Goodbye Bloater, Hello Boater.

Well talk about a plan falling at the first hurdle. I assumed it was easy to change your username on here and so was going to ditch the 'l' and become Mr Boater - a fair more positive way of signing in I thought. Not that I'm particularly nautical (despite growing up in a coastal twon I can't swim) but a boat, like a ski lodge is something aspirational to er, aspire to. But I can't change my screenname so I'll have to start this new thread instead. But from now on, the 'l' is silent.

Anyhow, I need a new diary - the old one was lovely and full of good advice from good folk but it was just going around in circles. It's all boom or bust, feast or famine, black or white in this world. Not even 5 shades of grey let alone 50.

And in my three weeks or so away from posting on the old one, things have gone a little madder and so a fresh reboot is needed to kick things into gear.

Madness:
- My left knee is seizing up all the time. Whenever I get out of the car, the chair, the bed - it is pure agony. Solutions to this I hope include starting my cod liver oil / glucosomine dosage again.

- Whilst doing Job 2a (which along with Job 2b is a seasonal thing that eats up all my spare time in June but in theory pays for some of the summer) I thought I heard voices in my head. They weren't telling me to do anything stupid (like save up for a boat when I can't swim) but it was unsettling enough to make me shudder. I have been working 21 hour days which could contribute but even then this kind of psychosis is not welcome. Solutions to this probably involve shock therapy, lobotomies and a stay on a psychiatric ward but I'm hoping that a positive mental attitude will stop any repeats. And not doing 21 hour days.

- Job 1 is going badly wrong. Even since I told the illuminati that I did not want to sit at the top table anymore I seem to be the victim of snipers taking potshots and landing direct hits. It's all a bit odd and unsettling and I don't know where or what I'll be doing in September.

- And the one that got me here in the first place - the money. I keep checking and recalculating and I think we will make it through this month with £3.31 to spare. We need to get back into the MSE mindset because that is too close to the edge. That is with all the cards maxed out and overdrafts at their limits.

Oh, and the shed's a mess again and I put all my weight back on. Business as usual!