I've quit everything. Now what ?

another_casualty

So , I’m surrounded by boxes from various purchases over the last few days . Not ideal when living in a small flat . Most are folded up one or 2 can eventually be disposed of . Then again , some have to be kept because of warranty reasons etc.
I’ve tidied up somewhat but aim to have a spotless and fully functional flat by midweek .

Bought a few Christmas bits for the flat plus some scented candles.

Next Friday I’m 55 ( wow!) . Nice to have made it so far .
I’ve posted a couple of other threads on the employment / benefits boards and bank accounts so I’m trying to be more responsible over time .
I will be meeting local friend for birthday drink Friday evening . Nothing crazy . However , on the 15th a few of us are meeting up again . Maybe here maybe brockenhurst . We’ll see.

Will setup dehumidifier tomorrow , once I find where to locate it . Don’t think it will be the boiler room because of the boiler being in there .

Vodafone are coming to fix the fault on my landline and broadband on Tuesday morning . In the meantime everything is done on mobile phone. Annoying as I’m sure my thumb has changed over the last few days . When I type in stuff, it has to be slower .

Still have the sniffles with this prednisolone reduction . Could be a lot worse i guess .

Got another appt tomorrow with personal trainer . I need to keep it up
Fingers crossed I see improvement by Easter .

anna_1977

another_casualty wrote: »

Thanks Anna
Forgot to ask how are you getting on . Creditors etc?

I had a couple of F&F offers accepted and paid those immediately, sadly the large Barclaycard debt wasn't accepted and their counter offer was too high. I'll keep plodding on with the DMP.

x

another_casualty

Hi Anna

Sounds like things are not too bad . I’ve got more understanding about how the D m p situation works now . What could possibly happen , is that you make another offer every so often until a compromise is met . If that’s the only one outstanding then you’ve done well imho . Best of luck with it .

another_casualty

Stayed in yesterday to concentrate on starting the big final tidy up finishing off everything . Will make a big effort today and tomorrow .
Not going out meant I woke up around 2.30 this morning . Fell back asleep around 6 and got out of bed around 8am with a headache .
Yes the intermittent cough is still there also.

Saw a spider who was insistent on visiting my flat . I gave it many chances to escape . Even Mr dyson couldn’t help. Eventually it reached an unfortunate death .
Just off to the gym for personal training session . Jus took 2 paracetamol . Better get going

another_casualty

Just got a call from Vodafone engineer who will be here in 13 or 30 mins. In the meantime I was gonna purchase a couple of small items on eBay . I pressed pay now . When I went to Confiirm, the blue area is grey instead . Purchased not gone through . Then the PayPal app is playing up . Going through to PayPal .com and things are normal

Have to be so careful :mad:
J

another_casualty

Just had engineer from open reach on behalf of Vodafone .
Nice guy . Broadband and phone running again .
Will have to use my new iMac wi fi only as the phone socket in the boiler room is not working . If I plug anything in there, the fault will reoccur because a few of the phone sockets have been daisy chained .
Not a major issue tbh . So long as I can do the usual .

another_casualty

Just reached for the iPad around 7am ..no broadband ! Not impressed
So, after trying to locate the problem I tried to contact vodafone .
After going through the motions , I find out they are not available till 8am. So then I sent text to the engineer from openreach. After doing that , i. Did one last thing by taking the phone line out of 5he socket and reinserting it . It now works . The nice guy from openreach called me back more or less straight away . We came to the conclusion to do nothing now , unless it packs up again . Fingers crossed all is well.

Today is dark and moody. I’m not going to the gym . I have to sort out the mess in the flat. The annoying thing about waiting for people ( waited almost 5hours yesterday ) is that I didn’t want to start doing something and then the engineer turns up in the middle of me doing something . Now I can get going and get things done . Will be going out for a walk shortly . Still haven’t touched the iMac as that room is now messy , and the dehumidifier is still in it’s box . Once the bedroom is clutter free and the boiler room , I can find the right place for it .

another_casualty

Went for walk ,did shopping . Started tidying the excessive stuff in bedroom . Found some black mole on skirting board ! Not happy .
Not wet there, but I’ll have to keep an eye on things . Good thing about painting the whole flat white means I can see things quicker .
I will put dehumidifier on either later on this evening or tomorrow .

I sent an email to the managing agents regarding the external lighting a few days ago. That has been done . No email to confirm , but the job was done quickly. I had to contact them again regarding my retention fee as advised by my solicitor . No rush , but I’ll get the expenditure for the last six months in January .

The internet is fine so far. If it isn’t working in the morning , I will contact them again .

Should have all clutter sorted by tomorrow / Friday .

MrsPorridge

AC - we leave our dehumidifier on 24/7 - it's on the landing and isn't that noisy - but I wear ear plugs because DH snores It's amazing how much water comes out of that thing - we have to empty it every day!

another_casualty

MrsPorridge wrote: »

AC - we leave our dehumidifier on 24/7 - it's on the landing and isn't that noisy - but I wear ear plugs because DH snores It's amazing how much water comes out of that thing - we have to empty it every day!

Thanks Mrs. P,:)

I’m in the middle of sorting out the broadband fault that has reappeared . Will probably set up dehumidifier tomorrow .
Don’t think it would go into the small room as that is where the boiler is . So it’s either hallway/ bedroom / living room. We’ll see