My journey to a debt free life

Onebrokelady

milann said:

I bet there will be lots of fun had with the toy kitchen- my gks love their kitchen. Especially the youngest one. 

It must be infuriating when others don’t see the jobs that need doing.

My eldest loves playing with it, the little one played with it for a bit on Thursday but he's a bit young. It's very frustrating when others don't see work that needs doing,they will stand there and say there's nothing to do while I'm running round like a loony. I've had words before but it never changes so I just do it myself now, the nurses I work with often say they can tell when I've been off because the ward looks like a bomb site    

Onebrokelady

Nicnak said:

Glad work was ok. It is frustrating though when stuff that needs doing doesn't get done unless you're there.
It's a nice day here so hopefully you're also able to enjoy the sunshine 🌞

It was a gorgeous day here, almost felt like we had gone back to summer again 😊

Onebrokelady

Sun_Addict said:

Work will be glad to have you back by the sound of it. The team I used to be on were the same, never did half the stuff I did. Left them to it for good 2 years ago, but of a mess now by all accounts. 

Sounds like you’ve had a productive day at home 👍

Belated congratulations to DD 🎉

When I first got this job I worked mostly on the surgical side of the ward and the sister in charge was very hot on things being tidy and organised, she trained me for my job and made sure I knew that the ward worked better if it was tidy and organised, even if we were busy with patients we would still find time to keep everything tidy. I've just carried on the same way because it was drilled into me that there is always something that needs doing and its highly unusual to find time to sit on your bum doing nothing. The newer staff tend to sit down and chat if they haven't got any patient jobs to do ,they don't think about doing all the little annoying jobs that no one likes to do 🙄The sister who trained me retired a while ago now and if she came back now and saw the state of the ward she would have a fit. 
I have had a very productive day and I'm now officially knackered 😀

Onebrokelady

Well that was a busy day. I swept all the leaves from the patio and two lots of steps plus the path between them,I was slightly hindered by the 🐓🐓because they know if I'm sweeping I will unearth lots of bugs ,so they get under my feet trying to get to the bugs before I sweep them away, they also love nothing better than a big pile of leaves to dig around in so if you leave any and pop to the loo you will come back and find them spread all over the area you have just swept 🙄I loaded them all into a trug and dumped them on the area in front of the chicken run where they like to scratch around, they had a whale of a time rooting through the pile
My washing was lovely and dry so I got that ironed and put away, I am determined to keep on top of the ironing,I don't like doing it so why do I leave it until there's loads that takes me hours instead of doing it as and when so it only takes a short time to get it done
I also cleaned the bathroom. I need to hoover upstairs tomorrow but that's all I need to do inside. If it's another nice day and I've got time I might cut the grass on the front garden tomorrow. I've got to go into town in the morning and I have to take B and A to the vets in the afternoon so I might not have the time. B is going for her post op check up and I think they are going to be pleased with her recovery,I'm not sure if I will get any news on the sample they sent away tomorrow I will just have to wait and see. A needs the second part of his vaccination, I took him for the first one and forgot he had to go back for the second one, luckily it's still within the time frame or we would have to start again  

Onebrokelady

Today has not been as productive as yesterday because I am too tired. I went into town and picked up my bits of shopping that I needed but didn't end up getting another box because I had too much to carry. The other day DD bought some Richmond meat free sausages which are absolutely lovely. I tried to buy some in Mr S but they didn't have any left so I tried Mr T and they had some  so I bought two packets and put one in the freezer, they are the closest to real sausages I've tasted 😀
I came home had lunch then had to take B  and A to the vets, getting them both on the bus was easier than I thought it would be. The nurse was really pleased with B and said her scar looks good with no signs of infection,she couldn't believe how perky B was 😊The Vet called me with the results and the labs have  asked for more samples, he said so far it looks like the mass was haematoma  which wouldn't be cancerous but they want to check more samples to make sure there's nothing else as there can be other things going on, he sounded quite positive though so we just have to wait a few more days to find out for sure. The final bill comes in at £1809.71 and the insurance company are paying £720 after you take account of the excess and the copayment,I've paid some off already so have £710 left to pay 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀I get paid on Friday and will have £300 rent from DD so need to find £410 so that will have to come from the emergency fund or any spare cash I've got that I would normally save,I will work it all out on Friday. I'm a bit confused about the bill because I have an itemised invoice that was given to me the day after her surgery for £1416 so the bill had gone up since then but she hasn't had anything else done,unless it's for the lab work which seems like a lot of money to me

SuperSavingD

Hi. Onebrokelady

Just wanted to nip on and say hello.  

I would definitely call the vets and query the difference as £400 is a big amount, better in your pocket then there’s.

Sun_Addict

It’s sounding more positive with B apart from the vet bill. You could try querying the extra you wasn’t expecting but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s correct. When my cat went for teeth cleaning 2 years ago I was quoted £200 but it ended up over £500. There were blood tests and anaesthetic on top of that. Every time I take her for a check up the vet looks at her teeth and I feel like saying don’t even think about it. My emergency fund has only just recovered.

Onebrokelady

This year just gets worse each day,now had a phone call from my Dad to say my Mum has been taken off to hospital in an ambulance for heart surgery. I don't know what sort of heart surgery because he also phoned my nieces and told one she was having bypass surgery and one that she is having a pacemaker fitted,he told me pacemaker but seemed confused,I didn't press him because he was getting annoyed and I didn't want to have a row right now. Mum has had to go off to the hospital on her own and will be terrified,I'm at work tomorrow so will try and find out what's going on 
Honestly I have just about had enough now 

SuperSavingD

Sorry to hear about your Mum, hope she’s ok.

milann

Sorry to hear about your mum. Hopefully she will be on the mend before you know it. Hope you get more info about her. I know from my recent visit to hospital- it was worse for the family than me as they couldn’t find out what was happening and I was ‘lost’ for over 12 hours -  until they managed to track me down in HDU....I was fine though as I knew where I was 🙄 2020 is not a year that ever needs repeating EVER.