My journey to a debt free life

Onebrokelady

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

Oh dear it's all very stressful isn't it? It must feel like the calm before the storm. Try and find ways to relax and unwind when you get home from work.

I've heard today that I'm losing all my TA overtime but I still have to go to school to do my contracted 7.5 hours a week MTA job. So I'll still be exposed to infection but I won't be able to pay my bills .

Oh no Hairy, I'm so sorry they have done that,have they closed the school 

Onebrokelady

Nicnak said:

I'm so sorry to both of you. It's all so unsettling and there is not enough information out there on anything. x

Thankyou ,I agree the info is rubbish, people need to know what's going on so they can plan their lives 

HairyHandofDartmoor

Onebrokelady said:

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

Oh dear it's all very stressful isn't it? It must feel like the calm before the storm. Try and find ways to relax and unwind when you get home from work.

I've heard today that I'm losing all my TA overtime but I still have to go to school to do my contracted 7.5 hours a week MTA job. So I'll still be exposed to infection but I won't be able to pay my bills .

Oh no Hairy, I'm so sorry they have done that,have they closed the school 

They've closed the school to all children except key workers' children and vulnerable children. I don't know how many that will be. All staff are still expected to go to school though if they want to get paid! I've lost my overtime because I'm not needed any more due to the small numbers of children we will have.

Onebrokelady

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

Onebrokelady said:

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

Oh dear it's all very stressful isn't it? It must feel like the calm before the storm. Try and find ways to relax and unwind when you get home from work.

I've heard today that I'm losing all my TA overtime but I still have to go to school to do my contracted 7.5 hours a week MTA job. So I'll still be exposed to infection but I won't be able to pay my bills .

Oh no Hairy, I'm so sorry they have done that,have they closed the school 

They've closed the school to all children except key workers' children and vulnerable children. I don't know how many that will be. All staff are still expected to go to school though if they want to get paid! I've lost my overtime because I'm not needed any more due to the small numbers of children we will have.

It's all such a mess right now 😟

Willowtree222

How are you OBL?
Hope you are ok? x

Sunshine_girl2

Just caught up with you, hope the shoulder and back are now well mended. I think all the NHS are to be applauded. My cousin is a nurse in northern Italy , she is completely exhausted. They aren't nursing they are just on remote control they are so busy. She said she has lost a stone in weight , but they know they have to keep going . 

Take care x

Sun_Addict

Hope you're ok OBL.  I think we all want to know what we're dealing with it's just all so uncertain at the moment. I think NHS workers are fantastic, can't praise them highly enough, first hand experience of how brilliant they are when Mr SA was in hospital for 9 months.

Onebrokelady

Sunshine_girl2 said:

Just caught up with you, hope the shoulder and back are now well mended. I think all the NHS are to be applauded. My cousin is a nurse in northern Italy , she is completely exhausted. They aren't nursing they are just on remote control they are so busy. She said she has lost a stone in weight , but they know they have to keep going . 

Take care x

We are a few weeks behind Italy so not in the thick of it yet,I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to work in an Italian hospital at the moment, they are just completely overwhelmed 😢

Onebrokelady

Sun_Addict said:

Hope you're ok OBL.  I think we all want to know what we're dealing with it's just all so uncertain at the moment. I think NHS workers are fantastic, can't praise them highly enough, first hand experience of how brilliant they are when Mr SA was in hospital for 9 months.

Hi SA ,I agree it's the uncertainty that is killing me but also peoples total lack of regard for their fellow human beings, I've always known a lot of people are selfish but this week I've totally lost my faith in humans to do the right thing 😟

Onebrokelady

Work on Friday was a bit surreal, half my ward has been emptied out and is being refitted to become an emergency dept for children because the main emergency dept is to be used for adult patients, our theatres are being turned into ICUs and the orthopaedic outpatients is being turned into the minor injuries unit, we are all at one end of the building so these changes can be made quite easily

I was in clinics on Friday and came into contact with my first possible virus contact who needed a blood test, I'm hoping that this person doesn't have it and that if they did I haven't caught it although I suppose it's better to get it now before things get worse

I told DD1 not come here for the foreseeable because it's too risky, she has asthma and even though it's mild I don't want her to catch it if I can help it

We have been told not to wear our uniforms in and out of work and we have to put them in a cotton bag so that they can go straight into the machine on a 60 degree wash in the bag as soon as we get home,I'm going to leave mine at work until I have worn all three then just bring them home in one go because I don't want them hanging around my house, this virus stays  active on clothes for up to 6 hours


Ive been watching rolling news shows because I'm afraid I'm going to miss some important information but I realised I need to stop doing that because it's affecting my mental health,I just couldn't tear myself away from it, anyway today I decided enough is enough and I limited myself to one news programme

In a crisis or if I'm worried I clean,so today my house has been zoflorad to within an inch of its life,I've done two loads of washing which I am really excited to say I pegged outside to dry,it's been such a lovely day here,,the sun was shining and the wind was blowing, perfect drying weather, I also changed my duvet so now have my lovely brushed cotton duvet and sheet on my bed......it's sooooo lovely.......honestly it's like sleeping on a giant teddy bear 😍
I'm aware that my dairy has quite a bit of doom and gloom on it at the moment so I am going to try really hard not to post about it, sometimes you just need to offload though don't you,I think I might try a paper diary for work related stuff, so I can get things off my chest but others don't have to hear it,I can then try to keep my diary for more pleasant topics

Im also struggling with FB at the moment, there are so many negative things being posted on there about peoples thoughtless actions and I am finding myself posting lots of posts to try to get the message across to people to take this seriously and to think of others but i came to the realisation today that I cant stop those things from happening and I can't be trying to control things that are out of my control so I'm going stop doing that as well,I don't want to stop using FB because I am a member of a few really nice groups for various things so I still want to visit those, as for my own newsfeed I'm going to turn it into a place full of positivity so basically photos of fluffy kittens

Im off to work in the morning so I'm hoping for another calm day,I really really need to get a good hand cream though because my hands are getting very dry from all the washing