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Deeply concerning...
Oct. 10th, 2024 10:44 amI just checked the weather forecast, and apparently we can expect 4238mph winds for the next two days. If you don't hear from me again, it'll be because I got blown completely off the map 😮
I just checked the weather forecast, and apparently we can expect 4238mph winds for the next two days. If you don't hear from me again, it'll be because I got blown completely off the map 😮
How can I get it back to normal? Even opening a new document results in the same thing.
Panic over, I think I fixed it.
100prompts Prompt Table
Dec. 6th, 2018 08:03 pmBecause I'm a glutton for punishment and already have too much to write for, here's my
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100prompts Prompt Table...| 001. | Evidence | 002. | I'm here | 003. | Funeral | 004. | Puppy love | 005. | Gloves - FAKE - Thawing Out |
| 006. | Blackboard | 007. | Muse | 008. | Magic | 009. | Clean | 010. | Secret |
| 011. | Superstition | 012. | Fantasy | 013. | Test | 014. | Tease | 015. | Storm |
| 016. | Strawberries | 017. | Weapon | 018. | Beach | 019. | Lost | 020. | Cry |
| 021. | Aloof | 022. | Blood - Torchwood - Sounds And Silences | 023. | Tower Block | 024. | Taxi - FAKE - Transport Trouble | 025. | Search |
| 026. | Writer's Choice | 027. | Writer's Choice | 028. | Writer's Choice | 029. | Writer's Choice | 030. | Writer's Choice |
Wish me luck!
What a day....
Feb. 12th, 2016 10:43 pmToday has been a bit insane.
My Car's MOT test was coming due, so I booked her in for this morning. She was picked up at 9.30, and was back by 10.45 with very bad news. She failed and there was so much that needed doing it wasn't worth trying. I love my little car, so I really wasn't happy. I've had her just under four years and I hate that she'll probably have to be scrapped, but I had to face facts, so I went online looking for a replacement.
I thought it would take weeks to find something suitable, but I found one right away, only a few miles from home and quite cheap. 14 years old, but so was my last car when I got it, so my friend asked his older brother, who knows a bit about cars, to drive us out to look at it, and I ended up buying it. Got the seller to drop the price by nearly £100 too.
But, then I had to drive home from somewhere I'd never been before, and I was supposed to follow my friend's brother, but he drove WAY to fast and I lost track of him halfway, so I'm asking my friend, "Which way am I supposed to be going? Which lane should I be in?" and he's like, "I don't know!" He's got the map, he's supposed to be navigating! *rolls eyes* I did manage to find my way off the main road and gor to somewhere familiar, then had to stop off for petrol and found I didn't know how to open the cover over the petrol cap. *headdesk* My old car, you used the key. This one, we had to locate a lever in the car... It's down beside the driver's seat. I was home with new car just after 3pm. Never thought I'd get that sored so fast!
New car is now sitting in the drive; tomorrow I have to swap things around so new car is in the garage and old car is in the drive, because she's got to go. I feel so guilty, she's been such a great little car, but at least my new one is the same make so most of the controls are in the same places!
So, that's been MY day. Hope everyone else had a less manic time...
LIFE SUCKS! =(
Nov. 27th, 2015 01:15 pmSo, yesterday I went to do the laundry and found the washing machine didn't work. It's getting on in years and had been a bit iffy for a while, so it wasn't a huge surprise. I figured as it was quite a few years old and not under warranty I should replace it rather than get it repaired, and since there were Black Friday deals to be had, the timing was serendipitous - if you have to replace a large appliance, best to do it when you can get a good bargain.
I found a good make with great performance ratings at a saving of £70, it does half loads which is ideal for me now I'm on my own, and best of all, delivery, installation, and recycling of my old machine were included in the price. Yay!
