Life after bankruptcy?

ani_26

I've been working today, miggy. I hope you don't fall asleep tonight zzzzzz I wonder where you are going on holiday? Everyone is talking holidays at the moment.

I feel so tired with the heat, today.


I still haven't opened the letter from the bank. I don't want to read what it says inside.

I've received the cheque from the charity today, along with a soa to complete. I'll never find the soa i already did, so i'll have to redo one. Besides, its changed, anyway. Its only a short term ' fix ', not a long term solution, but i think the best i can hope for is that they pay my car insurance for a year, which will undoutably make some difference. Theres no long term solution for a worthlesss specimen of a human being, who can't even get a job in a chilp shop.


I think i've a fair bit of work next week, but to be honest, i can't even be bothered to check. I know i'm on an early on monday, another of those 3.30 starts. I'll have an eg for you, miggy. I hope to be back, mid afternoon, as its imperative that cheque goes in the bank, before close on monday.

I had to buy some petrol today. I can't say the needle moved that far, ( do people still have needles )? but at least i got a surprise of a £5 voucher. I never spend huge amounts like £50 on shopping, so i never get petrol discounts, but i buy enough petrol to at least collect points for my voucher with which i can buy food, if that makes sense? So at least i got a fivers worth of food, tonight.

I'm just can't cope with the constant worry, at the moment. There's a sr song isn't there?

Moneys too tight to mention. How can you stop mentioning, thinking, living it?

miggy

Yay to arrival of cheque and the fiver's worth of food. Can you get work to send you over this way and I'll make you a cheese on toast and a cuppa? Not sure we have any EG but I would make a special effort. (If you were brave enough to try my cooking :rotfl:, it can be variable!)

Glad there's some work for you next week. I finish for a couple of weeks after tonight then straight back into three nights in a row.

Leave the bank letter for day, nothing happens with banks on Sundays, does it?

And none of this 'worthless specimen' business. So you didn't get the chip shop job? It probably went to someone they already knew. That's not a reflection on you. You are *amazing* and you have a proven track record in your work. That's how you've got this far. And there will be other opportunities. We just have to find them.

By the way, it may not be your thing, but the 'seasonal' posts will be recruiting soon - Argos, Post Office and so on. I don't know what that might be in your area.

Hugs. :grouphug:

beanielou

Good news on cheque and voucher.

ani_26

miggy wrote: »

Yay to arrival of cheque and the fiver's worth of food. Can you get work to send you over this way and I'll make you a cheese on toast and a cuppa? Not sure we have any EG but I would make a special effort. (If you were brave enough to try my cooking :rotfl:, it can be variable!)

Glad there's some work for you next week. I finish for a couple of weeks after tonight then straight back into three nights in a row.

Leave the bank letter for day, nothing happens with banks on Sundays, does it?

And none of this 'worthless specimen' business. So you didn't get the chip shop job? It probably went to someone they already knew. That's not a reflection on you. You are *amazing* and you have a proven track record in your work. That's how you've got this far. And there will be other opportunities. We just have to find them.

By the way, it may not be your thing, but the 'seasonal' posts will be recruiting soon - Argos, Post Office and so on. I don't know what that might be in your area.

Hugs. :grouphug:

The closest i'll ever get to you is waving as i go past :rotfl:


Hmm cheese on toast and a cuppa though. My virtual treats now amount to cheese on toast, a cuppa and fish and chips. Who is going to provide the ice cream?


I've been checking back in my account and i think i've gone drawn when i haven't realised it. I keep close tabs on my account, but sometimes if you are at rock bottom with funds, they take debits before credits, and i must have got it wrong. I'll have to open it and call them today, whilst i can. :(


I've got this far, but the slighest thing can push you close to the edge, to the brink, as it were. Maybe thats why people who haven't been there, could never possibly understand, what its like. When you reach these points, i guess you lose any or all self esteem. If i look back on my life, it should have been so different, but then you're not supposed to look back on your life with regret. I've made the wrong decisions, some stupid decisions, but there's nothing i can do about it now, and there's no point tearing myseflf apart over it. Thats what they say, isn't it?

Re seasonal posts, i know all about these, miggy. Without saying too much, thats how i end up working the night shifts and my own job during the day, at certain times of the year. But its a killer, and i'm not sure whether i'm going to attempt it this year, ( i'll more than likely change my mind, as i'm desperate for money ).


Hope the night shift wasn't too bad, and you baked your bread.

ani_26

Last night was very bad. I went straight to bed as i was so tired and i just wanted to blank everything out, to sleep it all away. I considered ringing the Sams, but even this is a joke. If youv'e no money, you can't afford to be on the phone for several hours. I wonder how may people this deters from using the service? But its bad to have got to the stage where you can only speak to a stranger.


