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I'm trying to decide wether to pamper my self due to
arthitis pain, or just go ahead and do the work...(laundry,
housework).....don
Hawky from one OA sufferer to another I say just carry one and do the work.. the pain is always gonna be there and if you leave the work it's just gonna pile up, and play on your mind, you'll feel better once it's done and you can sit and take a Painkiller after all and nurse the pain.. 🤗
 
I've just come back from the same town in the next door County I went to earlier in the week...OMG!! I forgot it was Black Friday... I think the whole world descended on the place. Took me to drive to 3 different town car parks before I found a space, and then I had to pay in advance at the machine.. £1.25 per hour!

However I'm pleased I went early because coming back at around 1pm as I left the town, the traffic heading in was twice as much as had been earlier.. :eek:

Anyway I;d only gone to pick up some more warm clothing for winter indoors .. and I got quite a lot for just over £50.. so I'm happy with that..

In one large Department store where there was 11 checkout staff manning the tills.. when I got to the head of the queue I counted the people behind me .. and there was 37... that's just one store.. :rolleyes:

Popped into Aldi on the way back, and picked up some Milk, and staples.. .. not surprised to find it relatively empty because clearly everyone was in town trying to find bargains..not that there was many that I could see..

Sun was shining all day.. it's 3.35pm now, so it'll be dark in just over 30 minutes..
 

I hate it as well, serves no purpose except to get your face wet. But I have no control over it. The pain is so great and I don’t take pain pills. I considered medical marijuana, and have an appointment with doctor on Monday for the card.

But I’ve changed my mind. My son was pressuring me to get it. I read up on it and it can take a good deal of time to find the right product, it’s expensive, and you still experience some type of “high”. It’s that “high” feeling that makes me unable to take regular pain drugs. The disorientation feeling makes me 🤮

I know the feelings. I too am experiencing chronic pain from some kind of peripheral neuropathy. It is pretty much 24/7and reaches a pain level of 8-9 during the day. I do use THC and I also do not like getting high on any pain meds. But, it decreases the pain by about 4-5 notches. So, I get through the side effects and am doing better than I am without them. I have gone days with out meds and the pain gets to be too much. Maybe it goes in some kind of cycle. We can only tolerate a certain amount of either pain, or side effects.
I have cleaned our house this morning for my 1/2 hr exercise routine after each meal. Pain level about 4 now.
 
Babysitting my grands while daughter takes a boat-load of dirty clothes to the laundry mat. Big sister was still sleeping upstairs. Trying to keep autistic younger sister down stairs. TANTRUM. Grandmother first barricades door with dancing to calypso music. More tantrums. Finally a divine inspiration— grandma notices plastic Easter eggs on a shelf…. In desperation, set eggs spinning on top of dryer. Instant fascination from granddaughter…. This was good for probably 30 min if fun. Grandma relieved 😅.
 
So..we have the train drivers on strike.. we have the Royal Mail workers and postmen on strike, and now we've got the NHS nurses going on strike 2 days in December.. demanding another 19 % increase in their wages..

In an ideal world we'd be able to give everyone everything they need to live on.. but where do they think this extra money is coming from ?.. The country is going through a recession, pensioners are on the lowest pension in the western world.. our Electricity , Gas , and fuel prices are through the roof.. millions have to choose between eating and heating.. The London Mayor has just extended the area covering the Congestion charge to cover all of Greater London and not just the city, meaning workers who have older cars have to pay £12.50 a day to go to work from outside the area... It's just all beyond belief that people are holding the country and the ordinary people to ransom like this
 
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I am very aggravated today. My husband and I have been having stomach issues for the last few days plus having colds. We had to cancel Thanksgiving plans. I honestly wanted to go because we were invited to my SIL's sister's house. My SIL's Dad passed away 2 months ago so I really wanted to go, we didn't want to spread the germs. My daughter has been picking on me but not her Dad.Why Me !!!!
 
I had a steak marinating that I thawed out on Wednesday when I forgot about Thanksgiving being the next day. So I fixed it for my breakfast. Still have half of it left for this afternoon (lunch/supper I don't know what to call it). Took my laundry downstairs and that is washing now. As soon as it is finished I will hang it in my shower. Tomorrow I will do my 2nd load. Today I feel like I can only handle one a day.
 
I am 💔. Newbie was a no show/no call today. I really, really hope there's a compelling reason for it so that she won't be fired. When there's a nc/ns within the first 90 days of employment, it's goodbye.

In a million years it wouldn't have occurred to me that she'd just blow off her job.

Deli manager said she was supposed to be at work at 5am yesterday, turned up at 6am, only stayed a few hours, then left saying she had to go "out of town" to meet family. No telling what that meant. She doesn't drive and doesn't have a car. She'd told me on Monday that she'd be alone on Thanksgiving because her parents went to Ohio for a family funeral.

Sir busted his butt convincing management to allow him to schedule her for full 40 hours, which he did for this whole week.