What I only found out when I got a phonecall this morning to arrange a suitable delivery day was that I was expected to disconnect and remove the old machine myself. Like I said, I live alone, I have health problems, I'm not strong (the machines weigh a ton) and I'm not a plumber. I don't know the first thing about how to disconnect a washing machine. That's the sort of thing the people who install them know about. But they're apparently not allowed to disconnect machines, only to install them. Where does that make any kind of sense? The lady on the phone suggested I ask a neighbour for help. Most of them either have less technical skill than I do or are in their seventies and eighties. I suppose I could call my plumber and pay him to disconnect it, but I'm trying to save money. Just buying the machine, even at a discount, is taking a big bite out of my budget.
Now my friend is going to have to get the help of one of his brothers because it'll take at least two people to get the existing machine out of the house, and buy supplies so that nothing leaks all over the floor, some sort of cut-off valve that will be needed because my machine's waste pipe is connected to the waste pipe for the sink and if it's disconnected it'll leave a big hole for water to pour out of every time I use the sink *headdesk*
My kitchen is the size of a postage stamp, the old machine can't be left in there until next Wednesday because it would take up half of the available floor space and I wouldn't be able to open the fridge or the freezer. Bad enough that I'll have to get up at 6am on Wednesday because the delivery time is anywhere from 7am onwards, but I have all this chaos to deal with first.
These days we pay out more and get less service for our money. Is there anywhere out there that disconnects old appliances they're taking away before installing new ones or is everyone just expected to do it themselves? The whole thing is ridiculous.
I am not pleased >=[
Real Life Drama *rolls eyes*
Sep. 25th, 2015 04:28 pmI've had one hell of a day!
Woke up early this morning (before 7am), checked the clock to see if it was time to get up and found I could barely see the numbers. Vision in my right eye was very blurred and my pupils were different sizes. Needless to say, I panicked a bit. The chimney sweep was due at 11am and I had no idea what was wrong with me, so I called the out of hours medical number. They told me to go to the hospital Accident and Emergency department to get checked out, so my neighbours drove me there, the wife stayed with me and the husband returned home to deal with the sweep if I he showed up while I wasn't there.
I was asked questions, my eyes were looked at, (pupils mostly back to normal) and blood pressure taken (that weas fine), then I was told I should go to my GP. So neighbour's husband picked us up from the hospital and we stopped off at the surgery on the way home, they said to come back just before noon and they'd try to fit me in.
Went home, dealt with the chimney sweep, the neighbour took me to the doctor. (I'd called my boyfriend early on, only to discover that he was over 100 miles away at the coast, but said he'd come back because I was so worried and rather up the creek with everything. He caught up to me at the surgery).
Saw my regular doc, Dr. C, and he said I should have gone to eye casualty at the hospital where they could have checked my eye pressure. Why did no one tell me that while I was AT the hospital? Then he said I should see my optician to get my eye pressure checked. The hospital had told me it wasn't worth going to the optician because they'd just tell me to go to my doctor. So, I've been given the runaround, and the wrong advice by everyone except Dr. C. and now I have to go to the optician tomorrow. *headdesk*
My boyfriend did buy me some lovely flowers while he was doing the shopping though, so there's that.
Doc thinks I might have had an acute glaucoma attack (rise in eye pressure because the eye isn't draining properly). Just what I need. I'm already waiting to have blood tests to try to find out what's causing some other health issues, now this. I just can't win. Didn't get home to stay until after 1pm and now I have to go out again in the morning.
Sometimes life just sucks =(
Ah well, at least I know where to go if it happens again.
Livejournal trouble
Jun. 12th, 2015 01:42 pmIs it just me or are other people finding it impossible to access livejournal? It's very frustrating, I can't reply to comments or anything, can't even connect to the site =(
Christmas Cards
Dec. 9th, 2014 02:14 pmWell, after working for all of half of yesterday on Windows Internet Explorer, LJ is once again inaccessible unless I use Google Chrome. How unhelpful. Can't believe I PAY to not be able to access my own journal on my browser of choice. I WAS thinking of paying to have more icons (I seriously need more icon space due to being active in more fandoms these days). Now I'm not sure it's worth paying out and stretching the budget for something I might not even be able to use much. I hate having to use different browsers for different sites, it makes everything fiddly. And I don't like posting to LJ using Chrome because it messes up my formatting even worse than Internet Explorer does, making the font really tiny so I have to adjust the size and keep checking the preview to make sure it's actually going to look readable when I post. *grumble*
Anyway, that's not the reason I'm posting. I wanted to say to anyone who's hoping for a card from me - if you've moved since last Christmas and haven't already given me your new address, please comment below or PM me. I'm screening comments on this post so no one else will see. I'll unscreen non-address comments about the other subject. Probably, lol!
