Crazy Cat Lady Chapter 2 - Groundhog Day

Eager_Elephant

Crikey CCL - it could only happen to you!!!

I hope you name and shame the original travel company - all sounds very dodgy to me. I wonder how many other people they do it to.

The hot tub break sounds fab - I'm glad you managed to get away and relax.

Hope the rest of the holiday can be relaxing with not too much running around.

crazy_cat_lady

Morning! :coffee:
I had a lovely sleep last night in my own comfy bed. So nice - and I'm up and almost raring to go with exam stuff. I feel pretty determined to get that done and out of the way today if I possibly can as I've done nothing on it all week. I have 50 papers left to mark and 9 reports to write and that's it. Washing machine is still whirring away in the background and I'm hoping to get through as much of that as I can over the weekend.
I will happily name and shame EE - it was Superbreak. The irony of being called Superbreak and being like that! :rotfl: I have sent my complaint in so we'll see what they have to say. In fairness to them I had a nice trip to London through them last year with the kids and all excursions sorted and paid for without issue. They tried to tell me on the phone that I needed to book the Lakes trip over the phone as well after I'd booked online but I can't' find a single sentence in any of my bits of paper that says that. Why on Earth would you book something online and then expect to ring up and book by phone as well? Meh.
Anyway - hoping for a quiet day today to get through this marking. There should be plenty of food in as both freezers appear to be overflowing so no real excuse to be out.
Sunderland are at home later so the boys will be out at football, which will be nice as ds really missed his dad while we were hot tubbing during the week.

crazy_cat_lady

Good morning all :coffee: :hello:
I ended up going out unexpectedly yesterday - bestie contacted me to arrange the usual Saturday morning coffee. I hadn't been expecting it as she was out on a works do on Friday night. Safe to say she was a little worse for the wear but it was lovely to see her anyway. It was my turn to buy the coffee (but that was the only spending I did yesterday) and I didn't outstay my welcome. Was lovely to catch up with her for an hour though, and we're going out tonight as well - one of my very few nights out that I get in a year. It was going to be a boozy, girly night but it's not now. I'd asked dh if he might drop us off in town and whilst the eventual answer was 'I suppose so' - the subliminal message was a very clear no. He's normally ok doing stuff like that so I can only assume something important and interesting that's football related is on telly later and I'd obviously asked him to miss some of that. :undecided Anyway, no matter - we'll have a sober night out and it will still be fun and will save us money as well - one of us will drive.
Spent most of yesterday completing my exam marking. Very pleased to report that is now all done apart from the final reports, which should only take an hour or two. I'm pleased that it's out of the way - I do love my exam marking; I learn so much and the money is always appreciated - but it gets a bit full on during the event. Other than that I got a few hours on my own as dd was out catching up with friends and the boys were out watching Sunderland lose at football again. Don't think I made the most of it though as I was still marking for a lot of it, but then I got on and did some crochet afterwards. Something else I feel as though I'm doing a lot of and getting nowhere - good job it doesn't stress me out like exam marking, work and family life. :rotfl::laugh:
So I have an hour or so before I go and visit my mam for free lunch and a catch up - I need a shower but I'm going to do that then watch a bit of telly and crochet. Couple of hours over there and then home and back out later with bestie. Should be a nice day all in all. I wonder if I can fit a little nap in between getting home from my mam's house and going out later - I woke up at 3.20am and really struggled to get any more sleep at all (look out it'll be a case of Grumpy Cat all day long).
Right. Getting on with tv and crochet now!

SpekySquarehead

We all deserve a bit of time off from it all every now and then. Also deserve a pat on the back for keeping spends down too!

crazy_cat_lady

Ow - my head hurts. There's really nothing worse than getting up with a headache and it not being a hangover... It started at my mam's yesterday and I thought that it was tiredness, but nothing is helping it at all. I had started to think I have blocked sinuses but even a decongestant hasn't helped... 2 hours and then I can try a migraleve.
Had a brilliant night out last night - really good fun. It always is anyway but last night was particularly good. I enjoyed it.
Today's plans will be scuppered somewhat unless I can shift this headache. My lovely cleaning lady is coming this afternoon so I have to do the obligatory quick tidy round and empty the rubbish so that she can actually clean rather than having to tidy up then clean. I was going to go out for lunch with bestie and her ds but not sure whether the head will allow at the moment. It may be a day for sleeping all day...

crazy_cat_lady

Hey! :hello:
Well, I shifted the headache on the 4th attempt It required migraleve but eventually went. We went out for a luxury afternoon tea in our local bistro (as per instructions from EE on August challenge board) and it was amazing. Only £10 a head and enough leftovers that dh didn't need to worry about feeding himself last night. While we were out our lovely cleaning lady came and made the house all sparkling and nice again for another week. It's already making such a difference in terms of how I feel - which is good because I'm not sleeping well again. I'm not sure why - I keep waking up at about 3am and I just can't get back to sleep at the moment. Either too warm, brain too busy etc. I'm averaging less than 6 hours a night at the moment, and considering it's the 6 weeks hols I should be sleeping really well because there's no work stress. I don't know what is the matter with me, but if things are going well in life I find something else to worry about. A massive symptom of my anxiety disorder but I really thought that things were ok on the anxiety front. So, on 5 hours 32 minutes of sleep I've plodded through today, spent another day with bestie - just gossiping and catching up. DS has gone over to her house to sleep tonight so I've ended up with a couple of unexpected hours to myself as dd is out and dh is at work. So I'm having a cuppa and a catch up on here. Nice.
Nothing much else to report - it's a bit whingey but always is when I'm tired. Sorry...

crazy_cat_lady

Evening all
Well I'm very happy to report a good night's sleep last night. I must have managed a relaxing evening to myself - nobody got home until half eight so I really did get some relaxing done. Then bed, and a decent sleep right through.
Up early this morning to chat with my head of department about tomorrow's exam results and trying to plan for every eventuality. I'm going in tomorrow as soon as I'm up and about (as long as it's not 3am) as I have work to do as well as being in for the results. I'm mid classroom move and I need to be ready for the kids coming back. I've successfully avoided it for 4 and a bit weeks but no more.
Been out shopping today with bestie and all the kids. I didn't spend much money as we've had a few shopping trips out and I'm not really one for buying stuff that I don't need (not since I spent a week decluttering my house and finding a cleaner). I did go for a daith piercing though - there's some suggestion that it helps with migraine. My friend had it done a few months ago and reckons it has changed her life so I decided to go for it. It doesn't feel too bad YET but it's too soon to say really. Someone just shoved a piece of metal through my ear so I think it's going to be painful sooner or later. Also took 2 of the cats to the vet for annual check ups and boosters. Now relaxing with my feet up and looking forward to getting some crochet done.

Eager_Elephant

crazy_cat_lady wrote: »

We went out for a luxury afternoon tea in our local bistro (as per instructions from EE on August challenge board) and it was amazing. Only £10 a head and enough leftovers that dh didn't need to worry about feeding himself last night. While we were out our lovely cleaning lady came and made the house all sparkling and nice again for another week. It's already making such a difference in terms of how I feel

I take full responsibility for you spending money on afternoon tea:rotfl:

I'm so pleased you took the step of getting a cleaner, it sounds like she makes the world of difference.

Glad you managed a good nights sleep, I hope tonight is the same although maybe nerves might get in the way.
Good luck with results day tomorrow.

SpekySquarehead

Sounds very productive CCL and for what its worth, from a mans perspective, I like those piercings. Tasteful.

dawnybabes

Hope the results were ok CCL