Steadily climbing the mountain, enjoying the view along the way

Brie

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81925607#Comment_81925607

I did similar years back when we had the twins. Cat flap was always unlocked (which is how Mr Stinky kept getting in). For some reason before going to work one day I closed the kitchen door and they were both snoozing upstairs. After a full day at work we came home to a smelly lounge as there was 2 small disposal spots in opposite corners. The plus side was they hadn't done anything on the rug, just the bare floor so fairly easy to clean up.

KajiKita

Thanks @beanielou, @greenbee, @Watty1, @Brie and yes, I am quite certain that Madam has plans for her retribution… 😉

Really tiring day today. However, we appear, finally, to be ‘ungumming’ some stuck processes that we really need to get a shift on with ….

Had a physio session today. Not quite as ‘beaten up’ but now realise that the rehab exercise I have been doing carefully and diligently, twice a day, since the last session … I have been doing wrong! I mean literally in the wrong direction. 🙄 I think I was a bit in shock at the end of the session when he showed me and didn’t quite take it in … Sigh … 🤷‍♀️

Dropped the car off for the air con work. I am bracing myself for the bill … 🤞 Receptionist at this garage was off the charts cheerful and energised, which was a bit bracingly unfeasible at 5pm! 😉😂

Only 4K steps by the time I got home, so I pulled on my gum boots and went out for a gentle ramble in the woods to get some air.

KK

KajiKita

Checked and updated the mortgage balance last night. Just slid under the £220K level … 😊

Collected my car - £583 all in (parts, regarding, labour, VAT). Not unhappy with that and if I get chance to do my financial updates later, I may have saved more for the cost than that, which would allow me to move some funds back into general savings to cover some of my physio costs … 🙄😉

Seriously wondering if I need to start a pot for ‘me maintenance’ for things like physio etc … Physio was suggesting I start seeing him twice per week - that would be £400 pcm!! 😳 I think not …!

Its been a really hectic, intense day (not bad, just full on). Fortunately, Mr KK is going out so I get some quiet time this evening 😊
Hoping to do my financials and then chill with some tapestry and a novel 😊

KK

Baileys_Babe

@KajiKita said:

Seriously wondering if I need to start a pot for ‘me maintenance’ for things like physio etc …

A me maintenance pot sounds like a great idea then the money is there when you need it and it would prevent any delays while you worry/reorganise your budget to find the funds. Early intervention would probably result in a shorter treatment time as the issue has been around for a time while you decide if you really can justify the maintenance.

@KajiKita said:

Physio was suggesting I start seeing him twice per week - that would be £400 pcm!! 😳 I think not …!

Physio twice a week seems a bit steep especially at those prices

In future at the end of the session ask him to email you a description of each exercise, how many repeats ect and if possible a video of each exercise or a link to a suitable videos so you can get the most out of the physio (and have resources if you have a future flare). That way you can study them when you are not exhausted at the end of the session.

beanielou

Blimey. Twice a week seems a bit much!

Watty1

Whilst the twice a week sounds a lot (and yes it is!) my experience is that quite quickly the visits can drop to once a week, once a fortnight and then once every couple of months and finding some one for maintenance thereafter can be cheaper "in the long run"

just a thought - can he email you instructions for exercises (mine sends them to me with little videos too!)

debtfreewannabe321

I spent a small fortune at the chiropractor years ago in a very short amount of time because I was unable to actually walk with a straight back by the time I caved to go....in a month though, I had full mobility and felt better than I had in years and by month three or four I felt amazing..my poor cc took a battering though, I think I spent over two grand in that short time, three times a week, then two times, then down to once a week and bimonthly and so on and so forth before I thought I was going to need a mortgage to pay any more 🤣🙈

Every time I budget I say I will start a 'health' pot for supplements, massage or chiro or whatever and then I find the house somehow goes to the top of the list with it's long list of maintenance and DIY 🙃🙂🫠.

Humdinger1

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81923212#Comment_81923212

Like Jeeves was 'just a butler'?

ladybird1106

love the idea of a me pot too.
love 🐞

skint_spice

Invest in yourself and I had the same experience with chiro as DFW, I had to go twice a week for a month then tapered down to once a month although I haven’t been for years now, no recurrence but never again to an office job that discouraged movement!