April Fools!

Day 160.

So…….. Arrived home from my sister’s place in the Lakes, feeling just awful 🤧🤒😷. Took a Covid test and yup! Two red lines came up straight away - as red as blood!👎. This was all I needed as I am due to go onto my new department tomorrow. Cannot believe this.  The past 4 weeks have been a chore to say the least, what with this tooth infection and all that goes with it, still in existence and now this!🙈. The way I am feeling right now, I can’t see myself fit enough for work tomorrow. My stomach is aching, due to the non stop sneezing and blowing my nose all day/eve.  I have come to bed and hoping for a good night’s sleep. Hopefully after a day’s rest at home tomorrow, I will feel more able to get myself into work the following day🤞🙏.

That’s it for now folks. 🤒😴.

”April fools - no more the fool”!

Pink Lady 🩷🍎.

Day 161.

Second day of showing a strong positive test for COVID!🤒🤧😷🙈. Currently resting in bed and unable to get into work for my first day on my new department 👎. I thought having two holidays away, before starting properly in my new role would stand me in good stead! Not quite the case unfortunately. ☹️. There is nothing I can do about it right now though other than to just rest it out 😴.

On a positive, I remain g.f and I have money in my bank account - thank goodness for online shopping when you are at home not feeling great!!👌.

Take care everyone.

”April fools - no more the fool”!

Pink Lady 🩷🍎.

Day 162.

Third day of testing strongly positive for Covid 👎.  Another day at home today and looks the same for tomorrow ☹️. Hoping to get into work on Thursday 🙏. Feeling so fed up and down in the dumps right now. Don’t get paid when I am off in this job either so the sooner I improve and get back to work, the better.

Will leave it there for this eve folks.

Good night all.

”April fools - no more the fool”!

Pink Lady 🩷🍎.

Day 163.

What’s that saying…… “it never rains but pours”! On my way to the chemist today to pick up my prescription. A warning came up in my car saying back tyre needed air in it.  When I took it to the petrol station, I had a flat tyre!🙈. I paid one pound to get some air. By the time I had attached it to my wheel, it had ran out! Apparently, there was a fault with it - still took my payment though 😡. Anyway, a lovely man helped me and to my astonishment, he showed me that where the spare wheel usually is, there was basically a pump which I could attach to the inside of my car and basically fill my tyres with air, just like the one I had paid for at the petrol station. Who knew it!😮. The lovely guy filled my tyre with air, which got me home. Now I wait to see if it needs replacing or not. 🤞🙏.

Still testing strongly positive for COVID and still feeling like c—P 😔. It’s looking like I will be off for the week.  Not the best start in my new job.  Hey ho - “you can’t pour water from an empty jug” as the saying goes.  Hopefully, new week, new department, new start 🤞🙏🙏🙏.

Good night God bless all.

”April fools - no more the fool”!

Pink Lady 🩷🍎.

Day 168.

Had a few days rest from here and finally tested negative for COVID yesterday 👍. It’s been one thing after another these past 6 weeks and now I have just started my THIRD course of antibiotics for this bl—dy tooth!😖. Just trying to pick the best time to get back to the dentist and have the tooth out and be done with it for once and for all! Then there is the financial element to think about the cost of an implant or two!🙈😭.

It was my first day on my new department in my new job today and all went well. I have been paired up with a lovely lady, who will help me navigate through my workload for the next three to four weeks. I met some other colleagues too, who all seem really nice and approachable 👌. I had a nice walk home in the sunshine and then forgot about work and relaxed for the evening. Back for more of the same tomorrow 🙏.

Good night God bless all. For those new to here, I will pray that you find peace and strength over the coming days/weeks 🙏.

”April fools - no more the fool”!

Pink Lady 🩷🍎.

So glad to hear you are back to some kind of normality. I hope the tooth situation gets better and doesn’t cost you too much. I don’t need to say this to you but for anyone reading this, a big outlay in money doesn’t mean the end of the world. Gambling won’t get you it, quitting will. This lady is an inspiration to me and to many others. Soon we will both be free from this addiction and the debt it has caused. We’ve been on this journey together. I don’t know her, but our stories, like yours are the same. We are both well on our way to living a debt free life, enjoying the spoils that proper adults do. Sure it took us a while. But, now we are real people. We understand how to live and can enjoy everything we should have been doing for the last 20-30 years. Sounds magical doesn’t it? It’s not an easy ride, but it’s a satisfying and eye opening ride, so jump onboard and join us!

Great job pinky. Keep motivating me by keeping it real. 

Stay strong 💪 

@p6z38njbqm we are in this together Fish 🐟. Thank you for your kind post . I am flattered!😊.

Pink Lady 🩷🍎.

Day 170.

Feeling more like myself thank goodness after having this new variant of Covid 🥴. Tooth still a problem however!👎.

