Apple muncher's number crunching

apple_muncher

ooh, I got some bargains this morning! A pair of crocs knock-offs, a l/s baggy red shirt, a jumper to cut up and make things with, 4 beautiful mugs, a tee shirt, and a hoodie which I'm going to try dyeing, all for £5.25!

And I did a hard workout at the gym.

And I slept well.

And there's nothing planned outside the house for the rest of the day.

And dh has nearly finished his week of stupid hard work and long hours - he'll be finished by about 10pm tonight, poor thing.

And I made more money than I expected to at the fair yesterday, and had a lovely time talking to old friends, as various previous staff and kids had popped back.

apple_muncher

I am very very proud of Pip making a couple of tricky phone calls to apply for PIP.

And for going to his first physio appointment - resulting in an assessment of hypermobility. The exercises he's been given are a bit rubbish, but they give me an idea of what to look for.

And I've made a start on applying for an EHCP.

And I made the most awesome salmon satay this evening!!

beanielou

Well done to Pip.  Would it be worth having a couple of appointments with a private physio?

Watty1

My sister was diagnosed with hypermobility around Pips age and had exercises for just about everything - but - found yoga the most helpful, we both went to Iyengar yoga (? spelling) which is a form that makes you do everything "correctly" with lots of aids to help out like blocks and belts and so on.    We both loved it.  

apple_muncher

Thank you both. I'd thought about going to a physio privately for specific exercises. The yoga idea is a good one too. I'll be suggesting both to Pip in due course.

apple_muncher

My goal for this tax year is to see how much I earn with my marking + invigilation, and see how near I can get to paying tax!

greent

apple_muncher said:

My goal for this tax year is to see how much I earn with my marking + invigilation, and see how near I can get to paying tax!

Ooh - good luck! I've no idea how much marking pays, but when I invigilated the most I earned in a year from it was about 6.5k - and I was the most used invigilator, so no-one else would have earned that much (I haven't invigilated in over 4 academic years, though, so the pay scale is somewhat off)

apple_muncher

I have been through all my clothes and coats, and had a thoroughly enjoyable clear out. For someone who rarely wears dresses, I seem to have rather a lot of them! The result is 9, yes 9, binbags of clothes for the ch shop. I'm not sure if I should feel pleased with myself, or rather ashamed!!!

In other news, one of my centres has given us a 2.75% pay rise, or 41p per hour. It all counts...

apple_muncher

We have an unheard of situation here. 

Pip was happy to be put on a train yesterday to go and spend a few days with his partner's family on holiday. Without me around. And coming home with them on Friday.

This morning dh got picked up and went off to set up a church camping weekend, getting back Mon night or Tues.

So I am home alone for a few days 😎.

Today I have been to the gym, been to an appointment, pulled up some more of Pip's carpet + underlay, put most of his floordrobe away, hoovered a lot, descaled the loo, given the kitchen sink a thoroughly good scrub, washed and dried the sheepskin rugs, made most of a pair of wrist warmers from old jumper sleeves, fed 2 visiting cats, spoken to both dh and Pip on the phone.

Tomorrow must include some more on Pip's PIP application and some work in the garden.