Memorygirls - Make Do and Mend

crickett1234

Today has been a good and positive day so far.

I have managed to sort out my credit card - I had one of those uncomfortable "you may have had a fraudulent transaction" emails through over the weekend, and have spent a good few hours fretting (even though I checked my transactions and can't see anything I didn't already know about. Anyway, it appears that one of the computers I use to access my card details has been infected with a virus or something and they have stopped my credit card. Lovely. I was going to use it to pay for a hotel this coming weekend, but now I am going to have to use my debit card and be skinter than a skinty thing until payday. Oh well, these things are sent to try us.

I have also spent a lot of time getting prepared for a presentation to my executive management board this afternoon. I had the associate dean on the phone asking questions about the presentation and I managed to answer all the questions she threw at me I felt very proud of myself. Now, I just have to do the presentation and make sure I can answer everything that the other members of the executive chuck at me, and get out of the room with only minor cuts and abrasions, and I shall be a happy bunny. I am okay with speaking to groups of people (hell, I sing solo in front of 500 strangers most Sundays as a form of relaxation!) so I think I shall be okay with that... and I really know my subject, so I am confident it will all be fine. Doesn't stop me feeling collywobbles though!!

I have also been cracking on with my professional portfolio; it is really getting somewhere now. I have two sections out of six written and evidenced, and I need to do some editorial changes on them. I am drafting the third part (after a change of heart and a change of subject!) and have the rest of it planned out in quite a lot of detail. I am completing the portfolio in between my normal workload, and so far, it is really working.

Tonight is choir practice, so I won't be home until late tonight, but inbetween leaving work and driving home I have some errands to run in town. I just need to remember not to use my damned credit card, and I should be fine!

tellmeitsfriday

crickett1234 wrote: »

Today has been a good and positive day so far.

I have managed to sort out my credit card - I had one of those uncomfortable "you may have had a fraudulent transaction" emails through over the weekend, and have spent a good few hours fretting (even though I checked my transactions and can't see anything I didn't already know about. Anyway, it appears that one of the computers I use to access my card details has been infected with a virus or something and they have stopped my credit card. Lovely. I was going to use it to pay for a hotel this coming weekend, but now I am going to have to use my debit card and be skinter than a skinty thing until payday. Oh well, these things are sent to try us.

I have also spent a lot of time getting prepared for a presentation to my executive management board this afternoon. I had the associate dean on the phone asking questions about the presentation and I managed to answer all the questions she threw at me I felt very proud of myself. Now, I just have to do the presentation and make sure I can answer everything that the other members of the executive chuck at me, and get out of the room with only minor cuts and abrasions, and I shall be a happy bunny. I am okay with speaking to groups of people (hell, I sing solo in front of 500 strangers most Sundays as a form of relaxation!) so I think I shall be okay with that... and I really know my subject, so I am confident it will all be fine. Doesn't stop me feeling collywobbles though!!

I have also been cracking on with my professional portfolio; it is really getting somewhere now. I have two sections out of six written and evidenced, and I need to do some editorial changes on them. I am drafting the third part (after a change of heart and a change of subject!) and have the rest of it planned out in quite a lot of detail. I am completing the portfolio in between my normal workload, and so far, it is really working.

Tonight is choir practice, so I won't be home until late tonight, but inbetween leaving work and driving home I have some errands to run in town. I just need to remember not to use my damned credit card, and I should be fine!

You'll be fine xx You've just said so - see

Professional portfolio - sounds as much fun as having your armpits waxed!! Can we help you?

crickett1234

tellmeitsfriday wrote: »

You'll be fine xx You've just said so - see

Professional portfolio - sounds as much fun as having your armpits waxed!! Can we help you?

:rotfl:It is soooo much worse than that!! No, I think this is one of those things I need to do myself, though I might need people to ring up and pretend to be my PA if I don't any responses from my former employers. And the odd kick in the backside to get on with it would not go amiss either. Thank you so much for the offer though!!

tellmeitsfriday

Is this the thing you have to do to get qualified, or something else?

I remember doing mine... YUCK!

I'll happily provide nudging kicks up the butt x

Helen105

I haven't done mine yet either
Although it must be 8 years now since I passed my exams.

Of all the things I have procrastinated about in my life, this must be one of the worst.

tellmeitsfriday

Come on ladies - so much more kudos with acca, acma, aca than passed finalist!

It feels fab when it's done... Come on girlies - by Christmas eh x

redlady_1

Afternoon all,

I have decided to track this thread down after it was flagged up on another thread. It seems this is where all the positive people are hanging out and right now I could do with a spot of that! Hope you dont mind me gate crashing?

A little about me, I split from my ex 5 years ago. During that time I have had some pretty profound experiences of "friendship". Those I thought were friends were not, and those I wasnt sure about have been rocks. I have now managed to save up enough to buy my own place (albeit it was a wreck) and have spent the last year renovating it. I have also got a second job and am trying desperately to fit in some study as I am retraining. That said, I flunked a lovely audit exam in June and it has knocked my confidence so I am here to hope your positivity rubs off

Looking forward to chatting with you all

crickett1234

tellmeitsfriday wrote: »

Is this the thing you have to do to get qualified, or something else?

I remember doing mine... YUCK!

I'll happily provide nudging kicks up the butt x

Yes, it is to get those damned letter after my name! Except in my case it is CPFA, rather than ACCA or CMA or anything. And it is a hideously awful process.

Helen105, you make me feel so much better, that it is not just me who has been procrastinating about this!

tellmeitsfriday

I am googling it now - see what you have to go through.

By Christmas

crickett1234

redlady_1 wrote: »

Afternoon all,

I have decided to track this thread down after it was flagged up on another thread. It seems this is where all the positive people are hanging out and right now I could do with a spot of that! Hope you dont mind me gate crashing?

A little about me, I split from my ex 5 years ago. During that time I have had some pretty profound experiences of "friendship". Those I thought were friends were not, and those I wasnt sure about have been rocks. I have now managed to save up enough to buy my own place (albeit it was a wreck) and have spent the last year renovating it. I have also got a second job and am trying desperately to fit in some study as I am retraining. That said, I flunked a lovely audit exam in June and it has knocked my confidence so I am here to hope your positivity rubs off

Looking forward to chatting with you all

Hi there Redlady... if you have done an audit exam... are you one of us accountants? Do pm me if you have any problems with audit... I am really, really good at it. One of the times i have scared people most is when I was off to do some compliance testing. Seriously, people hid under the desk from me!! :eek::rotfl: