Breaking Through, Travelling On

Karmacat

carbootcrazy wrote: »

It made me really happy to read that part of your reply to Elantan:T. Not that you spent the day ferreting about in your sister's garage and cleaning up there :eek: but the fact that you could.

It doesn't seem so long ago that you were too tired and ill to do even the most basic things for yourself never mind doing such a lot of physically tiring jobs to help someone else. Good health is so precious, here's to yours continuing for ever now you've regained it:beer:

You're so right, and thank you for commenting on that! And I'd got the train to a local town, and we'd gone to see my niece's new flat - and even more importantly, her new bunny, who has the 2nd bedroom to himself. He put his paws on my leg when I was sitting on the floor, to smell my shoes

Watty1 wrote: »

Hi KC Just having a catch up. Totally tough time my but hang in there pootling around ...one foot in front of the other

Hi Watty - yep, as far as the jobs are concerned, its one foot in front of the other. An occasional full stop is necessary, and I let myself do exactly that. Thank you

elantan

It's sounding like retiring is suiting you Kc

Karmacat

Hello El - you bet your sweet bippy retirement suits me :D:D showing my age in the phrasing as well as in the fact of retirement

Right, mse stuff:
- erm, I spent £13.59 on Amazon last night - a box set and two films. Cheaper to get them second hand and pay the postage, rather than buy them new and have free postage, so that's what I did

- there's a small blackboard on the wall in my kitchen, I've cleaned it off of the gubbins and used it to write down online purchases - I've realised I can't check the credit card purchases, and this is a cheap, easy, recycleable way to write them down.

- checked the English and French current accounts, all's good, paid a monthly cc bill (the other was in credit because of all the refunds from Trainlne with all the cancelled and refunded fares )

Now juggling four things:
- disposal of hedge trimmings (you just know that means laurel leaves ...)
- my tax returns, for the UK and for France
- probate information
- rejigging the house - the big issue of the day is whether I can get the big white bookcase up the stairs to the 2nd bedroom? Time will tell :cool:

rtandon27

:hello:
OH seconds the comment about retirement!

(txt sent regarding bookshelf!)

Karmacat

:hello::hello::hello: text received

That's helpful had to do more work on the probate than I expected, so I abandoned the tax return yet again - 3rd day in a row, I've got to get down to it tomorrow - and had the longest, hottest shower imaginable, rather than a pedestrian daily version ...

Also told my professional organisation that I'm not re-accrediting or re-joining, not even at retired rates, and that I've cancelled the direct debit just in case.

Am having fun with sorting photos from the 1920s and 1930s scanned onto my laptop, they're fascinating.

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earthgirl

Feels good not to pay the subscriptions for work, It used to feel like a tax to work

Karmacat

Absolutely - I'd never have been a member by choice, I don't like some of the professional attitudes, and at one stage they were almost Nazi-like - instead of being fair to both parties when there was a complaint by a client, the counsellor was guilty till proved innocent, it led to some real witch-hunts. I never had a complaint against me, I hasten to add! Even the ordinary annual re-accreditation was fraught, recording the same information about ongoing study in half a dozen different ways, it was very weird. They've calmed down about that too.

Been having a bit of fun with my post-apocalyptic story set in a local village - how bad can I make the winter for them? it's quite fun, actually :rotfl:

Today, however is not about fun (she said, sternly). Today is about the tax declaration. It has to be!

misscousinitt

Yes, tax returns - been putting mine off too...and got to do the MILs...and DHs when he gets his gateway confirmation.

Good luck with yours - hope you get it all done.

MCI

earthgirl

Hate it when you have something like the tax hanging over you. I have got some forms to fill in for my job and I'm putting it off. I'll do it tonight

Karmacat

Oh dear I wasn't going to come on here till I got the tax declaration done, and look, I'm here I'm a bad person

I'd much rather be faffing about with the family photos from the 1930s, but I really, really have to make a start, and the English stuff is 90% done, actually - all I need to do is input it, really. Got to be stern with myself. I'll give myself 15 minutes on here ...

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