Moving forward and upwards

savingwannabe

You have done I am glad you are resting. The bank bonus will be great. 

Irenadler

Nice to read you are taking the foot off the accelerator for a bit. 

I seriously thought about not taking down the decorations until Spring... just thought long enough until the word 'dusting' popped into my brain... I don't think I could be 'Mrs Christmas' and leave them up all year....! They were so lovely, cheered the place up, but now they are down, it's like clearing the clutter from my brain!

MovingForwards

Thank you SH, SW and Ren.
We only had cards and the little tree up, so now my units show the glassware off.

I'm struggling to work and have to take time off soon; unfortunately I was working a bit over Christmas checking emails and trying to find out what changes were in place.

TomBo is getting early shifts, so by the time I'm settling in to sleep he is getting up. They are also not giving him his contracted hours, sometimes he's getting 2 or 3 hours a shift, which is rediculous! 

We've been watching some house programs and picking up ideas about what we don't want and what we do like. It's much easier to extract input from TomBo using visual aids!

Temperature hasn't been too good up here lately, but with the heating on late afternoons / evenings it gets toasty. A couple of days I've not had the heating on, which shows the work done has helped, just need to get the last few bits done.

Skint_yet_Again

Sorry to hear you are struggling with work and tombo is not getting his contracted hours. Does it say anything in his contract about changing hours ? Maybe ACAS can advise ? 

Take care of yourself and rest when you can. 

MovingForwards

Thanks Skinty, TomBo doesn't care about the job and I'm surprised he's lasted this long in it, he won't have it for much longer.

All I can do is rest when not working 😉
- I'm doing both roles for at least another month, been told no extra pay to show appreciation ☹️

Apparently the utility account is now getting set up, but I'm still not holding out much hope!

CC have taken the DD this month and rounded up payment made.

£70 in the bank, 16 days til payday.

doingitanyway

I've just read back over a few days and it is nice to see your pattern of progress with savings, organisation and the house.

Good to see the heat is being retained and the improvements paid off. 

Sorry the job sounds so demanding and as you say, rest when you can.

MovingForwards

Thank you DIA. I'm hoping my energy gets up with me one morning, or decides to join me at some point 😃

The back of the flat was hot this morning and the sun blinding.
In a few months I will be saying about having the windows open, the sun / flat is too hot and my cat takes herself off for a sunbathe. 

I will try and do the window surrounds this weekend and the frames after payday.

Unfortunately my morale hit rock bottom today, as to be expected. Just reminds me of all my other roles, taking with nothing in return.

savingwannabe

MF that's awful. Im doing the same loads of extra work unpaid. It's that or lose my job! Some employers are so unethical in this climate . 

MovingForwards

It wouldn't have made any difference if it was normal times SW!

savingholmes

I was taught phrases
Will the world stop spinning?
Will someone die if this doesn't get done?
As a way of stepping back and evaluating true urgency