Simple living in the country - back to basics

Cheery_Daff

😂😂 no stinky boy feet here either fortunately, although I still wouldn't want to sleep next to them - far too much potential for an accidental kick in the face 😂

Well, I got the bulk of the financial things sorted out, and a good idea of where I'm going next, and asked some people some questions, and got a letter of support from another organisation, so all the important things. I have notes in ever section now. I'm going to do myself out of the opportunity to get feedback if I don't send something off today though, and it's clear I'm going to end up working Friday, which is annoying, but my own fault 🙄

In the office today, but just one meeting at lunchtime. 

This week is feeling fairly relentless and Wednesday hasn't even started properly yet! 🙄

Breakfast and lunch are both made though, so no spending at work 😊 got to pick up stuff on the way in which I can claim on expenses, oh, and I must remember to PAY THE PARKING FINE before it doubles 😱

Have a good one folks 😊

Cheery_Daff

Oh, and speaking of parking - I didn't have a permit today, but I've just checked and someone's returned one, so I've booked it.

I can totally see how I ended up with a fine as the same thing happened today - I selected 8am - 6.30pm (standard day), clicked on the available one, and when I got to the page to fill in the car details, it had defaulted to 8am-9am 😡 Clearly this is what it did last time, and because I was in a rush, I didn't notice it had changed 😡

So I might try to quibble, although I'm pretty sure they'll tell me I should have checked, which is also true... Today's has been double checked, and I'll check again when it's printed!

KajiKita

Good luck for your day and good progress on the funding application. Hope it all falls into place swiftly so at least you might have an early finish on Friday. 

In our house we have separate rooms and always have had, since we first got together. I’m a light sleeper, like a cool room and a thin duvet in the summer. Mr KK is a vigorous snorer, an active sleeper, likes no air at all and a winter duvet all year round! 😳😂

KK

starnac

rtandon27 said:

I just love all the snoring convos LOL

In our house it goes something like this...
She - Stop snoring I can't sleep
He - I'm not snoring
She - Well then stop breathing my air and turn over
He - I'm not breathing your air I'm breathing mine
She - picks up pillow and goes to the other end of the bed
He - What are you doing? Put your head back up here where it belongs.
She - Fine - then stop breathing my air
He - Fine - turns over and faces the other direction & falls back to sleeping/snoring in about 2 minutes flat
...an hour of solid snoring later...
He - What are you doing up reading? The light is keeping me awake

Love the fact that your light was keeping him awake

Two of our sofas can pull out into a bed so one of us often ends up downstairs if they can't sleep so as not to disturb the other one. The kids don't bat an eyelid if they come down and see that one of slept on the sofa.  

rtandon27

Cheery_Daff said:

...This week is feeling fairly relentless and Wednesday hasn't even started properly yet! 🙄...

Cheery - I feel your pain - I'm ready for the weekend already! - Sending good vibes your way for getting that pesky application out of the way!

I was invited to 'volunteer' to participate in a study yesterday at what I think is your uni, and I for a brief moment wondered if it was you

Another crazy wfh day here - I have a new boss/manager and it's always hard going these first few months - doubly so now that I spend half the week working from home!  Luckily I've worked with new boss when we were both in previous rolls & I'm lucky that we get along on a personal level.  Still does not make it easier for the day to day!!! & tbh honest my last boss is a good friend as well & our days were filled with banter and laughter, so it's a bit like going through a break-up and starting a new relationship all at the same time - LOL

KajiKita said:

...In our house we have separate rooms ...

starnac said:

rtandon27 said:

...an hour of solid snoring later...
He - What are you doing up reading? The light is keeping me awake

Love the fact that your light was keeping him awake

Two of our sofas can pull out into a bed so one of us often ends up downstairs if they can't sleep so as not to disturb the other one. ...

Haha - we do have a sofa bed in the other room which is also my study/office & a sofa that I am small enough to fit on, but neither of us is really inclined to leave the comfiness of the main bed and relocate - LOL - you'd think after 17 years we'd have adjusted to sharing, but honestly it only gets worse - if I'm up early for work or he's up late watching tv, the other ends up in the middle of the bed taking up ALL the room!
As to the issue of light...he loves blackout curtains and I like to be woken by natural light - it's been a constant battle - again for 17 years - lol - our last house had the perfect set-up as the main window on his side of the bed had dark curtains & the window on my side (different wall) was a small thin one, without a curtain that I'd leave a crack open 365 days a year!

EssexHebridean

I would 100% quibble the parking fine on that basis Cheery - outrageous that the system does this, and I just bet you are far from the only person to have been caught out by it too! Never mind "you should have checked" - THEIR system shouldn't have a default set to actively change what someone has already selected as an option! 

Cheery_Daff

Yes, I'll try to do that today. I suspect I won't get anywhere- you book parking through the university system, but it's the council that fines you 🙄 However, we might at least get the system changed! 

Anyway, a more immediate concern is that I twinged my back again this morning, leaning over my desk to cross something off a chart on the wall 🙄 I've taken two lots of painkillers, and have had a wheat bag on it for a couple of hours, but it's still sore and I'm struggling to move properly.

Of course today this the one day the downstairs loo is out of action, and there's no lift in here 🙄

EssexHebridean

Oh no - poor you. Honestly back pain is SUCH a nuisance, and so easy to re-aggravate too. 

Cheery_Daff

It's a bloody nuisance! I've fortunately been mostly free of it, but I've had a few episodes in the last few years, usually when I've done something specific, like a parkrun after not running for months, or twisting when turning the compost. Today I literally just leaned over my desk a bit! Most vexing. Trying not to tense up and make it worse, but it's not easy. 

I'd be tempted to go straight home and get in the bath, but that involves driving for an hour so I suspect won't be an easy job! Trying to keep walking round and hoping it eases off through the day 🙄

EssexHebridean

Something I did realise aggravated mine was having the seat in the car slightly too far back, meaning I was creating  a distinct twist through my pelvis/low back as my foot moved forwards to the full extent needed to depress the clutch. It's worse in MrEH's car than in my own as well - because generally I'm the only driver of mine these days, the seat naturally has more of a tendency to stay in the correct position!