Karmacat: To Infinity And Beyond!

Karmacat

**KC waves madly at Shaun**

Hiya!!! How you doing? You're bound to drift a bit Shaun, now you're debt free - do you still do surveys and whatnot to help with odds and sods, or does day to day stuff plus business startup take up all your time?

Thanks for SGU!! That will be brilliant. Michael Shanks' website just posted a link to the promotional trailer for SGU episode 14, which he's in - I think its a flashback to him recruiting Robert Carlyle, tho I haven't had time to go see the clip yet. Its kosher, & easy to d/l.

How's OH and the Shaunlets? Every time I see Shaun the Sheep in the kids tv schedules, I think of you

redsquirrel80

Glad you've made that step Karma Hope it's a good day!

Karmacat

Yep, I've got the appointment made now - we finally stopped playing telephone tag. Next Thursday morning (gives me more time to clean). He's upset cos he can't remember coming here - I kept telling him it was last October, for heaven's sakes, but he's still beating himself up :cool:

ZTD

Karmacat wrote: »

And yes, I feel positive - I *know* there'll be lots of freakouts, of course, but a good life is not sustainable in this situation, so change has to come.

Why aren't things sustainable?

Karmacat

Good question, Z. **thinks***

Not sustainable here, because:
- the house needs replumbing, rewiring and replastering, which means new paint and carpets too; most of my kitchen appliances are dead or dying; and while I have some money, I don't have nearly enough for all of that.
- I also need to work from home, so I'd have nowhere to work *or* live.
- as it is, its a pit to live in.
- because its on such a steep slope, it will always need a lot of maintenance.
- ditto the garden.
- the garden is too big for me, the way my hands are going - my fingers are hurting all the time now. Even typing on a laptop can make them ache.
- as I get more social, living and working in a suburb is lonelier and lonelier. I need to be somewhere where I can walk somewhere with a bit of life, a bit of a choice about things to do.

PS the kitchen appliances - fridge is freecycled, I haven't had the integrated one (the one that broke down) ripped out and taken away; two ovens, one of which doesn't work; cooker hood has never worked; reconditioned washing machine works at half speed - I have to do a 2nd rinse.

And I've just had my time here. Only came to this town for the work, and I've been here for over 20 years, and don't identify with the work any more. Time to go.

taxi73

I can see why you have chosen to go and I can empathise with all the works needing doing in the house ..mines the same.
It'll also be a lot better for you socially being within walking distance for your social life.
You sound like you are really ready for the change.

Karmacat

I am, Taxi, I am. I'm worried about how I'm going to make ends meet when I move, but that was the situation when I went self employed, and that was absolutely fine.

Just off for a quick little waltz around the diaries, and off to bed, I'm tired - I've only been able to input one mystery shop, the other has a note to contact the head office, heaven only knows why.

Wol2

Hi KC

Hugs Hun....You WILL be OK - to have wibbbles when one is about to make a step change like "wot you is" are completely nacheral :grouphug::grouphug:

It's that bluidy finance stuff that ALWAYs pings us and potentially holds us back :wall::wall:

You are an extremely intelligent lady and you have loads going for you so to quote a certain Gloria Gaynor ....You WILL survive.. and prosper..

Happy to go through the figures with you if you need a confidence boost

xxxx

Karmacat

Wol, once you're past the year end, I'd like to take you up on that, please...

Thanks for the Gloria Gaynor ref!

**KC twirls around, flirting with the imaginary camera**

turfy6

Hi KC hope youre having a good day today. I agree too with everything thats been said, you will survive and its good that you are now feeling more social and feel confident again. Gives you lots of extra time for cleaning too, I know how we all LOVE that job;) Hugs