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Thanks DIA .😼
Good luck with the kettle bels🏋️♀️Yesterday, I cancelled Netflix once again .Today , I haven't been walking 👣yet as I'm waiting for a fedex delivery. It's for a cheap usb midi keyboard ( music )🎹. I'm a little cross as I paid a couple of pounds more for a faster delivery
When I receive it , I will leave negative feedback about the delivery on trust pilot . If the item is fine then I'll mention only the long waiting time .
I was doing a stretch workout at home , and mr trainer🏋️♀️sent text asking for today's session to be put back till Friday . No problem
So the new lockdown is in place for many weeks . In March last year I was stuck in the box as it were and never ventured outside due to the mass confusion .This time I will carry on with the walks 👣and hopefully things won't be as tense this time around . Next month I should receive an email from the managing agents regarding any issues any of the leaseholders want to raise . I will highlight the fact that the owners of the flats above me should show respect to owner occupiers and handle things in a professional manner , and not treat me as a doormat.
Apparently , those 2 shysters are or will be directors of the managing agents but I don't care and will have my say.I will be receiving another letter from mr Hancock in the post very soon as I am on the vulnerable list . Not sure if I want the jabs tbh🥊 as I'm not exactly wanting to go anywhere and so many flout the law and are above it .
we'll see
I must say that Boris has aged a lot in a short time .
Anyway , I'll leave it there...⛄️⛅️3 -
Will you be walking early so you don't have so many people nearby?
You are vulnerable but relatively young, so you probably have a while yet before you are vaccinated I should think?
I agree re Boris. He is looking so much like his father.If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
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doingitanyway said:Will you be walking early so you don't have so many people nearby?
You are vulnerable but relatively young, so you probably have a while yet before you are vaccinated I should think?
I agree re Boris. He is looking so much like his father.I haven't had the flu injection ( yes I know it's not the flu ) and don't want to have any vaccines unless I feel like I need to .3 -
I waited for my parcel to arrive . All of a sudden , I get an error message on FedEx website
Insufficient address . That was it ! I had to post a scathing review on trustpilot about the invisible parcel . I waited 6/7 mins on phone before talking to a sales assistant .After a few emails , they are saying that PayPal didn't list my full address . I wasted more time checking my details on PayPal .I did get an. Apology but am still awaiting refund and their response on trustpilot and Facebook . Not impresssed . Bad customer service is annoying ..😡2 -
So a few miserable days , some expected self destruction and some progress ( I think 😸)
The self destruction which was me deliberately pigging out 🐷on everything for a few months has come back to bite me on my bum . Bizarrely enough, the crisps were actually finished on 31 Dec and the croissants a couple of days earlier .🥐
My ballooon has returned to my belly , meaning I just about managed to fit into my jeans ( with difficulty ) and one of my winter coats . I look like the three tenors combined £££🙀
It was expected , but now I have work to do to put it right 🐾🏋️♀️Funny enough, for the last 3 mornings I didn't feel hungry so I just had usual black coffee☕️ and eat later on late morning . A good start ! I've cut down a lot already ,and 🤞I can continue . Bread has been reduced . Camomile Tea is back for the last 2 days , so if all of this continues then hopefully by the spring I would have improved leaps and bounds and the gas balloon I have will be gone .Healthwise , I'm a pendulum in terms of good and bad days . Speech is all over the place when I talk ( which is ltd due to Covid ). Sometimes lately , my hands lock for short periods
That may be down to me using keyboard when recording stuff🎼🎹
plus the added Medication from Mrs doctor over a fear ago ( naproxen ) is giving me random tinitus 👂
Plus I have been breathless from time to time . The added football that I swallowed doesn't help matters ⚽️So far , I'm not handling the present lockdown too bad . The downside is that I'm seeing nobody except for a good morning here and there when I'm walking 🐾
The plus side is that I'm actually carrying on the walking 🐾and trainiing 🏋️♀️. Something that I didn't do at all when we had the first lockdown . I was totally stuck in after the bad experiences I had when shopping 🛒😷
The pluses so far , is that the flat ( and plans to finish what I started ); is under control and things are more in an orderly fashion . Music room looks the best it has since I started it🎹
Kitchen and living room are tidied up a lot more . Obviousky James won't be seen for a couple of months .. when Covid regulations loosen a bit, then I can eBay the stuff I don't want and James can hopefully be around and do the jobs I want .
I had an email,from the managing agents regarding the upcoming AGM meeting where we can have our say . If you don't go, you are asked to contribute by email and the directors discuss what the can or can't do . Also what they deem to not want to do etc
Included in the form was a vote for directors of my block ( I could be one but not well enough to do so ). One of the landlords / leseholfers above me has his name on the list/..I objected ! Probably the only one to do so, but we got off to a bad start and I don't like him
An ignorant BTL who lives 200 miles away .
The druggies have been away for a week . Hoping that they behave theirselves in this present lockdown . The only thing I will say is that they did stop once I vented my anger at all and sundry .