I was watching a film the night before last. Just my sort of film, a biopic about an anthropologist who tried to save the gorilla population of central america, from extinction. People like this are truly rare, and others would class as nutters.To so something like this, you would have to become close to beoming a gorilla, yoursef. You probably all think i'm a nutter.


Ok. I'm going to go and open this letter, ring the bank, do some ' unpaid ' work which has to be done, and then repair my car. This, i don't want to do, because once i've started, i'm commited, and its an all day job. I so, don't want to do it, and after all, what's the point?

miggy

The closest i'll ever get to you is waving as i go past :rotfl:

:hello::hello::hello:

Hmm cheese on toast and a cuppa though. My virtual treats now amount to cheese on toast, a cuppa and fish and chips. Who is going to provide the ice cream?

:bdaycake::beer::beer::spam::coffee::EasterBun

I knew there was something missing.

There is an ice cream shop near us that does the most fantastic-looking icecream cakes - starting around £20 so I'll never have one.

I've been checking back in my account and i think i've gone drawn when i haven't realised it.

Very easy to do.

I've got this far, but the slighest thing can push you close to the edge, to the brink, as it were. Maybe thats why people who haven't been there, could never possibly understand, what its like. When you reach these points, i guess you lose any or all self esteem. If i look back on my life, it should have been so different, but then you're not supposed to look back on your life with regret. I've made the wrong decisions, some stupid decisions, but there's nothing i can do about it now, and there's no point tearing myseflf apart over it. Thats what they say, isn't it?

They say 'hindsight is a fine thing' too. As you say, there's nothing we can do about what's already happened and might as well try not to dwell on it. And I bet there were some good times too.

Re seasonal posts, i know all about these, miggy. Without saying too much, thats how i end up working the night shifts and my own job during the day, at certain times of the year. But its a killer, and i'm not sure whether i'm going to attempt it this year, ( i'll more than likely change my mind, as i'm desperate for money ).

Hence the 2 or 3 hours sleep? :eek: Urgh, that must be horrendous. Again it would all be so much easier to decide if you could just look back from say next February's point of view, but if you could do that you wouldn't need any other job, you could raise a fortune prophesying the future. Or maybe be risking life and limb because some people wouldn't like what you had to tell them.

Hope the night shift wasn't too bad, and you baked your bread.

I just about stayed awake thanks! Yes, I baked the bread and it turned out okay. I'm not sure doing my own bread isall that MS as I end up slicing it more thickly and eating more slices.:)

Last night was very bad. I went straight to bed as i was so tired and i just wanted to blank everything out, to sleep it all away. I considered ringing the Sams, but even this is a joke. If youv'e no money, you can't afford to be on the phone for several hours. I wonder how may people this deters from using the service? But its bad to have got to the stage where you can only speak to a stranger.

Strangers have their uses, though. I'm sorry it was so bad. At least when you sleep you don't have to think about it. I take it there isn't a Sams in easy reach of you or you wouldn't be ringing. I'm sure the cost of phone calls must put many people off.

I was watching a film the night before last. Just my sort of film, a biopic about an anthropologist who tried to save the gorilla population of central america, from extinction.

I missed this. I think it's been on overnight before though so I'll look out in case they run it again. Yes, you would surely work with gorillas better if you understood them as completely as possible, so in a way it would be like becoming almost one of them.

I spent last night watching Red Dwarf - twice.

Ok. I'm going to go and open this letter, ring the bank, do some ' unpaid ' work which has to be done, and then repair my car.

Good luck, I won't mention frogs, just hope it all works out all right and neither job is too unpleasant.

miggy wrote: »

Glad there's some work for you next week. I finish for a couple of weeks after tonight then straight back into three nights in a row.

Read the wrong week on the rota! Am working three days after all.

How has today gone?

ani_26

Pah, i've still not worked out how to reply to multiquotes. I need someone to physically SHOW me how to do it.

