System Failure !

another_casualty

Sluggish and difficult week healthwise ..
I didn't do any exercise🏋️‍♀️ since last weds 🙀. This was down to humid nights, feeling drained and doing stuff in the flat . I'm not going to beat myself up about it though 🥊as I am treating it as a holiday of sorts . It's the longest I've not done any training 🏋️‍♀️, but I just did the walk 👣workout a short while ago and I should be having another virtual session with mr trainer 🏋️‍♀️tomorrow anyway . What I did notice doing the walk workout was me being a bit breathless🥵 , but that is a temporary setback imho and will be rectified before long.

Combining the above paragraph with this one , I must also add that Ive been up and down the hill taking most of my unwanted textiles to the bin up the road last week which keeps me on my toes . 

I met up with local friend for coffee last week also ☕️☕️. He  finally came to visit me on Sunday regarding my wardrobe / decluttering situation . He was breathless  🥵on arrival , which took me by surprise it has to be said ..

It's been decided the wardrobe stays . Plus there is enough space behind it, and there is no mold / damp etc and it seems I have been over worrying . My friend took a couple of pics of the music room 🎼🎹🎸and will send me storage ideas .  The table in the front room may go, as I have a nest of tables in a corner of the room . 

Those tables look good , even if the smallest of the 3 is smaller than what Ronnie Corbett would have used .  The computer desk 🖥⌨️I have is perfect for a home office and looks lovely. However, a synthesiser is not a perfect fit fir it . I'm going to spend today having another reshuffle ,and in the meantime I'll see what ideas my friend has. I may welll be seeing him tomorrow , so we'll see. 

I've almost got rid of all recycling / textile stuff. Rightly or wrongly , the air fryer has been put into the ordinary bin albeit in a black bin liner . Sshh..!🤐

The weather🌧💨⛅️ still seems heavy to me , but today I seem to be getting energy back

On Sunday my speech was all over the place , while talking to my friend . Having said that , he often says it's like when I used to be drunk 🥃🥃🍺. 

I'll be back walking 🐾tomorrow morning as the weather is supposed to be brighter and drier till about Friday .

I'll leave it there ...⛈

doingitanyway

I think the energy drain is the humidity at nights. I also suffered. It is cooling off now so hopefully we are on the up. 

Hope your reshuffle went well

another_casualty

Took most of my textiles to recycling bin yesterday , up and down the hill .
I then had an intense session with mr trainer 🏋️‍♀️🥵. Mr trainer wants me to purchase a measuring tape and he wants to film me measuring myself next session 🙀I am not looking forward to that ,it must be said .

Woke up after about 2 hrs sleep 🛌so messy restless night. 

I did go for walk 🐾up and down hill this morning . 

I received letter from HMRC advising me that they owe me £717.80 .
This is regarding me being taxed in December when I withdrew money from my drawdown pension . I can either register online ( p800 refund ) which would mean the sum gets paid into my bank account within 6 working days , or I can wait approx 6 weeks for cheque to arrive in the post . 

Yesterday I received a letter from st Thomas's hsp advising me of a phone appointment with the neurologist in October . I also received a call from my surgery advising me that I am due a blood test and a date in July is when I will attend . 

Yesterday I had to get another Ocado delivery . This meant that I had to give into my craving for a mad crisp day . 🙀 I have one or two more days planned at some stage .
Oh well😼...

I'll leave it there ⛅️..

doingitanyway

I confess to a mad crisp day yesterday. Cooked lots of healthy stuff today but no doubt another mad crisp day will happen in the not too distant future...

Well done on the training sessions and walking

MrsPorridge

I know this isn.t helpful - but I love a mad crisp day

doingitanyway

MrsPorridge said:

I know this isn.t helpful - but I love a mad crisp day

It is heaven until the second after the very last crisp...

another_casualty

...I'm getting the idea that mad crisp days aren't so bad after all . Good to see I'm not alone in this matter 😼. Not that it matters too much ,but I'm trying to convince myself that hand cooked and reduced fat make a difference . They probably don't . Oh well.😺

Another update while I'm hungry ..
On Friday I went for hilly walk, 🐾as I assumed local friend wasn't available . When I got home, he asked me if I wanted to join him and his wife in the pub 🍺
So that was another walk . 🐾👣

I did the super step workout yesterday🏋️‍♀️ 👣🥵. Today nothing ..yet 
I may do something later . Having said that, Mr trainer is giving the web page a facelift and I may have to refer to the gruelling session I had on Weds🏋️‍♀️🥵. Having said that, the old workouts were still on the page yesterday so hopefully I can use one of those again .

Today I tackled music room again , as local friend hasn't got round to  posdibkr solutions .
I think things are improved today . I used my music keyboard stand, putting the synthesisers on that . This worked better because I took the table top from my folding table and put it onto the keyboard stand for support. 

