Not a LBM but awareness of heading towards debt crisis

themarsbargirl

The forum looks different. I don't like it!
Needed a dr appt today for a new sick note and couldn't get an appt which has thrown me into a tizzy, it's kinda sorted but I'm not happy.

Made strawberry jam, lemon curd, gu-style cheesecakes and picalilli today.

Spendy day but hoping for a sfd tomorrow.

themarsbargirl

Didn't leave the house today which makes it NSD no 6 today.
Got my uni results and it looks like I've passed the module with a 2:2 overall so I'm relieved about that- I was expecting to just scrape through with a third.

Done some surveys, still waiting for stuff to cash in paypal. I need to get more focused on the surveys! Keep getting distracted with computer games.

Made a Hot Aubergine Chutney today and have some Sharon Fruit macerating in sugar to turn into jam tomorrow.

Onwards and upwards as they say!

themarsbargirl

Small spends today.
Spent the afternoon helping in the warehouse at the local foodbank.

Sent sick note special delivery to DWP and finished the nasty bits of the capability for work form, just need to add the address of my gp and mental health team.

Went to a quiz night to raise money for foodbank tonight, put some of the preserves I can't sell out for donations to foodbank and raised an extra £15.54!

Antsy and can't sleep tonight after being drowsy all day.

themarsbargirl

Spendy spendy spendy day...but I did send off the capability form and cleaned the kitchen Lilty style so does that excuse me?

Forgot to take my meds until 1am so not entirely sure if I'm swinging into another manic phase or if that's why I'm so lively at this hour!

themarsbargirl

Definitely another manic phase...although Mum seems to enjoy this one! Been cleaning all day...had to stop because I discovered some mold so need to wait for the vinegar to dry...trying to stay in bed reading diaries because I can't start another room until I've finished the kitchen.

themarsbargirl

Busy day...and spendy day.
Helped out at the foodbank warehouse this morning, then Mum took me to my mental appt with duty...apparently my CPN is back tomorrow *snort* lost count of the amount of times I've been told that, then we poked around shops as I was too jittery to wait in my caravan for GP appt and I spent more money than is budgeted. Bad Ruthie. GP appt was running 45 minutes late which sent anxiety levels through the roof, understandably he doesn't want to do anything to my meds but has given me the green light to double my nighttime dose as I rarely take my daytime dose...evidently that has not made me sleep tonight!

Oiled a lot of the woodwork in the Kitchen, persuade Mum to part with some old saucepans she hates and washed them all up, the keep ones, to put back on the shelf neatly once the oil is dry tomorrow.

themarsbargirl

So far today, I have done a tip run with Dad, bought Milk (my current thing is strawberry milkshake so even if I forget to feed myself with the parents gone it's some nutrition) and some blueberry muffins which were skanky....tesco must have changed the recipe bleurgh!

I have painted behind the sink, done a second coat of oil and am waiting for 5pm when I can do the second coat of paint and third coat of oil.

Anxious about parents leaving but wish they would just hurry up and go so I can get on with my manic cleaning without them underfoot!

themarsbargirl

Did the second coat of paint and 3rd coat of oil, pulled the fridge out, very relieved not to find mold growing behind that too! Have cleaned it and am waiting for woodwork to dry to start oiling the side of the unit usually hidden by the fridge and do the fourth coat of oil tonight.

Look at me all productive!

chevalier

Hi there
I have read your diary, and am very sorry you have been so unwell. I don't know whether this will be any help to you, but here is the link to Martins guide to debt and mental health

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/mental-health-guide?_ga=1.77598423.276270032.1389176399

Re the job you were fired from, were you constructively dismissed? It sounds like they may now have gone through the appropriate procedures. Were you in a union at that job which you could call to run through what happened? Or could you manage to get to a CAB? Whilst you may not want to go back to work there, if you were sacked the wrong way, then you could get compensation, which would make life a bit easier perhaps.

I understand if you can't cope with the idea just now, but if you have a good day it might be worth exploring
good luck
chev

themarsbargirl

Hi Chev,

Thanks for the link, one day I'll get round to downloading the PDF.

TBH I don't think I have a constructive dismissal case, I've been looking at taking them to tribunal over disability discrimination (others in my workplace who have had physical disabilities develop have been given new roles rather than fired), my cousin is an employment lawyer and says it could go either way at a tribunal, so I asked my doctor weeks ago for a letter to say he considered me disabled under the equality act. The money isn't important to me so much as the morality of what they did. So I may go and find a no win no fee lawyer and see if they'll take the case, but I'm waiting till the funeral is done with first