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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Ug.  People are very stressed, and reading a lot into things - stuff that simply isn't there :(  But you getting chauffeured around is a very nice image :) 
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,921 Forumite
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    Glad day 1 went well - and great you could get home for the meeting :) 
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • f0xh0les
    f0xh0les Posts: 7,768 Forumite
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    apple_muncher said:
     tomorrow will be the first day in about 3 months that I'll be in the house for several hours on my own!

    Oh wow! How jealous am I? oh, actually it might be envy. I don't think I have had my house to myself in over a year.  DH last went into work in February.
    Hooray for non-open plan living!  I love my doors and separate rooms. Enjoy your space.
    4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
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    No Turtle gets left behind.[/b]
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  • greent
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    Also jealous here! I went from having the house to myself every day to sharing it all the time with 5 other people - those first few months of lockdown last year were all about me cooking/ cleaning/ looking after everyone else - enabling them to work and study - and boy did I not like it!!! Still haven't had a day with everyone out - although from next week it will just be DH and myself here during the day - oh hang on, I'm out at work every day next week instead!! :joy:

    Enjoy the peace, apple xx
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,376 Forumite
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    No need to be jealous. I was on the phone to 111 at 6.30am this morning, as dd had severe abdominal pains. We ended up going to A+E soon after, and got home about 12.45. Suspected appendicitis, but thankfully it wasn't. No specific diagnosis, just keep en eye on her and go back if necessary.
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Oh my word!  I bet you'll be watching her like a hawk :( hope its just grumbles and fades away.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,376 Forumite
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    I am a hawk, karma! Dd took herself to bed , so that she could wriggle and writhe in relative comfort. I have made many trips up the stairs in response to her moans and groans... She didn't think she'd sleep, but it has been v quiet up there for about 30 mins.
    Just read a bbc headline about Dickie Bird isolating for a year. On his own. He's 88. And it made me cry. He was part of my childhood -dad was an avid cricket fan - and was so famous and lovely. No one should have to be on their own.
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • f0xh0les
    f0xh0les Posts: 7,768 Forumite
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    Oh flippin' eck!  How is dd doing today?
    4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
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    No Turtle gets left behind.[/b]
    ******PROUD MEMBER OF THE TOFU EATING COALITION OF CHAOS !!!******
  • greent
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    Ahh - poor DD :( xx
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
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