Cheery's buttling diary: tea in one hand, plant pot in the other, running shoes on

Cheery_Daff

Yawnity yawn - long and bitty day at work today.

Trying to decide whether to go to a talk about the changes to our pension fund in 23 minutes... I know it's important, but right now my pension feels an awfully long way away

Should stop being so pathetic really! Maybe I'll take a nice cup of tea with me and use it as an excuse for a bit of a sit down and a rest

Karmacat

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Maybe I'll take a nice cup of tea with me and use it as an excuse for a bit of a sit down and a rest

This gets my vote :j employer-funded talking as an excuse for a sit down :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I've just finished sitting at work myself, off for a walk round the block seeing as it isn't actually raining right now :j

DedicatedDFW

Well Done on the marathon Cheery :j:j:j That is brilliant :T:T:T

How was the pension talk?

Cheery_Daff

Both tedious and outrageous at the same time... Still not entirely sure what's going on

Rather tired this week - Mr Cheery reckons it's still lingering from the marathon (which was only a few days ago after all!) and I'm a bit hormonal too

Was in a state of abject despair at the newspaper yesterday, and also when I realised some kind of insulation company have sponsored our railway station so all the destination signs have an equally-sized INSULATION sign right next to them :mad: Yawn.

Keep finding evidence of my shoddy housekeeping/friendship/MSE-ness everywhere I look Sock stuck to something bright pink on the kitchen floor this morning (what on earth even IS that?? I confess I didn't bother to bend down to investigate :rotfl: ). Found some leftover cheese that Mr Cheery brought home from a wedding last weekend actually STUCK to the back of the fridge in a paper napkin :rotfl: And spied at least 4 courgettes growing in the garden when Mr Cheery bought EIGHT from the supermarket yesterday

Gah!!

Anyway, not too much time to grump as I'm off to do some fieldwork this afternoon (sadly not in an actual field). Not too arduous though - couple of hours of travel, nice cup of tea and a chat with some old folk for an hour, then a couple of hours home. Can't complain really!

(although that's not to say I *won't*...)

Oh dear!!

Karmacat

Your complaining is so witty, Cheery, its rather fun to read :j so feel free to carry on

Along with *actual* complaining too, its your thread, after all.

Cheery_Daff

:rotfl: :rotfl: thanks KC :rotfl: Will have to print out your post for the next time someone's moaning at me for complaining too much :rotfl:

So I ended up having a bit of an unanticipated spendy day yesterday...

Bought my own train ticket for fieldwork instead of booking through work - then forgot and handed the first half over to the guard when I got there :eek: Fortunately I still have the second half - nearly lost £26 there!

Stupidly messed around for so long there was no time to make lunch, so had to go to a cafe Baked spud and tea, £5 (needed a sit down by then though...)

wandered round for a bit, then got myself a bit lost so ended up getting a taxi to where I was going - only round the corner (!) but I never would have found it in time on foot. But the taxi driver didn't have any receipts! :mad: Fortunately it was only £2.10 :rotfl: but still, annoying that I had to pay for it (if I'd had the receipt for dinner I would have claimed that instead!)

Bought some grapes to munch on the train £1.50

Then went back to the market I'd been at in the morning and bought a pair of boots for £25 :rotfl: Flatish, black, knee high, couple of buckles, comfy enough to walk miles in but smart enough for with a skirt for work - AND LINED WITH FURRY STUFF :j :j :rotfl: Feel like slippers

Gosh I sound old :rotfl:

Anyway, I love them

Then I ended up in Waitrose (very unusual!) and spent £8 on bits of food (which I'll get back from food budget) and £10 on local rapeseed and hemp oil for a 'local soap' project I'm plotting. 'Local and extortionately expensive' soap more like! :eek: :rotfl:

Pippilongstocking

Your soap is always nice.



Morning.

Cheery_Daff

Morning :hello: and thanks

I usually make it from olive and coconut oil, but wanted to see if I could do it with some UK produced oils Been investigating what grows here, as well as what's good for soap - the two lists don't overlap much :rotfl: :rotfl:

Figured I might as well buy these when I saw them rather than having to buy online and pay postage too! :j :j

Just a couple more bits to get them some complicated calculations to do and then I can get cracking! :j

Right, MUST run the hoover round and clean the bathroom and then I'm off to see some lemurs

Karmacat

Cheery, comfy boots and 'local soap' sound divine! As do lemurs - I studied them during my degree, a million years ago, as part of the Physical Anthropology component. I like lemurs. There's a mad one called daubentonia madagascariensis, aka the aye aye. Lovely

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, didn't realise you had a degree in lemurs KC, very exciting :j Sounds very jolly

So a nice, not-very-spendy day today :j Flute choir (including 2 cups of tea) cost £7 but I had that in an envelope so it doesn't count Then we've been off out into the peak district for a brisk yomp along the top of some rocks and a look at the scenery - which was FREE :money: :j Blew away a few cobwebs but I'm rather worn out now :rotfl:

Also spent £25 on diesel (from fuel budget)

Got the evening to myself so I think we might actually have made a NSD :j