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Nov. 27th, 2018 08:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsJames went back to work today. He's on a phased return so is only there for four hours, then the way his days off fell mean he's off until Sunday anyway, when he's in for four hours again, then moving up to five hours for his next set of shifts, then another hour on the next set and so on until he's back to his full hours. He had an appointment with the work physio last week and they were asking if he was sure he was ready to go back, but he thinks he is. His back is so much better and the nerve pain almost gone, so while the first week or so was rough, the actual procedure was a good thing to do.
Tomorrow the builder is coming to fix the kitchen floor. The insurance guy wouldn't agree to fixing the damage unless we got a builder to show clear proof it was actually caused by water damage. So we got out the builder who put in our bathroom and he said it'll cost less than the £500 excess to fix plus he's going to realign the units either side of the hole that have shifted. So we're just going to pay him directly. As James is off I'll leave him downstairs and hide out in the bedroom watching tv with the cats for however long it takes.
Corey will also be home again tomorrow. He's having a rough time atm and when he went to the doctor's last week was put on meds. He's back tomorrow to see how the first week has gone, then we'll take him back to Newcastle on Thursday. I wish I could fix things for him, but I can't. What I can and did do was give him a big hug, told him how proud I was he was taking steps to help himself and fed him loads. Then will do the same tomorrow.
Personally, I've been finding the run up to Christmas hard. It's always been my favourite time of year, and while I've been enjoying the Christmas films, the festive coffee drinks etc, it sort of feels it's more an enjoyment based on knowing I do usually love them and not that I actually do this year. I don't know if that makes sense or not. We always decorate on the 1st, we can't this year as we're off for a family Christmas meal with Pauline, but honestly, I'm in no hurry to put up the tree. I just keep thinking how this year is the first time in my lifetime I'll have a Christmas without mam. She always ate with us and planning a meal for only three hurts. I will decorate, will send cards and give gifts, but man, it's hard. She's been gone for five months now but it feels like forever and also just yesterday it happened.
Other things, the car window is fixed completely, I finished my six week shoulder class. We've been to the cinema lots. Off the top of my head seeing the new Fantastic Beasts, which I didn't actually enjoy that much, and it didn't help someone brought a baby to the first day showing. The Grinch, which was fun, and the new Robin Hood, which I enjoyed much more than I expected.
I had a run in with Amazon logistics delivery when the driver blatantly lied that they'd attempted to deliver a parcel. The time they gave we were both in the living room, a room they'd have to pass to get to the front door and our house is small enough that no way would we miss someone knocking. I didn't even care that the parcel would come the next day, it was the lying that got me, so I developed fingers of fury and got straight on Amazon chat. Eventually they got the delivery man to come back that night, where James answered the door and the man said he'd just spent ten minutes looking for our house. Which was funny as surely he'd remember how to get there after knocking a few hours earlier?
Now though, time to get dressed. The house needs tidying, the base units emptying in the kitchen and I need to go to the post office. Plus, some online catch up.
Tomorrow the builder is coming to fix the kitchen floor. The insurance guy wouldn't agree to fixing the damage unless we got a builder to show clear proof it was actually caused by water damage. So we got out the builder who put in our bathroom and he said it'll cost less than the £500 excess to fix plus he's going to realign the units either side of the hole that have shifted. So we're just going to pay him directly. As James is off I'll leave him downstairs and hide out in the bedroom watching tv with the cats for however long it takes.
Corey will also be home again tomorrow. He's having a rough time atm and when he went to the doctor's last week was put on meds. He's back tomorrow to see how the first week has gone, then we'll take him back to Newcastle on Thursday. I wish I could fix things for him, but I can't. What I can and did do was give him a big hug, told him how proud I was he was taking steps to help himself and fed him loads. Then will do the same tomorrow.
Personally, I've been finding the run up to Christmas hard. It's always been my favourite time of year, and while I've been enjoying the Christmas films, the festive coffee drinks etc, it sort of feels it's more an enjoyment based on knowing I do usually love them and not that I actually do this year. I don't know if that makes sense or not. We always decorate on the 1st, we can't this year as we're off for a family Christmas meal with Pauline, but honestly, I'm in no hurry to put up the tree. I just keep thinking how this year is the first time in my lifetime I'll have a Christmas without mam. She always ate with us and planning a meal for only three hurts. I will decorate, will send cards and give gifts, but man, it's hard. She's been gone for five months now but it feels like forever and also just yesterday it happened.
Other things, the car window is fixed completely, I finished my six week shoulder class. We've been to the cinema lots. Off the top of my head seeing the new Fantastic Beasts, which I didn't actually enjoy that much, and it didn't help someone brought a baby to the first day showing. The Grinch, which was fun, and the new Robin Hood, which I enjoyed much more than I expected.
I had a run in with Amazon logistics delivery when the driver blatantly lied that they'd attempted to deliver a parcel. The time they gave we were both in the living room, a room they'd have to pass to get to the front door and our house is small enough that no way would we miss someone knocking. I didn't even care that the parcel would come the next day, it was the lying that got me, so I developed fingers of fury and got straight on Amazon chat. Eventually they got the delivery man to come back that night, where James answered the door and the man said he'd just spent ten minutes looking for our house. Which was funny as surely he'd remember how to get there after knocking a few hours earlier?
Now though, time to get dressed. The house needs tidying, the base units emptying in the kitchen and I need to go to the post office. Plus, some online catch up.
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Date: 2018-11-27 08:21 pm (UTC)Hugs to Corey and for you too.
Boo to the lying!delivery person. I've only had delivery problems once. It was for a delivered I ordered thru Amazon Prime. Despite picking up the package at 8:00 a.m., I didn't get my package until the next morning at around 7:30 a.m. Though I didn't want to get anyone in trouble, I did complained that the delivery times were way off considering there were no weather-related delays.
The Grindewald reveal at the end of the first Fantastic Beasts movie turned me off so much that I didn't even bother with the new movie. TBH, I wasn't that impressed with the plot of that one and this one felt extremely convoluted (as per what I've read).
Funnily enough, I've somehow gotten into reading Harry/Draco fic in the year of our Lorde 2018 after literal decades of avoiding it, hahahah.
Thankfully, I've gotten tons of recs from ppl whose tastes I trust so I'm digging what I'm reading so far. ;)
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Date: 2019-01-20 02:37 pm (UTC)Boo to the lying!delivery person. I've only had delivery problems once. It was for a delivered I ordered thru Amazon Prime. Despite picking up the package at 8:00 a.m., I didn't get my package until the next morning at around 7:30 a.m. Though I didn't want to get anyone in trouble, I did complained that the delivery times were way off considering there were no weather-related delays.
After I made my complaint I felt horrible that I may have got someone in trouble. It was just the blatant lying that got to me. I would have complained in your situation, too. The whole point of Prime is you get your deliveries fast. Yes, things happen, like the weather, to cause delays at time. But if there's no reason, a complaint is justified.
Funnily enough, I've somehow gotten into reading Harry/Draco fic in the year of our Lorde 2018 after literal decades of avoiding it, hahahah.
Well, that's unexpected. Though, with a fandom that huge, and that pairing, it's good that you do get recs. I imagine there's some really suspect stuff out there.
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Date: 2019-01-20 05:14 pm (UTC)It was interesting because, even though the package was small, the delivery person left it right outside my door, and took a picture of it with a timestamp. Thankfully, the ppl at the floor I live at aren't the kind to snatch other people's stuff. However, it was super weird to get an alert with a pic attached. I'm guessing the delivery person wanted to cover their butt or something. #Weirdness
Re Harry/Draco: trust me when I say I'm surprised too, hahahah.