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Diary of a Poor Person aged 46 1/2

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  • slowlyfading
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    Oh dear, I hope things pick up for you. Sending some (((HUGS))) your way x x
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  • fc123
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    mrscmr wrote: »
    been in hospital with my child #1 most of day, just home now.
    will update when i get chance. :-(

    thinking of you......
  • mrscmr
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    just quickly before i go to bed.

    bad parents eve last night - child #1 cried, i cried
    child #1 ill, went back to drs today, upshot had to go straight to hosp as needed investigation
    spent all day there today
    have to go back tomorrow to see eye specialist
    then wait for results of blood tests over the next week
    then go back to pediatrics next week
    we dont know what is going on but something is

    hope to see his headmaster on monday regarding various school issues
    house is completely a disaster ... i think something or someone has died cos there is a v bad smell but i cant track it down - i suspect cat has brought something in.
    overwhelmed by work and tasks

    cyprus money not come !!!!!!!
    but a positive...
    apparently the black horse stupid bank people have upheld my complaint of missold ppi - yet another one... just one letter - one phone call - and a 15k loan took out in 2005 with 3700 ppi on will be repaid to me plus 8% per annum interest. sooo this could be intersting!

    also pls note that the number in my sig .. now is 143K ... has dropped again...

    bed for me.
    feeling up and down and disorganised :-(
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  • dawnybabes
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    ((((Hugs))))

    Hope you get a good nights sleep x
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  • Mrs c, hope child number 1 ok I'm feeling bushed nearly hometime. Thinking of you x
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  • scrooge2008
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    Sorry, to hear about DS 1, what a worry for you, more hugs.

    Terrific news about PPI insurance though.

    Hope today is less stressful x.
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  • beanielou
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    Not so good on DS1.
    Positive vibes.
    Great news on PPI though.
    Take care x
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  • mrscmr
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    question of the day:

    i want to know 'who' plans our lives?

    for example why do people have terrific ups and terrific lows? what causes the good and bad things? is it 'us' that has some effect on what happens to us? is it some other force? what can we do to stop these things being so extreme?

    off to hospital again later, taking a letter over to school explaining, found out 10.5k coming by next weds into our account.

    all hard work
    plus we are working on our gift sales this weekend to the general public! aahhhrrr no hiding place!

    mood: upsy downsy

    thanks all for reading / posting. x
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  • Who plans our lives - depends what one believes some say our path is already written for us that we come back several times to higher ourself in the spirit world some come to learn lessons some come to develop understanding.... i dont know what can be said about debt it is hear to try us and it does and its crap but nothing much to be done apart from knuckling down and getting on with it x hope your child is ok today, yay on the 10.5 k xx
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  • macgirl
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    mrscmr wrote: »
    question of the day:

    i want to know 'who' plans our lives?

    for example why do people have terrific ups and terrific lows? what causes the good and bad things? is it 'us' that has some effect on what happens to us? is it some other force? what can we do to stop these things being so extreme?

    Hi MrsCmr

    I follow your diary quite a bit and am sorry to hear things are tough at the moment :(

    I think of life as a straight line - lie an Equator if you like. Some are happy to stay close to that line, never reaching too high, so they don't experience the massive highs - or risk falling, thus never experiencing the crashing blow of the drop.

    There are also those who seem to attract the bad stuff no matter what. I have a close friend who has - from birth. She then went on to lose people very close to her in horrible circumstances, yet I have never heard her feel sorry for herself. She constantly sets goals - not always financial ones - but is unswerving in her optimism and usually achieves them.

    You sound like you have reached high, achieved and enjoyed the highs, then felt the dreadful crash of the extreme lows. But you are also resilient and are admirably clawing your way out - in very inventive and inspiring fashion!

    It's just life. Keep going, you're doing brilliantly :)

    Hope DS gets sorted soon x
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