Flying gleefully into 2009 - One Fresians adventures in debt-busting

mooomin

Intergalactic_Floozie wrote: »

*Unwraps fresh cream chocolate eclair from multi-pack and sees if FF can rise to the occasion*

*scoffs gratefully*

Hopeful1 wrote: »

Hey Mrs Flying Very Proud Fresian!

Good work on ebay and your savings fund. I'm excited 'cause i've got just over £150! You must feel fab having £500. I'm desperate to make it to the £200 mark. I hoping to do it by next week

I left my lunch at home last week...TWICE..it's so blinkin' annoying isn't it? I wonder if anyone ate yours? :rolleyes:

It is very nice to see £500 just sitting in my savings. I haven't been tempted to touch it once either which is ace. I save my PADs into my Instant Access account and normally transfer money to the Sh*t I'm Redundant Fund once every 6 weeks or so when I know I don't need it for anything else.

I have left my lunch at home once this week and on the bus once. If they did eat it they got the last of my nice whoopsied wholemeal bread and home-made soup. My whoopsied quiche that I had to buy as a replacement wasn't half as nice as my soup would have been.

No news from me - I was working until half seven, which was a pain, but a little overtime is nice. Tomorrow I should be able to view my payslip online and start another months budgeteering in preparation for payday on Tuesday.

Tomorrow I also have my root canal treatment (Final part) which takes a flipping hour. I'm not looking forward to that at all. Mr Fresian is going to pick me up when I'm finished (Well, escort me to the bus) and then if I'm not feeling too awful we're off to the open evening for the local college. I'm thinking about doing a uni access course. It is good to keep my brain active and if I do get made redundant it's good to show I'm trying to keep my brain alive and thinking of broadening my knowledge. Isn't it??

kissjenn

flying_fresian wrote: »

Tomorrow I also have my root canal treatment (Final part) which takes a flipping hour. I'm not looking forward to that at all. Mr Fresian is going to pick me up when I'm finished (Well, escort me to the bus) and then if I'm not feeling too awful we're off to the open evening for the local college. I'm thinking about doing a uni access course. It is good to keep my brain active and if I do get made redundant it's good to show I'm trying to keep my brain alive and thinking of broadening my knowledge. Isn't it??

Root canal sounds awful. We're both doing the first part of an OU Humanities Course. OH has gone from "Why would anyone study religion" to "This is fascinating". I've gone from "Cezanne was carp on purpose" to "Cezanne was carp on purpose" but in 1200 words :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

What do you fancy studying?

mooomin

kissjenn wrote: »

Root canal sounds awful. We're both doing the first part of an OU Humanities Course. OH has gone from "Why would anyone study religion" to "This is fascinating". I've gone from "Cezanne was carp on purpose" to "Cezanne was carp on purpose" but in 1200 words :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

What do you fancy studying?

Root canal - compared to the pain in my teeth before the first part was done I think it will be fine. Honest to God, it felt like my teeth were trying to burst out of my head. It was horrible. Low point being sitting at my desk at work with my head in my hands crying with pain One trip to the dental hospital and a very cute dentist and I felt a lot better though.

I don't know what I want to study. I quite fancy doing something which will help folk but I don't know what. I don't think I have the patience to do teaching and I think I'm too squeamish to be a care worker/support worker. I am definitely too judgemental to be a social worker

I think I am going to look at the access course for social sciences and see where it takes me. I don't necessarily know what I would want as a new career, so I will have a poke about the prospectus and see what might suit me. Decisions, decisions!

kissjenn

That sounds good. I'm planning on some mixing and matching, doing the stuff I fancy.

Can totally relate on Social Work, I don't think I'd get my coat off in the office on Day 1 before I was sent home again. Kissjenn and Social Work - they'd call it Black Wednesday!!

Clinical Psychology sounds interesting. Or law...they would help people without the ukkky bits.

And yummy dentist is always a plus.

pointypenguin

I hope you manage to find a course you want to do. Have you thought about a counselling course as after you complete it you can do volunteer counselling at various places?

I second the Law idea (slightly biased as I am currently a law student as part of my double life, banking by day, law by night) as it is amazing the things you learn and it makes you think about things in a different way.

Good luck with what ever you choose I am sure you will enjoy it.

LondonAndy

pointypenguin wrote: »

I second the Law idea (slightly biased as I am currently a law student as part of my double life, banking by day, law by night) as it is amazing the things you learn and it makes you think about things in a different way.

My (rusty) degree is law. Employers like that one no matter where you choose take it cos it really does make you think about things differently, form your arguments and makes you very good at analysing diff situations
(not neccessarily in the legal field)

They also love any kind of independent study so I think you are onto a winner whatever you do.

FF - how about looking into courses for Citizens Advice work - you love your spreadsheets / budgets and are good on advice, tips and motivation - I think you would be great at that....

Hope the Root Canal was as painless as possible

HockeyDuo8083

Hi F_F,

Hope the root canal goes ok. My OH got his wisdom teeth out yesterday and he was in pain poor lamb:rolleyes: Dentist visits are not cool.

Well done on the eBay stuff; I have been inspired to do some MEGA listing this weekend.

Keep bashing away those debts; you are doing fab:T

p.s I noted a while back you were having trouble thickening your gravy. I like to put some cornflower in a cup and then gradually add water until it is a runny paste. I then add that to whatever I am cooking as it prevents lumps of cornflower floating around.

HTH

mooomin

Hey Andy - how did your tooth extraction go?

tomtombeanie

flying_fresian wrote: »

I don't know what I want to study. I quite fancy doing something which will help folk but I don't know what. I don't think I have the patience to do teaching and I think I'm too squeamish to be a care worker/support worker. I am definitely too judgemental to be a social worker

are you my secret (and younger!) twin, fresian? i could have written this about me! i have a degree in psychology & german, but more because it interested me than because i have done great things with it (in fact, i haven't done anything with it, really..). i have been thinking a bit about what i want to actually do now that DS2 starts school in sept, and think i might like to work at a school or a hospital, but in a supporting role (more admin/organisation/planning than full-on hands-on, i suppose, but not sat at a desk all day...) i have heard that a job may be coming up in the office at school where my boys go, so want to find out what i can about that...

good luck with mr sexy dentist, hope you make it to the open evening okay. xx

PS haven't had chance to catch up with PAD thread for a while, so don't know the tale of andy's tooth - hope you are okay, andy! and i agree that fresian would be great at CAB type stuff. xx

LondonAndy

flying_fresian wrote: »

Hey Andy - how did your tooth extraction go?

All good thanks FF. I have put a little story on the PAD thread so I am sure you will see it. Amazingly hassle and pain free. I wanted to log on yesterday but the anaesthetic made me feel half drunk and half jet-lagged for the day, no concentration at all (strangely good in a way!)

Hope your appt goes well ! Lookie ; I can also now do links to promote the PAD thread !!

Hockeyduo - had the same as your OH yesterday - three of the beggars so he has my sympathy. Ice Cream is the way forward!