Earthgirl's Final Battle

apple_muncher

Going to work in your cossie, eh? Just one question- how far in advance did you have to plan your loo trips...?

the_cross_rabbit

I was wondering the same thing?
CRx

earthgirl2

It was a 2 piece - tankini I think it's called. Anyway it was very soft. I am now back to wearing bras and working out. I can't move my arms above my head but I can do almost everything else.
So quite a cheap weekend, I took a friend out for a coffee and paid as she is really struggling. I visited another couple of friends outside. I did 2 hours online tuition and we had a couple of walks as well, dodging the showers.
This week I have another new tuition client starting, which takes me up to 6 hours per week, and then I also need time for planning lessons and writing reports. I have a fairly busy week at my normal job too and really want to get on top of my marking. Last push for me for October this week - finishing strong after a wee wobble in the middle!

earthgirl2

Arghhh lots of swear words said this morning, most of them directed at myself. I was 30 minutes late for an online lesson today as I just forgot about the time changing and needing to teach earlier. SO mad at myself - they had already emailed me to remind me! I hope they still send me students. what an idiot!!
I think I have lots going on at the moment and my brain is fried. I'm not sleeping well - just the last few nights - and I need to simplify things.
I've decided that instead of having a work diary, home diary, journal, separate block schedule daily plan each day, separate to do list/ brain dump and monthly plan, that I will put all that together so that I am not going to forget things. 
I've also handed over a stressful task to OH. If I can sleep better my brain might have a better chance of remembering things!!!!!!

beanielou

Good idea to have one way of tracking what is going on.

apple_muncher

That is a lot of different things to look at to see what needs doing! Streamlining it does sound like a great plan. As well as handing tasks to dh...

twinklie

Lovely to read your catch up. 

earthgirl2

Thank you! Things got worse and better and worse again!
OH was going to be showing a lodger around (good news is he wants to lodge here) and I was teaching online. OH had to go and collect DS1 from school with suspected broken ankle, so I had to juggle everything around and do the lodger show around and teach online, and take to hospital afterwards (OH has done the last 3 hospital trips, it has been a terrible month). DS1 is not broken, just hobbling around and potentially off school and sports for a while. Sigh.
Also, at the same time. covid rules changed at my work and I can no longer do quite a bit of my job which is heartbreaking. 
But the positives:
we have a new lodger on Monday and he seems great
DS didnt break a bone
I still have a job but it might change, better situation than a lot of people and I should be grateful.
I have been sent another online student from the agency I messed up from before, therefore I didn't potentially lose a lot of income.
I have streamlined my diary into one 'book'

Right 2.5 days left of October, I'm still determined to finish strong!! 

apple_muncher

Oh my! What a time of it! 4 hospital trips in one month is a tad excessive! Hope stuff all settles down now...

beanielou

All good in the end then apart from DS1