Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)

greenbee

Brie - that's part of the problem - plus they can sell up to 5 days back. But it's not healthy, which is why a lot of states are moving by law to what's called 'self-managed PTO'. There is no set number of days, they can take as much as they like - with manager approval. So as long as the work gets done and there is someone to cover, I can't reasonably reject requests. However, they are struggling to get their heads round the fact that I expect them to take 25 days a year as they were on 10 days until they were moved to self-managed.

KajiKita

Thank you @debtfreewannabe321, @SandyShores, @Watty1, @skint_spice, @beanielou, @Brie, @redofromstart and @Twolabsandacat for my holiday wishes 😊 (Hadn’t quite expected to come back to my diary to a significant discussion of US leave … 🤷‍♀️😊)

Whilst in work, booked my annual blood tests. OAT done! ✅

Messaged an ex colleague about meeting up week after next and made an arrangement with her - need to add that to my diary actually … 🤔✅

Took my car straight to a recommended place after finishing work to get the air con gas recharged (done, and oh boy, what a difference it makes! 🤩) whilst I had lunch in town. Got some little bits of food in for my free-to-have-what-I-want-because-Mr-KK-is-away dinner tonight 😉😊 

Requested a new prescription as I am getting to the end of my current tablets. ✅

Two loads of washing - bit late on the line as I was later home than usual for a Friday. Should dry okay though as it’s still quite warm here with a slight breeze. 

The book I am pre-reading has arrived but I was so tired I was dosing off on the sofa with it, so have given up for now. 😂

I suspect I will sleep like a rock tonight, whatever the temperature! 😴😉

KK

PennysIntoPounds

What a start to two weeks leave, a dinner thinking only of yourself, enjoy! Hope you sleep very well indeed, you've certainly earned it

KajiKita

PennysIntoPounds said:

What a start to two weeks leave, a dinner thinking only of yourself, enjoy! Hope you sleep very well indeed, you've certainly earned it

Thank you 😊

Managed a couple of small surveys this afternoon and cashed out QM33 at £5.16 and added a 4p TT as OPs 😊

KK

Watty1

Love the leave discussion. I haven't had a two week holiday since starting my company.  I've managed a few days here and there but since leaving PPH and the "drama" that followed that I've not had a 'holiday' at all.

I think that might be why i seem to spend Saturday afternoon in bed sleeping lately.

KajiKita

Watty1 said:

Love the leave discussion. I haven't had a two week holiday since starting my company.  I've managed a few days here and there but since leaving PPH and the "drama" that followed that I've not had a 'holiday' at all.

I think that might be why i seem to spend Saturday afternoon in bed sleeping lately.

Maybe you could try and get one in your calendar for later this year or next …? That way you and your PA can plan around it. 

I woke horribly early this morning because I had a very ‘heavy’ call from a senior colleague at group level yesterday and it was relentlessly weighing on my mind at 5am! 🙄 Have sent an email, asking a colleague who is working the next two weeks, for help on one aspect of it and I hope that means I can park it mentally until I go back to work … 

Sent a couple of messages to friends explaining I’m around for the next two weeks and asking what availability they have for a catch up 😊

Cool and a bit damp here, so starting slowly. Main target today is to clear the bind weed from the cut flower border. 

I have managed to clean the bathroom (and found a second component to the shower drain trap - a bit ewww-y but good to get that completely clear of hair and cleaned 😉🤷‍♀️😊) and the inside of my car (after getting it washed yesterday) whilst it’s been cool, so I am pleased those two awkward jobs are done 😊

I am drafting a colour-in house on powerpint to represent my target OPs for 2025. It’s a bit unfair on myself as I have already exceeded my initial target for the year 😊, but I will have the satisfaction of colouring those in 😉 I will show you later if I can get it to work and up to date … 😊

Oh and Madame Chloe … was a dirty stop out all night last night!! Came home at 5.30am this morning! Cheeky monkey! Grudgingly ate some breakfast (she’s being funny about her food again 🙄 time of year I think) and is now spark out on Mr KK’s bed … 😂 Remind me why we bother having a cat …?? 🤔

KK

Brie

KajiKita said:

Remind me why we bother having a cat …?? 🤔

KK

You don't.  She has you.  Not her fault that you don't want to be boxing shadows in the undergrowth all night.

Merlin's_Beard

Hoping you can let go of that issue and enjoy your two weeks off!

KajiKita

Brie said:

KajiKita said:

Remind me why we bother having a cat …?? 🤔

KK

You don't.  She has you.  Not her fault that you don't want to be boxing shadows in the undergrowth all night.

😂😂😂😂🤷‍♀️ We have just two goes of lap-cwtches and she has headed off out again … 

Merlin's_Beard said:

Hoping you can let go of that issue and enjoy your two weeks off!

Thank you. I’m feeling better about now that I have had some time to get my head around it a bit more and strategise … 

House colouring schema attempted but then I realised there was an extra £2K to include from the lump I chucked in from the settlement two employers ago, which threw my calculations and squares out completely. I needed a break from it so will try again tomorrow. 

Various ewww jobs done in the kitchen, downstairs loo cleaned and kitchen rubble washed up or swept into the dishwasher. 

Read a novel, had a very long (probably too long) nap that I just couldn’t stir from and got another good chunk of the cut flower bed out from under the bindweed! 😊

KK

PennysIntoPounds

Another book up just when I was in catching distance 🙄😁