Learning to walk before I run

CCW007

I totally get the "taking your foot off the gas" when it comes to job hunting; it's easy to get lulled into a sense that "it's not that bad".

edinburgher

£2.30 + $0.25 from studies so far (screened out of one). Grinding through some work as well

Cat 1 is injured again. Vet at 12 

*Edit: We're looking at c. £600 just for pain relief, sedation and x-rays. Jesus wept.

beanielou

Blumey. That’s a lot. 

AgathaSquirrel

Have you got insurance for the cat? That’s steep.

edinburgher

No insurance

AgathaSquirrel

May be look into it for the future. We pay around £15 per month.

edinburgher

@AgathaSquirrel - We had insurance for several years. It was one of the things we were forced to cut after our average mortgage rate went from 2.09% to 6.15% thanks to the wilted lettuce. Gambled and lost, vet costs have risen dramatically since we last had insurance. I will look at it again in the near future because the risk of catastrophic costs seems to be rising.

X-rays have shown no firm evidence for what is wrong. The next step being mooted after a short period of watchful waiting is a CT scan. I can't even imagine what this will cost. In all honesty, if we were receiving these sorts of bills for treatment, we'd have to think hard about how we'd afford them despite the truly awful alternative. We're not having her euthanised for a gammy leg, but it's hard work squaring the financial circles. 

AgathaSquirrel

Totally understand. Hard decisions need to be made sometimes.
Hope the cat is OK.

South_coast

Sorry to hear about the cat, Ed 🙁 Is there the chance of making a quick few quid while Cheltenham is on this week, or is it not as straightforward on horses?

South_coast

Whoops, I mean MBing on Cheltenham 🤣!