Starting over...

Thanks DFD and US - sometimes it's hard to talk to my friends and family about this; I don't want to worry them and I also don't want to bring them down when they've either had a wonderful year (getting married / engaged / pregnant) or they're also struggling.. and them same goes for you - if you need to talk I'm here.

Hi Mumoffourkids :hello: I'm very much a planner and I can't survive without my to-do lists! Although they get completed very often :rotfl:

Boy did I run out of time yesterday:

- PAD Already done
- Low Spend Day - I'm meeting up with a friend for a cuppa and she bought the last one The cheeky so and so paid while I was in the loo so it ended up being a NSD
- Find a video of me singing which I need for a role submission Can't find it grrr, need to search again
- Update performance CV Not done
- Send off submission Nope
- Start sorting music for wedding next Friday Not that either
- Arrange when I can pick up boxes in storage Need to confirm today
- Gig Done
- Event Management tonight Done

Yesterday just totally ran away with me, and the only time I had to get online and do some work I had patchy internet access so I'm rather behind!

My flatmates have already started sleeping at their new place which means I have the run of the flat until I move - perfect! I'm picking up all my boxes from my friend's warehouse on Wednesday and because I'm weird I'm really looking forward to emptying them and repacking

Jobs for today:

- PAD Already done, just a quid today
- Fuel up car
- Find video
- Update acting CV
- Submit for role
- Social media posts
- Email run down of last night's event to boss
- Confirm time for picking up boxes on Wednesday
- Sort out music for wedding on Friday
- Gig (another day, another Christmas party afternoon)
- Christmas drinks with my old workmates

I'm never going to get all this done :rotfl:

From yesterday:

- PAD Already done, a nice big £167 on the CC
- NSD (except maybe a cuppa between my gigs today) Done - problem at the bank meant I didn't have time to buy my cuppa!
- make packed lunch Done
- batch cook stew Done
- wedding music Ongoing
- two gigs Done
- pick up shoes I left at the event on Saturday night Done

Not sleeping too well at the moment, even using all my tactics my brain is going at a hundred miles an hour which I suppose isn't surprising...

The flat is a mess, clean laundry everywhere (at least it's clean!) and I need to hoover and clean the bathroom and kitchen badly.

With that in mind, plan for today:

- PAD Already done, tenner on the CC
- Tidy up laundry
- Laundry
- Tidy bedroom
- Clean bedroom
- Clean bathroom
- Clean kitchen
- Keep working on wedding music
- Gig (2.5 hours away :eek:)
- Dinner with friend
- Update finances and recalculate savings/ payments

Best get cracking!

Thank Uncanny, it was a lovely (if emotional) day. A productive morning and a great gig followed by meeting up with my wonderful friend and a tear-filled goodbye...

- PAD Done
- Tidy up laundry Done
- Laundry Done
- Tidy bedroom Done
- Clean bedroom Done
- Clean bathroom Done
- Clean kitchen Done
- Keep working on wedding music Work in progress
- Gig (2.5 hours away) Done
- Dinner with friend Done
- Update finances and recalculate savings/ payments Done

Spent a grand total of €3.40 on milk, bread and teabags - my friend treated me to dinner as I always drive the nearly two hours to hers (I really don't mind as I'm up and down the country all the time but she insisted). Finances and savings are still looking ok, but there was a whole bunch of costs I hadn't accounted for so it'll be around £2300 before business set up costs, the biggest upside is that the credit card will be paid off in full.

Jobs for tomorrow:

- PAD
- Pick up boxes
- Buy Christmas cards for family
- Banking
- Pick up cheque from client
- Gig
- Break the back of this blooming wedding music!
- Hoover
- Clean out car
- Try and sort storage!
- Invoices for final clients

So not a lot then

Thanks Uncanny, you too!

I am pooped!

- PAD Done, £3 on the cc
- Fill up car (again!) Done
- Finish up working on wedding music Done!
- Send off final invoices Done
- Hoover? ("Oh, how she laughed...") Nope
- Sort out kitchen gear After speaking to Mum, I'll sort it next week after checking her kitchen out
- Laundry I didn't have full load of lights or darks so this will have to wait until Saturday
- Make packed lunch Done
- Two gigs Done

I've been feeling a lot more confident today, like I might have turned a corner in my mood and I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. The wedding couple I'm singing for have been great and I love singing in both big churches and five star hotels (I'm doing both the ceremony and drinks reception)! Then I'm on my first Friday night out in about 10 months - I'm so excited! No idea what I'm wearing but seeing as I can fit into all my old dresses again I'll have a nice choice. It'll be a bit spendy as I'm going out for dinner as well as drinks, feeling fancy!! :cool:

No time for errands tomorrow other than my PAD; the wedding and night out will be my entire day. PJs are on and I'm going to bed with an episode of The Crown.

Have a great Friday! xx