutes before I had to get my train.
So £30 on a pair of sunglasses that I won’t wear again.
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