Bear in mind, your card might not reach you until the New Year, because I'm not sure when I'll get them posted out. *rolls eyes* Christmas sneaks up on me every single year. Those who know me at all, know I am NEVER prepared, and this year is worse than usual owing to mum's declining memory and arthritis meaning I have to do all her Christmas preparations too. Twice the work and less time than usual to do it. However, I am stubborn, and I want to keep my own life ticking along as best I can. I'm not prepared to give up my few pleasures so there WILL be cards, I just can't guarantee when, lol! I found I had some part-done cards left over from last year, so amazingly it will be handmade cards again this year! YAY!
I'm Fuming!
Mar. 1st, 2014 02:00 pmOkay, how long have I been posting stuff over on Teaspoon? 31 short fics, 293 drabbles, never had anything rejected.
Until yesterday.
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I'm Knackered
Dec. 4th, 2013 03:46 pmSo, I finally managed to go out (first time in about 9 weeks), sort out financial stuff and do some shopping. I think I was out a little under 4 hours. Road works for The Tram That No One Wants have screwed everything up, getting in and out of the carpark near the post office is a nightmare, so it was not fun. Add to that my right hip and knee do not like me right now so I hobbled everywhere, massively laden with bags because of course we need EVERYTHING and it's nearing Christmas so I had to grab some suitable things for presents for the neighbours who have been so much help... I hauled the lot home, then realised I didn't get anything suitable for my Uncle, my cousin, his partner and their two children...
DAMMIT! I DO NOT WANT TO GO OUT AGAIN THIS YEAR!
Not surprisingly, I'm knackered. My feet are throbbing, my back aches, my shoulders hurt from lugging bags and I still have to clean the fire out again, and do a pile of washing up =(
On a brighter note, something I bought off ebay arrived.
I wanted some pompoms - I'd knitted a nose warmer for one of our carers, and put a pompom on the end - she loved it - but I only had two pompoms to choose from, so I thought I could do with a few more. I found I could buy a pack of 100 assorted sizes, or a pack of 300 for less than twice the price, so naturally I went for the 300 - I'm sure I can find uses for them. I was expecting a nice little package, so you should have seen my face when what I got was a sack half the size of a pillow! Ah well, pompoms are useful, maybe I can use them to decorate the Christmas Tree, lol!
REALLY BAD DAY
Oct. 16th, 2013 01:21 pmAs some of you know, on top of physical health problems I also suffer from agoraphobia and panic attacks, I have OCD (usually reasonably under control), and a bunch of phobias. My home has always been my sanctuary, the place I can get away from the world, a safe environment that I have control over.
Except that now it isn't.
Because of mum's stroke, she now needs extra help, which means complete strangers letting themselves in three times a day to help her with a few things. I have been struggling to cope with different people every three days, on top of district nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech therapists, trying to remember who I've told what to and trying to keep[ some control over what happens in my own home - not easy, and I've had some issues with one of the carers rinsing mum's dishes (they are apparently authorised to wash any dishes used by the person they care for) and using the floor cloth to wipe them with, which upset me enough. Are people incapable of asking where things are? Even when the dish cloth is in full view? I keep telling everyone to leave the washing up to me, I'm germ phobic and need to know things have been properly washed for my own peace of mind.
Right now I'm extra stressed. The government are trying to send me out to work so I've got an appeal in. I've caught the cough mum picked up in hospital so I'm getting even less sleep that usual because I keep coughing and waking myself up. Misty, my rabbit, is at the vet's, he's had surgery to remove another tooth but it's though he has an inner ear infection, a bladder infection and possiblr heart problems, so I don't know if he's going to live.
