Hope is not an Effective Financial Strategy

Suffolk_lass

Kettle of warm water in the paddling pool to give that bit of adjustment time before they go blue?

debtfreeoneday

Take it easy on yourself SJ!  Being with the kids all the time is hard.  I insist on one hour in the evening for ME!  They know I'm a better Mummy if I have that chill time.  I don't always get it, but it helps!
Glad you're feeling better today!

lippy1923

shangaijimmy said:

Snapped myself out of it last night! Dog walk on my own was enough, and back to normal this morning.

I've also decided to us this time to explore some different job roles for future. There is a chance that my job may go, or be severly altered. And I may not want to do it, so taking this an opportunity to think about a possible different direction for the next 15yrs of my working career. Where to start exploring, that is the main issue!

Maybe this niggling thing was my issue yesterday, but I'd sooner blame it on the kids!!!!

54p TT this morning to keep the current account looking tidy.

Maybe try some of the free open uni courses. That's what I have been doing during this lockdown to give me some insight into other career options. Hope this helps.

[Deleted User]

SJ, home schooling is HARD. I am calling it crisis schooling instead 😆. I teach year 10 onwards, but trying to fathom what my kids are doing in years 1&3 is perplexing to me. I think coupled with the fact everyone is at home, altogether, 24/7, we are going to have good, bad and downright difficult days. 

I missed a whole year of primary school for various reasons and I've turned out clever enough to be deemed suitable to teach teenagers🤣

debtfreeoneday

 also home schooling to us regular home schoolies is nothing like this. We don’t stay cooped up in houses seeing no one. It feels a bit like a pressure cooker sometimes at the mo. 

shangaijimmy

Normal service has resumed... 'Crisis' schooling is back in full flight and I'm back to my usual self! Yesterday was great, and rounded off with a gentle 3 mile run to start the week off. This morning is maths, then English and this afternoon is a VE day lesson prepared by school, and will lead into colouring in some flags and making bunting ready for Friday.

I had a search around yesterday to get the 'feel' for job advertisements and so on. I'm assuming its not a normal job market at the minute, but I got a flavour for where to look etc... I'm also conscious that we probbaly won't have a normal job market anyway for a while. Had the conversation with Mrs SJ last night and told her the simple solution is for her to get a promotion to double her wage and that I can become a kept man, who can potter about doing 12hrs a week delivering for Amazon to get some beer money! She was having none of it, but I'll leave the thought stewing for a few days and come back to it...

17p TT for today, and the pot is small so far this week. Less than £1 for 3 days.

SuperSecretSquirrel

shangaijimmy said:

Had the conversation with Mrs SJ last night and told her the simple solution is for her to get a promotion to double her wage and that I can become a kept man, who can potter about doing 12hrs a week delivering for Amazon to get some beer money! She was having none of it, but I'll leave the thought stewing for a few days and come back to it...

Well this is downright spooky... Our current circumstances aren't so different, my proposed solution is exactly the same as yours, and my OH's reaction was exactly the same as your wife's... What are the chances?

shangaijimmy

SuperSecretSquirrel said:

Well this is downright spooky... Our current circumstances aren't so different, my proposed solution is exactly the same as yours, and my OH's reaction was exactly the same as your wife's... What are the chances?  

Great minds think alike...
or,
Fools seldom differ...

Moneyfordreams

shangaijimmy said:

 Had the conversation with Mrs SJ last night and told her the simple solution is for her to get a promotion to double her wage and that I can become a kept man, who can potter about doing 12hrs a week delivering for Amazon to get some beer money! She was having none of it, but I'll leave the thought stewing for a few days and come back to it...

17p TT for today, and the pot is small so far this week. Less than £1 for 3 days.

sounds like my OH in 2013.... that was real :O

shangaijimmy

Up and at it this morning. It seems like today is the proper start of the dreaded 6 weeks of hayfever    Where I work is pretty horrendous for the tree pollen that hammers me, so I'm hoping that this year and not being in work I may not get hit as badly as usual.

45p TT this morning and just finishing my brew before heading out with pooch for a walk before schooling starts. We did a VE day lesson yesterday afternoon so this morning we will be preparing posters, flags and bunting.