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Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻

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  • missymoo81
    missymoo81 Posts: 7,981 Forumite
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    Phew! Hi! I’ve just caught up with your diary from March! Wow what a whirlwind for you! My hat goes off to you both for dealing with and sorting Mr C Snr so well. Such hard work for you whilst living far away and working. Your birthday sounded lovely though. Sorry your neighbours are being pesky, and rubbish about the uncertainty at work. Did you manage to finish the curtains for the study? And super well done on all of the gym and running escapades! Reading your diary always makes me feel a little bit tired with everything you manage to squeeze in! Well done for being so wonderful! I am
    very glad you get to recoup with cafe trips.
    i am very fond of them myself but very much trying to abstain at present! Anyway keep up your wonderfulness! I do love reading your diary.
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,617 Forumite
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    edited 11 July at 12:06PM
    Yikes Cheery - my sympathies are with you - it is one of the worst experiences invented by man (and yes it was indeed a man) - I've been know to pass out quite regularly during the procedure and am one of those who puts the whole thing off!  The one and only time it was not traumatic, was when an older (female) nurse did the procedure and empathically stated there was absolutely no reason it should be painful or cause mental trauma!  There need to be more practitioners like her in the world!!!
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,102 Forumite
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    Indeed, and on the whole I've never had a bad experience. Today wasn't traumatic, but definitely worthy of comment. Although much of the issue was around general things rather than the procedure itself (doc late with no explanation or apology, room too small to facilitate proper examination or privacy, distracted clinician etc). 

    Anyway...

    Consoled myself with a cafe trip, which we have now decided is a once a week treat. In fact we did decide a new 'no food in cafes' rule but I didn't get up early enough for breakfast before my appointment 😬 Will try again next time! 

    Remembered to bring the strimmer to see if they can fix it. Hope so - that should be much cheaper than a new one, and obviously always better to repair if possible. Will report back. 

    Nothing much else to report. I have not been very MSE lately, dropped the ball on lots of things (not done the Happy Wheel forever, or Prolific, or anything similar. Going to try to re-engage over the summer.

    I've got 3 weeks left at work before a month off 😁 Lots to do in those 3 weeks! Plus putting up two fences (yes, we bought another one for elsewhere in the garden, between them they should give us a good deal of privacy) - got friends coming tomorrow to help. Also got a band concert next weekend (lots of practice still required), and a weekend party in Wales for which I need a fancy dress costume 😁

    So lots to do, and I'm not going to make any grand plans for those 3 weeks, but a gentle shift in the right direction, I think...

    Rest of the fence should arrive today, ordered from somewhere different which had faster delivery times. Let's see if these ones can get down the drive!
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 5,617 Forumite
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    Oven on in this weather? You are a braver soul than I!
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    New projection - 14 YEARS 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)
    Psst...I may have started a diary!
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