Sir is on vacation starting around 8am on Monday or as soon as inventory is done.

Woe is me. Woe is Sir. :cry::cry::cry::cry:😭😭😭😭
 
I am 💔. Newbie was a no show/no call today. I really, really hope there's a compelling reason for it so that she won't be fired. When there's a nc/ns within the first 90 days of employment, it's goodbye.

In a million years it wouldn't have occurred to me that she'd just blow off her job.

Deli manager said she was supposed to be at work at 5am yesterday, turned up at 6am, only stayed a few hours, then left saying she had to go "out of town" to meet family. No telling what that meant. She doesn't drive and doesn't have a car. She'd told me on Monday that she'd be alone on Thanksgiving because her parents went to Ohio for a family funeral.

Sir busted his butt convincing management to allow him to schedule her for full 40 hours, which he did for this whole week.

Sir is on vacation starting around 8am on Monday or as soon as inventory is done.

Woe is me. Woe is Sir. :cry::cry::cry::cry:😭😭😭😭
@Georgiagranny, the cavalier attitude ppl have toward work now-a-days just blows my mind! 🤯😫🤬
 
@Georgiagranny, the cavalier attitude ppl have toward work now-a-days just blows my mind! 🤯😫🤬
The strange thing is that she begged for 40 hours. Sir had a heckuva time getting 40 hours for her because it just isn't done for the newest of the new employees, so he really went to the wall on her behalf.

Added to the fact that her family was homeless for a good while very recently... And she's so believable.

I really hope we haven't been conned.
 
I am 💔. Newbie was a no show/no call today. I really, really hope there's a compelling reason for it so that she won't be fired. When there's a nc/ns within the first 90 days of employment, it's goodbye.

In a million years it wouldn't have occurred to me that she'd just blow off her job.

Deli manager said she was supposed to be at work at 5am yesterday, turned up at 6am, only stayed a few hours, then left saying she had to go "out of town" to meet family. No telling what that meant. She doesn't drive and doesn't have a car. She'd told me on Monday that she'd be alone on Thanksgiving because her parents went to Ohio for a family funeral.

Sir busted his butt convincing management to allow him to schedule her for full 40 hours, which he did for this whole week.

Sir is on vacation starting around 8am on Monday or as soon as inventory is done.

Woe is me. Woe is Sir. :cry::cry::cry::cry:😭😭😭😭
I suspected this soon after she started when she went sick within days , and if you remember GeeGee.. you blew it off.. and said she wouldn't risk her job...
 
Waiting for delivery of a parcel from the US. From the day purchased until it goes through all the border custom‘s hoops and delivery here, it takes forever. I hope it fits.
it's chaos here for some people waiting for parcels through royal mail because of their strikes. Daughter rang tonight and said she's been waiting over a week for something that should have arrived 6 days ago...
 
I suspected this soon after she started when she went sick within days , and if you remember GeeGee.. you blew it off.. and said she wouldn't risk her job...
I know! I talked to her when she called the first day and she was obviously very ill, either that or very good at acting like she was. For all I know, she was out looking for another job that pays more.

I won't know anything until tomorrow when Sir is at work.

I dunno what's going to happen next week when Sir is on vacation. I'm scheduled off on Tuesday and Thursday:( AFAIK, he wasn't planning on leaving town, just a staycation, but I hope he doesn't decide to give it up because our vacation doesn't carry over. We have to use it by December 31 or lose it.
 
This morning I finished painting 🖌️some trim on the door frames in the kitchen. I painted some of it yesterday morning before I peeled potatoes and had a shower.

Later today I was eating some leftover turkey and poured myself a little bit of wine, 🍷 felt woozy right away, so left the wine and got cracking on doing outside work.

It was about 48F, so not warm and there was more tidying to be done than I thought, or I am just moving a bit slower due to the pains (another story.) I was outside for about two hours in the coldish wind.

Anyway, I had three large plant pots and two long plant troughs to empty. Took out all the scarecrows and autumn faux flowers. The geraniums and other flowers were killed off by last weeks snow. Then I moved some garden ornaments into the garage and all the up and down to the basement.

Then I brought up from the basement all the faux flowers to fill in the plant pots. 🎄Each one a different Christmas color theme, a few tall metal ornaments in two of the pots.

Put the wreaths on the front door and moved a solar light outside to catch more sun.

Swept up 🧹and then set the Christmas lights on the timer to start lighting up my front porch tonight. I know it's early, but the weather is going to be colder and rainy for days, and it suited me to do these outside chores/fun things today.

I have decided that there will be no more glitter allowed into the house. It is a pain to clean up and continues to be found for months and months. It was only on a few pinecones and red bows, but even a little bit of glitter is too much glitter!

I came in, washed dishes, sliced a portion of corn bread which I buttered and put to brown and warm on the griddle. Along with a cup of tea I am pacing myself for chores and decorating to do this week.
 

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