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  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    I will do that bless you. So far i have spent £25 buying resources for a new syllabus so i can write lesson over the weekend. V excited. i hope my memory stick is ok and works. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,462 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    How exciting SW 🤗 you can do this. Xx
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    I will have a mad 3 days working on this. It is v exciting. Please let it work out. I might have to spend some money today hopefully not a lot on sweets. Payday in nearly one week. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    Im still stuck i cant get my head round the technology in the new place and how to use it. Still it is payday in one week. I cant wait. My current workplace is reducing my salary by 2000 a year if i keep my job and i will be teaching more hours. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,150 Forumite
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    You will learn and have training to teach you. It's also worth a look online to see if there's any videos, it won't be so daunting then.
    Ouch, what's the union say about that proposal.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • riotlady
    riotlady Posts: 442 Forumite
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    Congrats on the interview!! 
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    edited 21 May 2021 at 7:11PM
    It's going to happen for financial reasons so I've no choice. I had to rest for a bit tonight as i had a headache. I feel so anxious. The plan for tomorrow is 
    i) wake up at 4am write a lesson of some kind
    ii) in early morning take taxi to vaccine centre and get vaccinated
    iii) if poss start thinking of a final activity
    iv) Sunday work on interview and also on lesson plan paperwork. 


    One week till payday I cannot wait as it is also a holiday.
    I have £16 cash and £19 in bank but owe £36 (£26 of this was lesson resources) on July's credit card and will clear this on payday. 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • Skint_yet_Again
    Skint_yet_Again Posts: 8,462 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Hung up my suit! Mortgage-free Glee!
    That sounds like a busy weekend SW. I hope your vaccination goes ok and you don’t get any side effects. I just felt grotty the next day and my arm ached for a week after the first one. No side effects this time after the second one. 
    0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
    House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
    House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗

    Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).

    Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1

    Living off savings diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p1
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,150 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Seventh Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Look up mindfulness and do a little bit, it will help relax you.
    Try and find some time for non-work related fun, even if it's 10 minutes sitting in the garden, a stroll round the block or listening to your favourite song.
    TomBo has been fine with his 2nd jab, I think the body has got used to the new ingredients floating round the body.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    Hello second vaccine went well I am v pleased, my interview seemed to go well. Candidates were still being seen so we will hear in two or three days. I am keeping fingers crossed. Either way I enjoyed it and it was a day away from work, I did leave with a smile on my face. 
    Taxi fare for vaccine was £17, taxi fare for interview was £26 I charged it to my card. 
    I am tired and will rest today after a hospital appointment and do minimal marking. No housework done in the weekend, luckily lodger did the dishes! 
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
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