Had a really good day at work today and I am beginning to navigate the various systems quite well on only my third day “on the job”, so quite pleased with myself 😊. It’s amazing what is involved in His Majesty’s Passport Office though! 😲. The work that comes in is varied so no two pieces are the same which is good in one sense but then there is so much to consider/problem solve but I am confident that these skills will improve, the more pieces of work I do 🙏.

Another lovely walk home in the glorious sunshine so I made the most of that 😎🌞. I am hoping to get on a live chat for “Treat Thursday” sooner rather than later. Just want to get more comfortable in my new role first 🙃.

I went onto my online bank account this evening and it is so nice to see that there is always money sitting in it 👌. Gone are the days, when on more occasions than I care to remember, I would be skint for practically the entire month! Just thinking about situations like this now sounds utter ludicrous - basically giving all of my hard earned money to those rich gambling sites!🙈👎👎. Well not any more folks 👋👋💪.

May you all have a good day tomorrow and for those of you that don’t, remember, there is always the day after and the day after that 🙏.

Take care all.

”April fools - no more the fool”!

Pink Lady 🩷🍎.

Hope you are doing well @pinklady. Not heard about your days in a while. Hope the job etc is going well and you finally got some solution to the toothache situation.

Stay strong 💪 

@p6z38njbqm Thanks Fish 🐟💙. Just been a bit preoccupied of late and getting used to working full-time hours again, after 4 years of doing 3 days AND at 61 years of age so a big difference to when I worked full-time some 7 years ago🙃.  Still lots to learn and very varied but I just keep telling myself, “as long as I can say at the end of each week, I have learnt more/able to do more the following week, well that’s good enough for me - learn, practice, progress. That’s the plan!👍🙏.

We are both still striving to continue to do well - so much so, I rarely think about gambling, apart from If I walk past a betting office when I am out but that’s more to do with me shuddering at what I have done in the past than it is to do with me being tempted. No chance!👊💪. Tooth situation still not sorted but that’s more to do with me building up some holiday hours so I can take the time off work to go to some more appointments/have the tooth removed 🥴.

Take care and have a lovely week. Once things settle down more in my new job, I will aim to catch up on live chat for “Treat Thursday” 😊.

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Day 179.

I have not written on here for a number of days due to me taking some time to concentrate more on my new job. Lots to learn still and three weeks in and now working full time, all I can keep telling myself is “I know more at the end of this week than I did at the end of last week”. That’s good enough for me! My team are also so lovely and they keep telling me not to worry and to just keep “asking questions” as they all still do!🙃. Yesterday, we had a “well being hour” which meant we all took a lovely walk into my village and stopped off at Costa for a drink and cake 👍. We then return to work and had a team quiz. Unheard of when I was working as a Probation Officer!

Huge congrats to my friend Fish 🐟, who has just got to his first six month g.f marker 👏👏👏, soon to be closely followed by myself this coming Tuesday 🙂.

I am still sticking to my latest goals I set, which was to put my petrol money I no longer have to put in my car, now that I can walk to work and back, into a savings account and to also eventually bring down my balance to zero on one of my credit cards. I have tucked in to some of these savings but it was for a good cause AND the fact I had it there to use was great!👌. It’s still nice to see that every time I go on to my online banking, it shows a healthy balance 👍. So good for the mind.

My sister is picking me up at 11am today. We are heading over to see her two daughters and the families for a fun packed weekend. 

Take care all and make your weekend a good g.f one.

”April fools - no more the fool”!

Pink Lady 🩷🍎.

Day 180!  The above entry should say this too!🙈.  This diary counter works a little weird in that if I write in it before 11am, it doesn’t count my new day so to speak so just wanted to rectify this 😆.

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Day 181.

Have had a nice weekend with my sister, nieces and their children - food, drink, goodies and chat👌. Got home today and went for a power walk with my sister and then back to hers for a g.o.w 🍷before heading home. Trying to make the most of my weekends, now that I have returned to full-time employment. In bed now, listening to this ridiculous weather! 💨💨💨💦💦💦👎.

Back to work tomorrow, which has come around real quick! Will have to get used to this again but happy to be going in.  At least it will reduce my gas and electricity consumption during the autumn/winter!👌

Good night all and take care.

”April fools - no more the fool”!

Pink Lady 🩷🍎.

Hi Pink,

Just came by to wish you continued strength and belief in this journey. Hope you're feeling better and recovered from this covid stuff..your power walk yesterday indicates that you got your strength back 😊

Yes, days off seems to fly by and not enough hours on that clock to have a full r&r time. But it's sooo much better to use it on positive stuff rather than feed he beast we used to!..

Keep up good work and stay strong  x

@sb28 Thank you so much for your kind words. When I get a chance, I will take a look at your posts. I have not had as much time lately, to spend time browsing other people’s threads on here but hoping that will change soon.

Take care.

Pink Lady 🩷🍎.