NST May Challenge Living on the planet of the teddy bears

facethemusic

ldee2111- I think you absolutely should bring up the pay discrepancy. But I also know I would really struggle to "make waves" and cause a fuss 🙈, which is why these things happen. Do you have a friendly HR type person in the company you could chat to and get some advice on the reasons you are graded as you are so you can have a list of points to argue in your meeting? 
Sunday- and yesterday was NSD 9 and today was a spend day. 
Weekend spent working and have been really busy. 
Grateful that- although I was working DD got to go riding with a friend, I have solved 2 fairly pressing "childcare issues", that my next full weekend working is several weeks away. 

DrCarrie

Oh y goodness, I appear to be in a bit of a pickle. It not all bad, but am quite topsy turvy indeed. Also managed to mess up my budget for the month, and clearly overspent. I think I am NSD 6, but it might be more. Not sure!
The weekends gratitudes:
- watching the birds in my little patch of yard, and the colours change with the sunshine and showers.
- Giving the flat a lick and a promise 
- painting my toe nails and dying my hair. 

mothernerd

Holiday Catch up
Saturday 15th May 2021
National Pizza Party Day
National Chocolate Chip Day
Sunday 16th May 2021
International Day of Light
National Mimosa Day
National Biographers Day
Monday 17th May 2021
National Rat Pack Day
National Walnut Day

Rainy days and Mondays always make me cry (not true or I'd have drowned by now)
May the rain wash away your worries,
May the breeze blow new strength into your being
May you walk gently through the world and know it's beauty all the days of your life
Happy rainy day.

When it's raining cats and dogs, be careful not to stand in the poodles

ditty1234

Bring on Monday, second to last week of teaching for FE. Will the mutts succeed! Today is near last chance to inspire and achieve - some will, some wont!
I am grateful for starting the week on 'my horst' lets see if I can stay on it all week!
This week is all about running and swimming and trying to work out something fun to do next weekend when I will be here by myself from Saturday to Tuesday when ds2 is visiting ds1 for a uni house party - all legal now. And yes - tests will happen now as we are in an 'indian variant pocket' with sharply rising numbers. Now on with work.

ditty1234

Yaaay - I am so excited - I actually got the summer job I applied and interviewed for. I will be interviewing people about their stories and it fits perfectly with my writing and various other experiences, skills and interests. And it helps cover my summer shortfall on the ££ side. 

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Well done ditty1234 that's a great start to the week!!

Calling14

Morning turtles.

Another busy weekend with grandkids. 2 day trips -Spendy days both of them we went out, dodged showers and had fun, saw baby cyngets, went on tiny steam train,played by the river ice cream and chips.  The kids nor me wanted sandwiches after packed lunches all week.

NSD to remain on 7/15 readjusted target as need to food shop, no way make 20 now.

This week will try to be more frugal, can live off freezer contents with a few veg/ fruit buys.

Will do big food shop end of week, may pop in and look for ys veg bargains at lunchtime.

Grateful for

Having a fun weekend.

Tv stopped beeping, it was driving me mad, tried every reset button, changed batteries in every remote and even disconnected it, still beeped? Total mystery. My sky remote now not working, more fun to sort that out tonight.

Not getting wet over weekend. Just timed it right and washing dried between showers.

ditty1234

Its a good day - my son passed his driving test, so we now have 2 drivers in the family and I have a personal chauffeur.

apple_muncher

Well done ditty and ditty's ds!

Hugs DrCarrie. Take a step back and try to have an objective look at things.

Today I am grateful that I have a home, for dd going to ballet, for awesome dark grey cloud formations, for ticking a few things off the work to-do list, for dh prepping tea.

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Hi all
Achieved an NSD think i'm up to 11 now.
Work was ok, but lots of tasks started but not finished.....
DD1 has been in pain with a tooth infection; she has been removed from our dentist's list as she hasn't seen our dentist for 3 years so after lots of phone calls she managed to see an emergency dentist in a town about 15 miles from where she lives and got some antibiotics.  Hope they work soon as she is in lots of pain & distress
DD2 is stressing over uni exams and assessments. 
I'm trying to stay calm and soothe both DDs' troubles from a distance !
Did exercise class on Fb this eve.  Hopefully have partly offset the liquorice alsorts i have consumed
Gratitudes - sunshine all day so I sat in the garden for 10 mins with a cuppa; that DDs can call me with their troubles (i never had this option as a child - or grown up ; lovely friend is sending me some lettuce seeds & has sent step by step instructions of how to plant including photos !
Love Deni