Breaking Through, Travelling On

beanielou

Karmacat wrote: »

Didn't happen I was stressing a bit, the bus was delayed and detoured, by the time I got to my sister's, I felt so sick we couldn't go. Did manage to do a walk that was local to her, and managed to get home on my own without her having to drive me, but it wasn't good.

I'm very unreliable to have as a friend, the slightest thing sends me right under Got to focus now on staying well so I can do the catsitting next week.

Save

I feel your pain.
It is such a pain.
I will have no friends left at the rate I am going.

Hope cat sitting goes well.

greent

Hope you are resting up, Kc xx

AlexLK

I hope you're feeling better soon. Please try not to think negatively about being an unreliable friend, I'm sure you're a good friend and sometimes things don't work out as planned. Don't beat yourself up about it. I know this is all so much easier said than done. For a lot of years I completely cut myself off from others, when I started to speak to a few good friends I realised they weren't going to ridicule me and wanted to support me. It wouldn't have mattered (and still wouldn't) if they were unreliable in the sense that for one reason or another we weren't able to do something planned in advance.

Karmacat

thank you all. I feel so limited by my health, I suppose, and I'm so used to doing more when I'm out of the house ... all these lovely kind words make me well up a bit, to be honest.

I took it really easy yesterday - I did one bit of gardening, and the other bit of exercise I did was to go for a walk. I always feel better when I've been for a walk, and it exercises different bits of me than gardening.

I'm going to do the same today - bit of gardening, some walking, scanning the evacuee letters my mum wrote, and hopefully publishing a blogpost, which is already written, so it shouldn't take long. Going to be really careful, I promise.

beanielou

I did nada yesterday :eek:

rtandon27

...ditto...

Today I'm making up for it sorting various messy corners while reminding OH that it will not all get done at once!

Have also put together various bits that did not go to the post office yesterday! OH can at some point this week squeeze in a post office run in between naps!

AlexLK

Karmacat wrote: »

scanning the evacuee letters my mum wrote, and hopefully publishing a blogpost, which is already written, so it shouldn't take long. Going to be really careful, I promise.

Glad to hear you're going to be careful.

Do you mind posting the blog address? I'd be really interested to read the post.

Every year my wife, son and I go to a '40's weekend, so he is aware that during the war some children were sent from cities to live with families in rural areas away from the dangers that faced cities. I'd love to be able to show my son a scanned letter, if possible.

Karmacat

Good morning lovely people. Alex - pm'ing you now, though I don't think its what you envisaged, I was referring to my cat blog. Wouldn't mind sending you some scans though. I'll pm.

Feeling quite a bit better - I have the catsitting to prepare for, of course, that gives focus. I have a proper list of finance stuff to do too :eek:

Nationwide: when I moved here, I paid off my mortgage from the downsize money - they've just sent me £31 ish because they calculated the final amount incorrectly :huh:

TalkTalk are being a complete pain about my complaint about the engineer's visit back in December - I'd let it go, but they keep writing, and telling me they can't get in touch. Doh, no, you haven't phoned me, my phone flashes when I miss a call.

Regular Saver has finished - I can start up a new one :j

Two stocks and shares accounts closed, money to be shared between my sister and I - cashing the cheque today, I'll send some dosh to my sister tomorrow.

Got to phone my insurer, amend policy, I loathe that kind of thing but its necessary.

misscousinitt

Hi KC

Just to let you know that I popped in on you.

Haven't been on much lately.

I do hope you take care of yourself.

MCI xxx

Karmacat

Hi there MCI, hope you're good, I'd noticed you'd been AWOL

Some of my list got done. It was longer, of course, but here we go:
- paid in the savings cheque and the refund cheque, hurray.
- took cash out - I rarely do this these days, not much discretionary non-card spends, oops.
- paid a cc
- used up the last few points on my mum's boots card, ha - got some handcream. That was on my big finance list to do!
- checked French account, latest rent payment has been received. Although I keep saying I loathe the whole thing, I can't deny that the people who rent it out to holidaymakers are one of the best companies around - never had a non-payment, and its always received on time. Not the case with so many other holiday leases in France!
- texting and emailing with the rellies I'm catsitting for, and mooching around on google maps plotting adventures.

- the back garden! The last branch that overhands to next door has been cut - about time too, its digging in to the fence (*my* fence!). Then I dug up some brambles. Then I dug up something that looks like creeping buttercup but isn't, looks nice in itself but has taken over, its awful. Lots of them gone. Plus various assorted weeds.

I'm still in crisis management with the garden, and the box hedge at the back has still to be finished, but its not bad, not bad. HUGE news, however, at the front - I'd never really been worried about my party-wall neighbours letting their leylandii grow to sixty feet or whatever, but I was getting twinges, because they're the highest they've ever let them grow. Yesterday, however, I came home from my walk and they'd cut down loads - especially near the houses. They'd also popped into my front yard and cut back loads to the boundary, and even cleared up a corner of windblown soil that I can't reach currently because of their overhanging shrub. I'm really chuffed!