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The Challenges Of Finding Solitary Refinement ..

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  • bookmarked now  :)
    happy, healthy, new year AC  :)
    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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  • Just popping in to say good luck with 2022. Long time lurker (think I only ever commented about the boiler 2 years back as ours was fitted at the same time) but I do read along even when I've not been logged on.
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  • Just popping in to say good luck with 2022. Long time lurker (think I only ever commented about the boiler 2 years back as ours was fitted at the same time) but I do read along even when I've not been logged on.
    Thanks CT 😼
    nice of you to pop by .  You're doing well in your diary . Keep it up ..
  • another_casualty
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    edited 3 January 2022 at 10:59AM
    I look back on the past year, and believe it or not it was better than the year previous..
    The major pluses being a) left alone and not reassessed by universal credit , b) the people living above me behaving theirselves . One  of the flats upstairs the extended family eventually moved out . The tenants after them were great . The new tenant is no prob so far 🤞. The others have quietened down . Living in these conditions hardened me up somewhat and I won't get involved with anyone present or future tenants . That way people can't dislike me if they don't know me , and being initially helpful to the druggies was a bad move . I'll leave that there ..

    The other positive was finishing the home office as it's now called 🖥.
    It was nice that the electrician saw the room and said ," oh you've got a nice home office"
    At last ! 

    It's funny really . I keep surprising my local friend since I've  been here . We both ( as do most of my friends ) love our music and musical instruments etc. 
    He has lots of old '80s keyboards and he has a lot of knowledge of the software stuff too.
    His stuff sounds very polished . Mine ...doesn't 😸
    With me  coming from a large family and always working / socialising , I never fully mastered the bass guitar as much as I should have . Lacking confidence never helped either. This surprise element with local friend is me selling a couple of bass guitars and..buying ( not too expensive ) synthesisers . They're probably an investment for fleabay whenever anyway. He is scratching his head wondering how I like certain types of electronica when I was primarily a headbanger ! 😸 I'm still in love with the 70's krautrock and jarre , tangerine dream  etc but still love the harder stuff . 
    Speaking of the harder stuff, I have a metallica rare tour poster but am bored of them now If I sold it , I'd get a tidy sum . Mmm..something to ponder . 

    The day is very grey here . Feeling groggy and still with flu like head. I want to get my teeth into trying to record something on the Mac 🖥or ...laze arounf again watching you tube videos . 
    I prepared myself for the Christmas period Tv wise 🎄.
    I recorded Neil Sedaka at the Albert hall and rumpole of the Bailey . I have yet to watch the live gig ny sparks on the documentary dvd I purchased. 

    I had chocolate cake 🥮which I made from packet and black coffee☕️ for breakfast .

    I'll leave it there 🌧
  • jwil
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    Great update, lets hope 2022 is better again!
    "If you can dream it, you can do it". Walt Disney
  • Thanks @jwil 😼 let's hope so !

    So, the Christmas 🎄period is over in a working sense . In some places it's not really normal until next Monday . 
    I'm glad the bank holiday is over . It's probabky just me , but over the years I find them miserable . A symptom of being solo I guess . 

    Just before bedtime I made a list of things I have to be cracking on with this week / month 
    speaking of bedtime 🛏Iit didn't take me long to sleep . However I woke up in the early hrs which I'm accustomed to . This time , I decided not to look a the clock and actually had a nice dream afterwards .

    I got up at around the usual time with the intention of getting out today for a walk 🐾
    I did that, and while I wasn't as breathless I still have the cold/ flu  affects from th jab 🥊🤧. The coughing is less but still heady and nose is runny etc .
    Its very windy but damp. I don't mind that , but it feels like a Monday.
    I'm not having anymore of those jabs . The bombardment of emails, texts and phone calls was akin to me being pestered by my energy provider for smart meters. 
    Still, the idea is to keep getting out for the walk as much as I can 🐾. More and further than last year that's for sure .

    I ordered my first online shop from haterose this morning .🛒. Should get that tomorrow afternoon . I haven't ordered too much stuff . 
    I have a fair bit in the  fridge / freezer .  I have been looking over my shoulder in terms of overdraft over last few weeks  ,and thankfully I haven't been overdrawn for a couple of months . Being on universal credit is a challenge as we know , and in all honesty I do expect to OD this year . If so, hopefully it will be minimal and the bank won't be as concerned as they have been late last year . 

    I expect to be contacted by mr trainer 🏋️‍♂️around Friday . He starts up again then ,abd would need to arrange day to start again . I have not done as much as I d
    shoukd have but if I don't start again today I will do so tomorrow . 
    There is a plus side ..my jeans are falling off of me again ! Embarrassing !
    I have lost weight in all right places ..except stomach ! but that's a big challenge this year which I need to get to grips with . I haven't gone near crisps since Boxing Day 🥊so it's a start .

    I'll leave it there ...💨
  • jwil
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    Well done on the weight loss!
    "If you can dream it, you can do it". Walt Disney
  • A fairly good sleep last night 🛌 with dreams that I can remember vividly. 
    I often say that dreams are like a cdplayer on random play in my head. Remembering situations and people we used to know , but jumbled up at times to take me back to situations I was in until I wake up . Very philosophical of me 😺

    Today woke up with the coughing fits again . Sun was shining☀️ and I made sure I went out regardless . Not as breathless this time . Not as windy . Glad I did . I had to pull my jeans up past my bellybutton. Still feeling heady but at least I was out. I did not do any exercise today 🏋️‍♀️👎 I will do something before weekend as when it rains I won’t go out etc

    I received a text from universal credit , advising me that next weds 📞 phone appointment with job coach is now postponed until the weds after that .
    No problem with that .

    I received an email before Christmas 🎄 from ‘grant me savings ‘ .I have no idea how I got chosen ( scam?) . Apparently they are a website dedicated to give savings on many products to people on benefits. Instead of putting email straight to junk, I pressed unsubscribe. This apparently means I could still be pestered by third parties. 
    I do wonder if that survey website put my name on there ? Oh well. Not to worry 

    Like many others I’m not fully motivated, but I don’t think it will take too long .
    we’ll see.

    I’ll leave it there 🤧🥶🔆
  • Horrible dream last night . Trouble getting back to sleep 🛏
    Woke up this morning with that horrible groggy feeling again . Still 🤧
    Having said that , I managed to force myself out for walk🐾. Grey day , but walk was good. Slightly more breathless than yesterday , but that's the way myasthenia works with me . Days vary . My jeans were sliding down again , despite being pulled up above belly button again . 

    Speaking of the myasthenia gravis . I was going to donate before Christmas . As I was trying to avoid going into the agreed overdraft , I was going to pay something today .
    I received an email from them , asking for donations in a round about way .
    Fair enough . However, upon going onto the website to donate , 2 things peed me off ;
    First of all , I couldn't see the member login section . Second thing was this annoying " reach deck" banner at the top of the page full of icons for a better word which is very off putting . I emailed the chap on the email voicing my concerns . 
    It's all very well asking for members, but if you are a member you should at least be recognised ! It seems odd . Maybe I'm wrong ..

    I had to send one of my sisters a gift on the Internet via celebrate gifts . Free postage promotion and next day delivery .  

    Still unenthusiastic at the moment , but by this time next week I should be back to normal .
    Mr trainer 🏋️‍♂️would have given me my first session of the year , and motivation so I should be back somewhere where I need to be . My local friend hooefully will be walk8ng with me one day next week 🐾. I want him to fix one of my musical gadgets nrct week also 🎹🎵

    I'll leave it there ..💨
  • MrsPorridge
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    So jealous of your jeans falling down!!!!!
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