Looking at different ( and probable MSE angles) , it looks like the coffee table will be sold via next door website . Not sure what to ask , but somehing around £40 ? 

I may sell 2 bass guitars so the flat is less cluttered . 

I have a couple of walls to paint in bedroom , and need  to move ottoman to end of bed .
My friend spotted where I currently have the ottoman which is being used as a bedside table . Then again , I've had the ottoman less than a year . 

I have a feeling that I'm getting nearer quicker in terms of final solutions .
Trouble with this muggy weather is it makes me sluggish and I don't want to keep putting things off .

I checked to see when the new tenants upstairs move in . Looks like Thursday ( says 1st July on listing ) . This time next week they'll have moved in whoever they are .

Weather will be showery till Weds / Thursday . It will be muggy at night for sometime .

I'll leave it there ..🌧⛈

doingitanyway

Just catching up. How are things with you? Are the new tenants ok? Did you sell the coffee table?

another_casualty

Wow ! A few questions there DIA . Anyone would think ive been busy 😺
Having said that , this weather drains me in the early hrs🛌 , making me tired the next day deciding if I can be bothered to do things that I keep putting off .

Where do I start ; I purchased another ( and final)   musical gadget🎹 which means credit card will be cleared a month or so later than planned🙀 . Yes I know, but the fleabay price was the lowest I've seen and it's an item I've been looking at on and off since 2012! 

I have a few guitar effects pedals that I may offload which would improve  the financial situation anyway . Plus I'm still debating to myself about offloading 2 Bass Guitars. 

Anyway that can be left there for now ..

I say 'that's that ' , but that gadget I purchased is a little technical to use so my local friend visited on Friday to assess the situation plus my music room which he had ideas to help me with . He is a graphic designer and has lots of music equipment himself .
This leads me to the coffee table : It is now in the music room holding various musical equipment ..and Boxes! One box in particular ..Apple IMac Box Which Is Big And Awkward. Has to be kept incase I need to sell or repair in the future !

This brings me to the flat declutter ; front room is more spacious as coffee table is moved
The stepping bench and weights are under it in the music room and will be taken to the front room as and when I exercise 🏋️‍♀️

I still have a fair bit of clutter which I must sort out . Progress is still being made , and the clutter was way worse . I still have to paint a couple of walls in the bedroom and move a small chest of drawers over to that area once I've done that . 

I need to buy a mirror for either hallway or bedroom . 

Regarding the neighbours ; I think they moved in on Saturday . Believe it or not , I haven't actually seen them . I did hear a mans booming voice watching the football on sat , and it sounds like it's one man and a child . Virgin were installing broadband yesterday afternoon 
I saw the other neighbour on his phone doing his wheeling and dealing . Not sure if it's him getting virgin broadband . He repulses me to look at . Anyway , I have stopped being a curtain twitcher and things could be a lot worse . 🤞that all will be well .
Last year brought out the worst in a lot of people , but with restrictions more or less lifted I think the best way forward is keep myself to myself and not look for issues that aren't there yet . Something like that .

I don't think I'll be going to my cousins 60th due to the train journey back next day ..over 3 and a half hrs . It's on a Friday night l

My brothers 60th on the other hand is early august on a Saturday  and it looks like I'd have to travel on Friday and return on Sunday subject to distruption etc.
It has to be said , being away from London for the last 4+ years has made me lazy 😸

lots more , but I'll leave it there ..⛈

another_casualty

Well things seem to be moving in one direction or another . 

I watched a great football match last night ⚽️..but my brother phoned 📞me just beforehand This actually worked as some of the games had dreadful commentary and I watched it right up until extra time when the phone call finished .📞. I watched the remainder with he commentary . I did say I've given up on football last year due to my reasons of anger 🤬which I'll leave there . However I normally turn on after 5 mins and that works for me . If the commentary is rubbish I switch off . 

I had a rubbish night 🛌 due to humid weather . I did not want to get up as early as I had to , but the Waitrose delivery was between 7-8 am 🛒. It wasn't till after 10 am I felt right 

Mr trainer🏋️‍♀️ decided to give me a new workout 🥵. Went well , but exhausted .

I managed to book tickets from south western railway 🚞for my other brothers 60th in August . Cheaper than Trainline . £23.60 ! This is for 2 seperate tkts ( but sent via email so no difference ) . I'm not sure if I'd be charged more if I return at a different time on the return journey on the Sunday . I was going to purchase an additional single tkt for the Monday incase I'm welcome to stay an extra day . 

I was going to sell one of my bass guitars on a forum last year , then changed my mind 
However , one chap sent me emails a couple of times six months apart.
He works in exeter lives in Devon ( I think ) . 

Last night I sent an email asking if he was still interested . He will be buying it from me approx end of month ..£200 . That goes towards credit card , and 🤞it will be cleared end august . 

I may try decluttering later, but probably won't . 

Tomorrow perhaps? 

I'll leave it there ..⛅️