So today, one of the carers who we've had before and who I like, decided to do the washing up, without asking, and I freaked. I told her please don't, and she said it was alright so I told her that it wasn't, I thought she knew that I do the dishes myself. I did get her to stop, I tried to explain, only to be told "Don't be so dramatic, go and blow into a paper bag." Yeah, like THAT would help. I've been shaking and crying ever since, I had to start from scratch with the dishes, which I usually wash after lunch so my entire daily routine has been thrown off, my nerves feel like they're stretched to breaking point and I can't settle. I really didn't need that today, and she'll be back tonight and then on duty tomorrow and now I feel like she's looking down on me like I'm some silly, finnicky little drama queen who overreacts. I can't help the way I react, any more than someone with a phobia about wasps can help panicking when one flies near them. Doesn't matter that it's not rational, the panic reaction is instinctive. I feel like my home isn't mine any more and what little control I have over things is being snatched away.
I don't like being the way I am, it's the result of being mis-prescribed tranquilizers and being kept on them for far too long, then being prescribed MORE tranquilizers to treat the problems the first lot caused and being kept on THEM for several years, when now they're recommended to be used for only a couple of weeks. And I STILL have the physical health problems I was originally told were all in my head and that I was given tranquilizers for in the first place.
I just want to shut myself in my room (the only place I feel is still mine) and never come out.
Grrrrr! LJ is a pain!
Sep. 6th, 2013 05:18 pmIs it just me or is Livejournal being a menace today?
I managed to post a couple of comments this morning, eventually, but since then I can't even connect to the site. It's driving me insane! I want to be able to read things and, even more importantly, post another drabble to tw100, but I can't! Grrrrrrrrr! I am beyond frustrated. =(
Not having a great evening...
Sep. 1st, 2013 11:00 pmWell, that's a bit of an understatement.
Went downstairs a bit over an hour ago, and mum couldn't talk understandably. Possible stroke, possible urinary infection, no idea which but she's being taken to the stroke unit and I'm stuck here because on top of the agoraphobia and usual health problems, I have a virus and now I've got chronic indigestion from the stress so I can't even sit comfortably.
Some days, life sucks.
All I can do is wait for the hospital to get in touch. Probably won't get much sleep tonight and there may be posting delays tomorrow, so apologies in advance if Fic of the Week and my last drabble end up being late. I'll do my best (got to keep my mind occupied somehow) but no promises.
I'll just be right here, wibbling quietly in my corner. I have my teddy bear for company, but I'm not a happy bunny right now. Good wishes, prayers etc would be very welcome right now.
I've Got Middle Age Spread! 0.0
Jun. 10th, 2013 04:19 pmI have a pair of jeans that I always wear when I go out because they fit me perfectly and they're just sooooo comfortable (I've been wearing them for 35 years), but now they're developing fashionable tears and I'm at an age where I prefer my clothes not to have holes in them that aren't meant to be there.
So, long story short, I went digging in my wardrobe to find out what trousers I can wear tomorrow... and horror of horrors, HARDLY ANYTHING FITS!!!!
My gorgeous stripy jeans that I adore won't do up, neither will my pretty pale pink pair, which are labelled size 14, but they can't be because I'm a size 12 and they don't fit and if they're size 14 then they damn well SHOULD fit! I AM still a size 12, damnit! Except around the middle apparently.
I've had to throw out three other pairs as well... (okay, one pair fitted but they're vile and I don't even remember where they came from, probably mum's cast-offs).
I did find two pairs of jeans that fastened but were a bit tight, one pair that are comfortable but have ridiculously shallow pockets (I need good pockets), and one pair that have deep pockets and fit quite well (and have elastic in the waist). But they DO fit, so I guess I know what I'm wearing tomorrow.
But I have Middle Age Spread! When did that happen? Come to think of it, when did I reach middle age?
Woe.
*crawls off to mope*
