Scuba's Second try - Sink or Swim!

scubaangel

Managed to get a fair bit of stuff sorted while I was north, now am trying to unpack it all while tidying the house - the main thing I need to do is make sure that the space I have allocated for the big fish tank actually is big enough to fit it in to...and then buy a stand to house it before my parents come and visit with it in the back of the van.

scubaangel

Apparently when the idiotic one left so did my brain and sense of planning.

So far this week I have forgotten the times and dates of 5 out of 5 booked mystery shops - two I wasn't able to reschedule so am likely to be 'fired'. Thankfully the other three I could reschedule so have done, one is now due tomorrow which am desperately hoping I manage to remember to do before I go to work!

clippy_girl

oops hate it when that happens

scubaangel

I know so annoyed with myself, need to get a grip and paying attention again this week. On the upside the company who are likely to fire me I rarely worked for so won't particularly miss them.

Ahh well happily my Kindle is playing nicely again now, apparently letting the memory space get below 1000kb means the battery drains ridiculously fast - since the last round of deletions it's gone from lasting at best 48 hours to lasting about a week, still not as good as it ought to be but I figure as I delete even more of the ebooks it'll carry on improving somewhat.

Also getting quite p'd off with the fact that the boy hasn't bothered hisself to get in touch and let me know they've arrived safely, have to admit I had an awful moment of fear when I saw the news about the 6 earlier this week even when I knew it couldn't possibly involve him.

Peabody_2

Aww hun, I'm sure he's fine. My ex was a little like that, luckily his brothers girlfriend was out in Iraq and the same time and would keep us all posted. I remember how it feels.

hope your kindle is behaving itself

x

scubaangel

He won't be ok if he doesn't get in touch soon, quite frankly there is no excuse. I know from a his friends girlfriend that they all arrived after the typical RAF delays and most people have had phone calls/emails/and or eblueys - except me. If I don't hear from him tomorrow his life is in danger from me never mind the Taliban!

scubaangel

Finally heard...shockingly short message but given his general hatred of anything vaguely like 'communication' or 'socialisation' I'll accept it, lol.

Spent much of this evening exploring the local pubs, two are worth a return visit, one right now I'd say isn't but given we were the only two customers in there prehaps it needs a second change on a busier evening.

scubaangel

For some reason today I'm absolutely shattered, can't quite work out why since I slept for as long as I felt I needed to this morning.

Tomorrows plans involve working, a mystery shop, a short evening shift then showing my face at my friends house for some drinks. In the mean time I have to attempt to book enough ms work to cover the cost of the shoes I splurged on yesterday....

I also still need to get the car serviced, and then MOT'd as well as getting the new tax disc. So this week is going to be very expensive. Sigh.

Plus the next two assignments are due for my OU course which once again I've left till the very last minute (according to the course planner I ought to be on chapter 9 of book 3 when I'm actually mid way through book 2). Tempted to print my assignment and work on it tomorrow after doing the ms at work instead of driving home for the afternoon.

scubaangel

Absolutely shattered again but that would have something to do with my extra 5 hours overtime first thing this morning, three pints of cider and a bedtime of around 2am this morning/last night and a similar spread of overtime/regular working hours Saturday too.

Roll on tomorrows shift and my day off. Which I shall be spending trying to finish two assignments, due Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes.

Had phone calls on consecutive evenings from a ms company wanting me to do some fairly short notice shops, been offered fairly shocking 'bonus' payments but have been given several very good assignments in addition which works for me.

scubaangel

Had dinner, and am debating going for a run in a little while, might need to try running with my mouth open just to cool it down though...think I over did the spicy sauce on my baked chicken breast, the wedges of sweet potato just weren't enough to stop it almost hurting!

Left enough chicken that I think I'll make a sandwich with it later (and lots of mayo for coolness)as I didn't dare put any more of it in my mouth for fear of it burning through. There are times when I really enjoy doing product tests as it forces me to actually make the effort to cook instead of grabbing ready meals, takeaways or junk food. Tomorrows lunch is also prep'ed another chicken breast with a different sauce, which I would have fajita style but since I don't have any tortillas I'll be doing 'kebab' style with pitta bread and salad (and most likely mayo).

At some point this evening I also *have* to start studying I have around 18 hours to complete assignment 1 and 36 hours for assignment 2, and three chapters of the book still to read.

I'm currently ignoring around 40 emails in my inbox, some will be duplicates and reminders to complete surveys and a fair few will be expired survey invites, but I'll need to plough through those at some point when the first assignment is done tonight!