Weekly Flylady Thread 04th September 2023

roundtuit

Stop the world I want to get off.

Got so upset at work that I've signed myself off sick and come home. 

Don't know which way to turn. 

Rxx

ionafan

Round, start by making yourself a cuppa and sitting down in a comfy chair to drink it.  It doesn't matter if you close your eyes and fall asleep - anything else can wait until you've calmed down.  I'm so sorry to hear that you were left to run the office on your own.   It's just not fair, and I hope that your line manager realises just how much pressure you've been put under.  You have to take care of yourself first, in order to be able to take care of other people.  A phonecall to your GP tomorrow?  And in the meantime a call to one of your sympathetic friends probably wouldn't come amiss.  We are all here to support you too xx

It's far too hot here for me, and I shall be staying indoors for most of the rest of the day, only venturing out to hang the next load of washing on the whirligig.  I need to quickly dust and hoover upstairs because I keep waking up with a sneezing fit (I can see the dust along the top of the dark bedhead!), but otherwise it's likely that all the flying achieved here today will be that done around 4am by two wasps who scuttled into my bedroom through the open window when we had a brief shower which did absolutely no good to the garden.  The first wasp was dispatched by a judicious swipe of the WDYTYA magazine that was on my bedside table, the second had the sense to fly out again when I re-opened the window.   They did a "good" job of waking me up, and now I'm too tired to think straight.  Lunch is required, and I doubt that anybody else is going to get it on the plates.

mumtoomany, I love Bob Flowerdew's attitude!

Glad to hear that Harper is responding to treatment x

Asparklierblonde

Sneaking in from work for a dose of news from my lovely friends to quell my own anxieties about an activity I need to start running in 7 minutes which I really REALLY dont want to do and seen your post, Round. Sending you lots of gentle hugs. Please nap and as Iona says maybe consider ringing the GP tomorrow. Most importantly look after you.

Off to do this thing..... cannot wait to be home. PS @mumtoomany You are just fab x

Jazee

Hello all.  Round, do what Iona says.

Awake since 2am because of the heat so first thing was shower and getting bedding in WM.  That's Now all back on the bed.  I walked Poppet at 6am then did a work shift.  Met up with friends for a walk but it was too hot so we went for coffee instead.  

Since being back, I've had lunch, done dailies and made a bookmark.  Windows are open, curtains are closed, fans are on and it's still twot.

roundtuit

Thank you iona and asb ❤❤ I didn't know what to do with myself. Total meltdown. It's the drip, drip, drip effect - camel that breaks the straw's back. And then whoosh. All reason goes out of the door. But how much being taken for granted / made to feel worthless can one person take? The sad thing is that I love my actual job. And there are colleagues who appreciate what I do and how well I do it. But the bosses just see us as interchangeable bums on seats. Numbers at the end of the day.

And breathe.....

I've eaten my pack up. Does that count as flying? Oh, I brought in the emptied bins. That's flying.

Rxx

PS Thank you Jazee ❤

roundtuit

And thank you piggers but I wouldn't wish the place on you. ❤

Valli

Some sound advice there, Round (((hugs)))

bl00dy hell pigpen…i remember a less than fragrant pupil, y6 boy, about whom i was most concerned.  i commented positively on another chil in his hearing and he came in washed an much nicer to sit/work with (his home life was chaotic, sadly).  It was much better - i’m always conscious that smelly/dirty kids will be left out of things.  Unfortunately some kids don’t get the guidance or care at home so school must step in.  However Dot has her own issues…So those TA comments were ridiculous.  

Have run some errands and made a Greek salad for lunch, which i enjoyed.  

I’ve trimmed my box.  it’s not a sphere though

pigpen

roundtuit said:

And thank you piggers but I wouldn't wish the place on you. ❤

Actually it sounds like you needed me very much!!!! I am sorry I wasn't there now!!

But I agree with cuppa and breathe!! I would write me letter of resignation telling them exactly and floridly why and how they could stick a cactus up their bum.. you read your book, have a nice bath and a jolly good rant on the phone... you've got my FB if you need me..

Valli.. we worked so hard to get dot to brush her teeth and wash and I just feel like they wrecked it in one go

Pixie just came out with her paperwork for secondary applications .. it is too soon.. I haven't even got Dot settled yet!!

DS2 off to pick up Dot shortly.. and I need to do foods and pack ups.. I'm thinkings I might need to have DS2 nip into shop too.. I need cucumber otherwise Dot won't eat her dinner..

I have requested Twinkle is seen by the speech therapist asap.. I really need her to have an assessment of the echolalia and palalalia.. they are driving me to distraction.. she can barely get a sentence out without stumbling over her words. I am wanting someone to support her ASD referral.. I think she 'just' has ADHD.. her teacher is lovely but not very observant or experienced with additional needs.. She tried brushing off an anaphylactic reaction as a mini 'oops' .. not very professional!

My bones hurt and my feet hurt again.

Pixie at Dr's in morning..

Asparklierblonde

Round I hope you get a good sleep love. We are all here for you.

Anyone want to buy a really old house, really high up, prone to damp with ancient stone walls, floors and no insulation? No takers. Ah well guess I'll stay put. Its boiling hot outside yet I have damp patches forming in my kitchen because of water coming in. If anyone wins a huge lottery win please can you pay for my re-pointing? Thank you. 

Sausage, chips and HG corn on the cob eaten for tea. I attempted to write a meal plan for the weekend but we really don't have much in, and I haven't got the energy left to be creative. Maybe tomorrow. Cuppa and early night for me I think. Take care all xx

Fayolle

Oh Lordy.  Most awful day at work, but then I popped on here…
Round, do whatever you have to do, but don’t go in tomorrow. Sympathetic friends all here, ready and waiting for you 💕.
ASB, when I win that big number, you will get some for your pointing. And some will go on buying that flylady bus so that we can stick however many fingers we fancy up at whomever we choose, and trundle off into the sunrise. Or sunset, depending on where people are on the pick up timetable.
Piggers, as ever, you leave me astounded by what you have to get through. Baby Harper is a chunkiness of gloriousness. Glad that EC is on the mend.
Narc0, Mumtoomany, both of you too - how do you do it?
Everyone else who I have forgotten - you are all fab x
I am flopped. Emotionally drained. I’ve never cried at work before, and I wouldn’t have foreseen this as being the occasion…first for everything, I guess. Now I regret wasting my tears on the situation, as I think there might have been a bit manipulation going on. Still, I’m supporting my boss, who is supporting me, who is supporting him…you get the picture. And I popped onto Mr T on my way home to get some flowers for a friend and found the rarely sighted YS trolley. French sticks at 28p, thank you very much. I will have a rare sandwich instead of salad for lunch tomorrow. Nom nom, oink oink.
Did someone say Flying?? Errr, no, not really. Twot.