Divide and Conquer - My last DFW diary

beanielou

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ehallett

Hi everyone

Had a mad few days. Firstly, my uncle's mum passed away on Saturday. She was 96 but he is distraught bless him.

Secondly - I am going to be an auntie again :j:j:j:j. And for the record, I think it's a boy (I have been right the other 2 times). My sister is very excited but also very nervous. For those who don't know, she had a little boy called Joshua 5 years ago but he was very premature and died at 18 days old. Thankfully we now have my little angel Ellie who is 4 in May (she was also premature).

Anyway, I have been working over the past few days but have come down with a cold. Need to pull my finger out and get answering. OH is visiting his parents this weekend so I have a whole Saturday to just lock myself away in my flat and answer questions all day. My target for the end of the month is £1,000 and I am currently on £367. Aiming for £400 by the end of the evening.

Better crack on.

Emily xx

ehallett

Yuck - this cold is really taking effect now. Woke up this morning with such a sore throat, I had to wait an hour before I was able to take any tablets. Hoping it will die down quickly. I have the hospital on Monday and I always seem to get something before I go there so they always think I am ill.

Anyway, been working away today and will update on my total at the end of Sunday when I hope I would have caught up. I have done a few surveys today and one of which will boost my Luncheon vouchers by another £3 so I will have £9 towards a valentines day meal or takeaway.

Boosted my Jackpot Joy money by another 50p this morning so have £1.90 now. I'm going to build it up through February and withdraw at the beginning of March. My gran's birthday isn't until mid march and I want to try to get more than £10 so that I can get a few free birthday cards too.

My sister went to the docs to confirm her pregnancy and has a due date of 9th September (same day as OH's birthday!). We think she will be early again though so more likely to be August. I had to seriously resist the urge to buy a little blue duffle coat yesterday. I also have the priveledge of naming the baby - I think my sister wants to let me as I will never have a child of my own. Not sure that my BIL has agreed to it yet though!

Emily xx

jwil

Congratulations on becoming an Auntie again! Hope you feel better soon x

beanielou

Thats great

ehallett

Thanks Jwil and Lou xx

Came home to find a nice freebie pink notepad that will fit well in my handbag. Nice to have a freebie .

Emily xx

beanielou

I love freebies too

stressed.mum

Congrtas on becoming an auntie again - best wishes to your sister

Stressed xx

ehallett

Feel like crying. I just can't stop coughing. It's an annoying tickly cough but nothing can get rid of it or even subdue it for a bit. I slept about 4 hours last night but woke up and had a massive coughing fit which made me throw up.

My lungs are aching, my stomach is aching and I have such a headache which gets worse with every cough. I'm not eating that much as I just don't feel like it with the coughing. My voice is croaky and throat is sore. I really hope this doesn't last too long. I have about 5 bottles of cough mixture but none of them work.

Going to the shop later though to see if there are any cough mixtures I haven't tried.

Emily xx

ehallett

Feel a bit better today. I think I got more sleep last night. I woke up coughing at one point (about 3.30am I think), took another lot of cough mixture, had a sneaky look at the Andy Murray tennis score and went back to bed. But then I woke up about 7.30am on the sofa and can't remember how I got there - spooky.

Tried to go back to bed but was woken by the most annoying postie in the world who insists on ringing my very loud intercom until I answer it.

Anyway, received another freebie - a 6 pack of crisps to test for a survey site. Speaking of which, I just spent ages on To Luna building up my points so I am around 10k off getting another £15 voucher (although they still owe me one voucher - they are so slow at paying out it's unbelievable).

OH has gone off to his parents for the weekend. He came home with some flowers for me last night. I resisted the urge to ask him what he had done!! Quite glad that he's not here today though as I can hardly speak and he was taking the p**s out of me for it.

Off to put some lunch on and come up with a plan of action for the day .

Emily xx