I've not stopped today. Ani washed and repaired, ( i hope ), and a mini service, of sorts. Only time will tell. I'll let you know when i'm driving along and its pouring down. Also remains to be seen if the windows freeze on the inside. :rotfl:It was all in the preparation, so against my finer instincts, ani was washed outside and polished on the inside, too. I couldn't afford the polish for the outside, as £1.34 of the £5 voucher went on ani. I've lost all my car ' stuff ' in the move, so i had to buy a sponge fpr 35p, and the car shampoo for 99p. I still bought the cheapest on offer. I did consider using washing up liquid, ( as thats what i use on myself ), but its said to be corrosive on paintwork, so i decided not to find out. I used el cheapo 2 for £1 polish on the inside. I shouldn't really use it on the leather, but it had the desired effect, same for the wood. Theres nowt like a wooden steering wheel, especially one that shines, i've rediscovered. All in all, ani scrubs up remarkably well, for an oldie, but they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The paintwork is still in the condition of a brand new car, apart from one tiny patch of rust. I need a course in electronics, and rust repair. The electronics, i'm sure, is a simple job, if you know how. Maybe next time.


Yes, thats why i was only getting 2 or 3 hours sleep, 6 days a week. Not to be recommended, and a recipe for car accidents.


How stupid. I opened the letter from the bank, and they were trying to sell me home insurance. I'm surprised i am being bombarded with marketing, at the moment. Don't they know i'm bankrupt? even from companies i owed money to. Don't you hate that time of the year when your car insurance is due. I've had a couple of substantially cheaper quotes, so i'm not in the market anymore. The only problem now, is the wait to see if or how the charity will help me. Cheaper insurance comes at a price and has to be paid up front. They have you by the short and curlies, as there's no way i can afford to pay my insurance in one lump sum. Breakdown assistance is essential too, with an older car, although in 25 years, i've never had one of these cars break down on me. I'd be mortified if it did. They go on forever. Not bad on the old relaibilty scoring, there. I know it won't break down. I shouldn't have said that. :rotfl::rotfl: I've had a look on this site and there are some good offers for breakdown insurance, but its too soon, at the moment.


The film was called Gorillas in the mist. Its about Dian Fossey. I must read the biography. Its heart wrenching. She was murdered, 26 years ago. The world was a much richer place, for her being.

I've never watched red dwarf


Caught up with all my work, everything prepared for tomorrow. Only matching suit, ironed :rotfl:away to my bed again soon, just having some ' time out '. I got it wrong. I have to be up at 3.00am. I just hope i make it back in time to deposit the cheque into the bank.


Have a good evening, everyone.

miggy

Pah, i've still not worked out how to reply to multiquotes. I need someone to physically SHOW me how to do it.

I have discovered a 'new' way - probably the proper way but I had been doing something more convoluted. I will put all the details in, making it look scary and difficult, but it's only because I can't bear writing short replies. Lots of words: simples really.

So...

First get the post you want to quote, click on the 'Quote' bubble at the bottom right then on the 'Post Reply' link below the post at the botom left. (You can practice on this one).

You should get the entire text with something like this

ani 26 wrote: »

at the beginning and [/ quote] at the end. You can delete those, along with any of the body of the text that you don't want to quote.

So being the able pupil you are , you should now have some bits of someone else's writing sitting in front of you looking stranded.

Now click and drag to highlight your first quotation and look at the top of the ox ( had to leave that typo in, okay I mean 'box') you're writing in. There are two rows of symbols.

Third from the right on the lower line is a speech bubble. With the text highlighted, click on that. It puts the square brackets things round the appropriate text - this isn't visible once you post it. Your reply then goes after the bracket.

Repeat for other sections of text.

Multiquotes from more than one message at once is different (ask Aesop ).

miggy

You've done a good day's work today. Bet the car looks great. If you have one of those microfibre cloths I found they are good for cleaning leather and don't necessarily need detergent.

The tw or three hours' sleep sounds terrible - no wonder you don't want to go back there.

ani_26 wrote: »

I opened the letter from the bank, and they were trying to sell me home insurance.

Daft lot. That's good about the car insurance though.

The film was called Gorillas in the mist. Its about Dian Fossey. I must read the biography. Its heart wrenching. She was murdered, 26 years ago. The world was a much richer place, for her being.

I've never watched red dwarf

Saw the trailer but obviously I wasn't paying attention - I thought it was set in Africa! Will know better next time round.

Red Dwarf is ingeneous (can't spell, sorry) and crazy. Probably appeals most to teenage boys (though not a lot of women in it) or anyone who can put up with a certain amount of revolting behaviour in exchange for strangely twisting plots with a logic of their own.

I hope work goes well tomorrow and that you get the cheque into the bank. 3 am is a ghastly hour to start even with the comfort of a gleaming car.

ani_26

God, i'm tired. Only 12 hours to go.


I think it was rwanda. I would have loved to have been her.

Am i such a loner, or doesn't everyone need friends? or is it just an illusion, we have to belong? To what? Maybe i relate better to animals than human beings, ( present company excepted, of course ).