I found last Monday and Tuesday to be totally miserable . Everything grey . Thus week looks similar 💨🌫
I had an email from the work related officer . She was asking whether I would be interested in doing a course ...in Liverpool,! Staying a whole week . The mind boggles .
I'll leave it there ...💦🌧3 -
A course in Liverpool????
As you say you are managing lockdown very well. It is harder than last time as the days are short and as you say it is so grey.
You made me laugh about the self destruction. The good news is you know what is required to get back on track. Funny you should mention camomile tea as I too have begun drinking it.
When is the AGM? I'm sure/hope you will attend to make sure you have an input.
Keep going. All looking good
If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
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Hi DIA 😼
The AGM would normally have taken place in February . Normally , I wouldn't go , and just make suggestions and point out things that that haven't been done or need doing . I was thinking that maybe this one would be a zoom type affair. I requested things in the past like a door closer in the communal area . This got refused initially , but the fire wardens made an inspection and all of a suddeh one was installed . Tbh, the only 2 issues I would raise are the landlords , and the intercom which was supposed to be fixed by now . I have emailed back my form and have ticked the object box next to the person I don't want as new director . That tick will speak volumes as will my brief condemnation of the situation I have been in .Yes..Liverpool ! It's obvious that this work related programme just sends out random emails ( although the officer did send it to me personally if that makes sense). Covid, plus my expiration date next month means that they have been unsuccessful in finding me part time employment . They relegated me due to the amount of time I was with one officer and should really have kept up morale instead of their offices trying to reach targets and box tick. No common sense . Then again , my situation is awkward where I only need a few hrs a week at a certain time of day and that is not straightforward . My main battle is proving that I am ltd capability for work and my disability is real
I had a very tough workout with no trainer today 🏋️♀️🥵. One good thing 🤞is that apparently my body holds a lot of water . Especially now. Mr trainer thinks that will come off me in a few weeks . I have got off to a good start in the lat few days . Long way to go , but like everyone at the moment I have the time ⏰3 -
An annoying couple of days where I didn't go out for my walk 🐾🌧💦. So grey
Tomorrow is supposed to be a better day , so will go out then . I have still been doing my home workouts 🥵🏋️♀️ But am raring to go ,and have something to aim for there . Food discipline is still there , and again am not shying away from anything and aim to get somewhere better this year .I paid the balance of my credit card off ( vanquis , which was a lifesaver in my time of need). Now here's the thing ; they seem determined to increase my limit to £4,000
That is of course , if I go through their affordability questioning . No thank you .My aim is to keep quiet , and keep away from it now unless something crops up .I mentioned above that I cleared card. I have one more payment to make though..approx £30. This is due to me purchasing a few music apps in the Apple store 🍏 while in bed .
There is a good reason though .. I cannot afford another moog Synthesizer Obviousky and the virtual ones are fantastic . Makes sound sense 🎹. Recording so many efforts on soundcloud now , due to being stuck in . I'm slowly getting there , and have a lot more desire now that the music room has finally been done ( apart from painting ).
I had a nice long chat with the work relations lady today ☎️. My speech was going in parts of the conversation but held up mostly .One of the main purposes of the phone call was going through the entitled to website telling me how much better off I'd be if I worked 9/ 16/ 20hrs a week with my Ltd capability for work . How much I stand to lose ( council tax , plus 63p in every £ made over a certain amount etc) . Ontop of that , as I mentioned previously my life seems to be assessment after assessment , appeal after appeal to justify my condition .What did come out of the discussion , is that working from home seems to be the way forward if I can do it . I'm all for that, if I can do it . If I can get the skills to do so, then why not ? That course in Liverpool was one that I could have enrolled in but she apologised about the misleading advertisement . There are concerns obviously about how much I'm capable of doing , and if I can come off of universal credit altogether . I do understand that being off of universal credit and working in a job that suits , is very good for well being and mindfulness as mentioned today . Apparently the £80 extra u c payment from the gvt due to Covid will stop in April and I will be sent a link to complain to my local mp
My take on this is that the payment won't stop , as so many who have lost their jobs due to Covid can actually see how little payment there is and there would be uproar in the mainstream media . Just my opinion , but if it gets deducted it gets deducted . If I can manage on what I am given then I can't complain as there are many people whose off,
So I have a lot to ponder ..
I'll leave it there ...💦🌧5 -
The weather is truly rubbish and I am another one finding it hard to get out and about. I stayed in yesterday but I always feel better for some fresh air so will try to get out today.
A new year is a good time to think about the future and what you might want to do.
Hope you get a walk in.
Have a good dayIf you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
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Well, I managed the tougher workout this morning 🥵🏋️♀️Followed by a nice walk .🐾
Onky about a handful of people to be seen . Nice , sunny and frosty ⛄️🌝
The exercise was all done before 10.am , and the walk not long after .For some reason , I felt up to it. Sleeping pattern was all over the place but for some reason I went for it 🛌
Haven't eaten anything yet, as I tend not to eat until I need to . Will have something shortly
I have bern having gluten free bread , and still on the camomile tea 🫖
Hoping I can keep this up .
I'll leave it there ...⛄️🌝3
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