My journey to a debt free life

Onebrokelady

The big news announcement of the day is.................. I did my ironing............🎉🎉🎉 I also caught up on all the washing so the laundry basket is now empty 😊 I didn't have much housework today just cleaned the bathroom and a quick hoover downstairs.
Im shattered now and really want to go to bed but I'm trying to wait because I need to let B out for a wee before she goes to bed, she will have an accident during the night if she goes out too early, we bought a massive box of puppy training pads to put down so if  she does get caught short she doesn't wee on the floor and she is very good at using them, she normally lasts all night but occasionally has to go, now she is getting older her bladder isn't as efficient as it once was 🙁
Tomorrow I'm working 9-5 so don't have to get up until 6.30, a whole extra hour in bed, I then have two days off🎉🎉yesterday's shift was good and I felt ok for most of the day,I did have an episode where I felt a bit sick in the afternoon but I just took myself off and sat down for ten minutes until it passed, this is a lingering symptom that I have ended up with along with the ever present headache,I've given up taking any painkillers for it because none of them seem to work, I'm not sure if it's virus related or just my normal headaches that I get sometimes, I've also given up coffee so that might not be helping, I found a coffee alternative drink in the health food shop so I have swapped to that, it's made from Barley and other things, it's tastes just like coffee but without the caffeine,it also contains Guarana  ( not sure of spelling) which gives you an energy boost but without the comedown you get from coffee, I can get through 5or 6 cups of coffee when I'm in a clinic which is probably not doing me a lot of good
I don't have any plans for the weekend now we can't take B to the beach but if I'm feeling ok I might go for a stroll along the river instead, we can walk for half an hour and that takes us to a bus stop where we can get the bus back if we need to 
DD is still not feeling too good, she is soldiering on at work and after tomorrow she  also has two days off so hopefully will be able to rest over the weekend, she went to bed at 7pm tonight because she is exhausted 😟
I made the mistake of watching the news earlier and there was a very sad story on there about a family who had lost the mum and two brothers in a week from covid, the poor dad who was elderly looked absolutely destroyed, I can't even begin to imagine how they must feel, it really made me realise how lucky we have been and to wish that people would start to take this seriously, we have now been advised to wear eye coverings at work when in close contact with patents, we used to just have to wear a face mask unless they were tested positive  but now we have to wear a mask, visor and apron regardless because we just don't know who has got it and who hasn't, DD probably caught it from a patient who hadn't had her results back so we would just wear a mask, this patient coughed in my DDs face so it had to have gained entry via her eyes, they later realised the patient was positive, this is why it's so important for people to wear masks 

Cherryfudge

Well done for getting the housework done! Want some more? I'm sure I can find you some...

We are wearing masks, aprons, gloves and visors at work if we need to assist someone to eat. It's odd that people aren't better protected outside of the care world when you consider how careful we have to be within it.

foxgloves

I don't think the yarn to knit a warm jumper was a naughty purchase at all, & it was a good price.
F x

Onebrokelady

No thanks to the housework Cherry😂 I think because all our inpatients are tested on admission we have only had to wear visors if they were positive but because people coming into clinics aren't tested we have no way of knowing if they have it or not,and of course on my ward we also have a parent with the child and they don't get a test either,some hospitals are testing any parents that are resident with a child but ours doesn't so we now have to wear everything for close contact 

Onebrokelady

foxgloves said:

I don't think the yarn to knit a warm jumper was a naughty purchase at all, & it was a good price.
F x

It's only cheap chunky wool so I'm not sure what the quality will be like,I found another pattern I liked and the wool was lovely but it was £6.50 a ball and I would have needed ten balls 🙀🙀🙀Im not paying that kind of money for a jumper I'm just going to be slobbing around in 

Onebrokelady

Had a good day at work yesterday apart from the lingering headache and the episodes of feeling sick, I feel sick today and don't really want to eat much but have just had a sandwich for lunch, I'm hoping this won't be a long term thing because it's a horrible feeling, it reminds me of having morning sickness when I was pregnant 🤢I think I've mastered the new computer system in the outpatients department so that another stress gone as I now feel confident to use it without anyone else being there 
I now have two days off so had a lie in this morning. I'm not planning on doing much at all today abut have sorted the 🐓🐓out they are now pootling round the garden. I've got a load of washing on the go and that's it. I'm going to knit some more of the cat blanket because I need to get it finished in time for my jumper wool to arrive,apparently it's been dispatched so I'm running out of time. I'm just having lunch and a coffee while I catch up on here then I'm picking up my needles 

milann

Happy knitting OBL. I’m enjoying knitting a simple Aran jacket for gdds - hope the novelty doesn’t wear off because I want to do them 1 each.....and they are growing fast 😂😂I’m taking no chances and doing an age 6 for the youngest who’ll be 4 next month and age 7-8 for the older one who is 6 😂😂
I like the idea of a chunky jumper for slobbing around in.....I never do anything for myself.

Sun_Addict

I can remember when my kids were little knitting myself loads of chunky jumpers with really thick needles. I used to churn them out faster than the speed of light. I used to like knitting but was never great at it, was forever dropping stitches and then having to sew the holes up afterwards 😂 I don’t have the time or patience now.

FrankieM

I've just spent the last week or so reading your diary from the beginning and I've loved it.
I'm also a HCA/support worker, though in a mental health environment and I've been so encouraged by what you manage on what I know is a low wage. 
You've given me hope

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster

£18 for a new jumper is a bargain and it keeps you occupied!