Buying a little piece of Middle England; Manifesting my way to mortgage free.

debtfreewannabe321 · 7 January at 6:02PM

Well today was interesting at work.
Today's classes I sat in on included painting and decorating. I'll give you one guess as to what they learned about TODAY rather than one week BEFORE the holiday which would have come in very handy to my DIY project. Yep. Wallpapering.
As he went through the list of dos and don't's I was sat there ticking off mostly the don't do this column on my own job 🤣🤣🤣🤣😳 I kid you not. However I got confirmation after class had finished as to whether my efforts were about to fall off the walls and ceiling and he promised it shouldn't do 🙈🤣 oh lord. Now how useful would this lesson had been three weeks ago. I now understand to concertina a wallpaper after pasting for the ceiling not fold it as you do a bit for the wall 🤦🏻‍♀️ no wonder it looked like I was wearing a veil and kept being dressed and drowned in the wallpaper 😶‍🌫️🥴

I took more notes than anyone.

At lunch I was literally shunned because I had 'stolen' someone else's student and classes. This is a lie I was given my timetable by the managers and had zero say in anything. But it seemed someone had been having a little moan about me to almost all staff members because the room firstly went silent as I walked in and secondly not one person spoke to me for an hour. It was so awkward I couldn't even get up and leave because I just froze to the chair silently eating my dinner like a mouse. Quietly quietly trying not to disturb the cat sat across the table from me. I was glad when it was over. I went off to see the stolen student and it seems she had requested me and said she hated the other lady 🤣 no wonder she was being catty about it. I'd only had this student once when her usual lady was off sick. When I didn't show up the next time she'd got her mum to complain about the other lady (she is fierce and intimidating to me I can't imagine how a student would feel tbh).

Anyway I'm home and my eyes are burning again..I'm feeling utterly drained and exhausted and can't seem to shift it. DD, however, had messaged me at lunch and said I want to cook dinner for you all 🥰😇 I said yes please!! So she is doing it now. Just pasta I think but seriously I'd eat beans on toast right now for dinner and accept it graciously and gratefully. She also said to me, I emptied all the bins in the house for you earlier did you notice....I hadn't as only just got home but again very grateful. It was on my jobs list tomorrow 🙏🏻 so another thing I don't need to do.

DIY wise DP has swapped the ceiling lights for the new shade. The new one arrived and was all complete thankfully no missing parts so that's up. Looks really pretty 😍

Xmas decs ...well they're all up still. Including cards. It is on my job list I ran out of time before we went back to school and work so still have to do it. Perhaps tomorrow otherwise the weekend....

debtfreewannabe321 · 7 January at 6:17PM

Oh the architect has come back to us. His fee including sending it to planning is around £3k. He said he has room for one more job before he starts a big one and won't be taking on more work for a while. As much as it could be true I don't ever appreciate feeling pressured to make a commitment that quickly. £3k is nothing to some people but for some of us it is a years saving if not more.
So. I said to DP let's put him off until he's done his big job. Let's pay the carpet loan first. Secondly let's get the EF to where it needs to be. And thirdly let's have a holiday. Then we can save for the fee. And then we can see about refinancing or finding the money from somewhere to break ground and start the job.
I feel happier with that rather than stressing about simultaneously paying a carpet loan, saving an EF, paying the architect.
Meanwhile we can be doing the DIY we can do on the other rooms. It's literally the downstairs and the back of the house we need a builder for- the rest we are doing ourselves.

slm6002 · 7 January at 6:18PM

How mean of them. It's not like you were the one complaining about the other woman. I'm sure they will come round soon and realise you are not like that. Stay strong. Also how lovely that there was a wallpapering session. You will be all sorted for the remaining rooms that need doing lol. What are they learning next week?

debtfreewannabe321 · 7 January at 6:33PM

slm6002 said:

How mean of them. It's not like you were the one complaining about the other woman. I'm sure they will come round soon and realise you are not like that. Stay strong. Also how lovely that there was a wallpapering session. You will be all sorted for the remaining rooms that need doing lol. What are they learning next week?

I know I actually got myself stupidly upset and felt so awkward. I wanted to run but also needed to eat. But I was tired and didn't fancy wandering around an entire campus looking for somewhere else on the busiest lunch hour. Most of them usually are friendly and speak to me so I was definitely the subject matter before I turned up. Oddly lots were saying they'd had changes and weren't bothered in the slightest. Trust me to get the one who was bothered 🙄. I think if I remember I will not go in there next week and find somewhere else on a Tues. I want to go to work. Work. Go home. I'm not interested in office politics or drama. Usually I'm only one of three or four in the lunch room. Today around ten of us were squeezed in there. Overwhelming without drama 🙈🤣

I'm not sure what they're learning next week but I begged to be put on the practical sessions next time (probably next term though at the very earliest if I get It).

KajiKita · 7 January at 7:02PM

Hmmm … I’m wondering if whoever it was the student refused to work with again, is something of a bully and the reason no one spoke to you for an hour is because they were scared to also be in that person’s firing line. I think I would casually mention it to your boss next time you have some time with them. Not to be actioned in any way, but just in case there is any further follow up from that person.

What a lovely compliment to be chosen by a student though 😊

The lampshade sounds lovely and the sequencing of loan / EF / holiday and then architect’s fee sounds logical. Big ❤️ for your DD stepping up too 😊🤩

KK

beanielou · 7 January at 7:28PM

Also wonder if the replaced woman is a bit of a bully & people are frightened of her.

debtfreewannabe321 · 7 January at 8:20PM

She absolutely is. She intimidated me without even saying a word and I'm not a pushover. I honestly couldn't be bothered though. Work is work and I do as I'm told (on the whole 🤣) not interested in bullies. I'm glad she got her comeuppance though. I will mention it to my direct supervisor when I see her.

debtfreewannabe321 · 7 January at 8:28PM

Ps. I am in shock. My DD did the cooking. AND washing up!!!! This is actually unheard of and no precedence set for this kind of behaviour from her or DS2. I'm not sure how to respond 🤣🙈🤣 I said thank you about a hundred times 🤣🙏🏻

debtfreewannabe321 · 7 January at 8:29PM

And and and...put the washing up away !!!

CrazyBee787 · 7 January at 8:36PM

I am pleased for you, and it shows that you are thankful saying thank you 100 times, she may feel comfortbale doing it again. Good for her the skills in the kitchen help future DD, so good for her. Sorry to hear about bully, I hate bullys, they have nothing better to do then be the bain of other peoples existence. I am glad you enjoyed your class on decorating that sounded fun. Are you resting tomorrow, it is your day off isn't it?