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Dec. 6th, 2018 10:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsThank you so much bettina for the card ♥
On Monday the builder was supposed to come and install my shelves and do a few tidy up jobs. I emptied the cupboards again -- and man, a person does not need as many carrier bags and bags for life that I had stuffed in the freezer cupboard, seriously, there were hundreds of them -- and then he sent a text saying they weren't coming and would phone at some point yesterday. That was not helpful, builder! I left everything out of the cupboards that night because the thought of putting everything back to just get it out again was too much. Then he did phone and isn't coming until Sunday, so I've had to put everything back.
Other than that, Monday got another negative tick because Kayleigh got in touch to say her dad had been emergency admitted to hospital the night before. He needed to have a pacemaker fitted and the op went a bit wrong and he needed to be resuscitated and he was in a bit of a mess. My relationship with him is a little complicated. Mam left dad for him, and then got pregnant with Kayleigh, and it was just a period of my life that sucked with the divorce and changes and the fact both mam and Kay's dad had alcohol issues which led to horrendous arguments and domestic violence. We had to live with him for a while and sometimes I loved him and sometimes I hated him but over the years that has changed to just feeling sorry for him. He and mam split up a long time ago and he's stayed in the same house, until recently not even a tv, same bedding for 30 years, just existing and not living. I do think he and mam loved one another, but their relationship was toxic for both. In the last year or so mam got in contact via text, and they seemed happy with that. But I haven't seen him for a very long time. Despite that rough day he was discharged home yesterday, so that was good. Because, he's Kayleigh's dad, and Kayleigh's my sister and I love her to bits, so anything that affects her affects me, and she's pretty broken at this point.
Had an okay day yesterday, the highlight being a free order at Costa when their card payment system went down. It's one of our regular haunts and we always have a chat to the manager, so when she realised we couldn't pay by card she just told us everything was free. I know, it doesn't take much to make me happy.
Today we had plans for an early shopping trip. My niece wants LoL dolls and man, it's proving hard to find the specific one she wants. All the looking is giving me flashbacks to Corey's toddlerhood and looking everywhere for Teletubbies. Those shopping plans aren't happening just yet as James had a bad sleep so is still sacked out on the couch. But he's got a physio appointment in a few hours so I'll have to wake him up soon. Maybe hide the window spray snow before that. He was watching Kirstie's Christmas programme where she helped decorate windows with snowy scenes using spray snow, and hers looked lovely, and to be fair, the one James has done looks nice too, but that stuff gets everywhere.
It's lovely to see so many people posting here again, though I am sorry you've lost your tumblr homes. Obviously, I'm still here, still posting if not as frequently as before. Fannish wise I'm still hanging onto bandom, and read in Musketeers and MCU, specifically Winterhawk which is my obsession atm. I still mostly post about my day to day life. I've seen a few old faces post so if you're interested, Corey is now 22 and in his final year at university, James is doing okay and I had a gastric bypass back in 2016 and have lost a lot of weight and am now healthier than I've been in a very long time. Though the latest rl thing is mam died in the summer so I'm just trying to get through this first Christmas as best as I can.
bettina for the card ♥On Monday the builder was supposed to come and install my shelves and do a few tidy up jobs. I emptied the cupboards again -- and man, a person does not need as many carrier bags and bags for life that I had stuffed in the freezer cupboard, seriously, there were hundreds of them -- and then he sent a text saying they weren't coming and would phone at some point yesterday. That was not helpful, builder! I left everything out of the cupboards that night because the thought of putting everything back to just get it out again was too much. Then he did phone and isn't coming until Sunday, so I've had to put everything back.
Other than that, Monday got another negative tick because Kayleigh got in touch to say her dad had been emergency admitted to hospital the night before. He needed to have a pacemaker fitted and the op went a bit wrong and he needed to be resuscitated and he was in a bit of a mess. My relationship with him is a little complicated. Mam left dad for him, and then got pregnant with Kayleigh, and it was just a period of my life that sucked with the divorce and changes and the fact both mam and Kay's dad had alcohol issues which led to horrendous arguments and domestic violence. We had to live with him for a while and sometimes I loved him and sometimes I hated him but over the years that has changed to just feeling sorry for him. He and mam split up a long time ago and he's stayed in the same house, until recently not even a tv, same bedding for 30 years, just existing and not living. I do think he and mam loved one another, but their relationship was toxic for both. In the last year or so mam got in contact via text, and they seemed happy with that. But I haven't seen him for a very long time. Despite that rough day he was discharged home yesterday, so that was good. Because, he's Kayleigh's dad, and Kayleigh's my sister and I love her to bits, so anything that affects her affects me, and she's pretty broken at this point.
Had an okay day yesterday, the highlight being a free order at Costa when their card payment system went down. It's one of our regular haunts and we always have a chat to the manager, so when she realised we couldn't pay by card she just told us everything was free. I know, it doesn't take much to make me happy.
Today we had plans for an early shopping trip. My niece wants LoL dolls and man, it's proving hard to find the specific one she wants. All the looking is giving me flashbacks to Corey's toddlerhood and looking everywhere for Teletubbies. Those shopping plans aren't happening just yet as James had a bad sleep so is still sacked out on the couch. But he's got a physio appointment in a few hours so I'll have to wake him up soon. Maybe hide the window spray snow before that. He was watching Kirstie's Christmas programme where she helped decorate windows with snowy scenes using spray snow, and hers looked lovely, and to be fair, the one James has done looks nice too, but that stuff gets everywhere.
It's lovely to see so many people posting here again, though I am sorry you've lost your tumblr homes. Obviously, I'm still here, still posting if not as frequently as before. Fannish wise I'm still hanging onto bandom, and read in Musketeers and MCU, specifically Winterhawk which is my obsession atm. I still mostly post about my day to day life. I've seen a few old faces post so if you're interested, Corey is now 22 and in his final year at university, James is doing okay and I had a gastric bypass back in 2016 and have lost a lot of weight and am now healthier than I've been in a very long time. Though the latest rl thing is mam died in the summer so I'm just trying to get through this first Christmas as best as I can.
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Date: 2018-12-07 09:06 pm (UTC)Lots of good thoughts to Kayleigh's dad!
Free orders are a good thing no matter how small they are!
I'd no idea what a LoL doll was so I'd to look them up. I will blame you if I get nightmares of the ugly things :-D
I still refuse to believe Corey is 22. It's just not possible it's been 12 years since I first met you!
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Date: 2018-12-09 01:11 pm (UTC)I know, then they were supposed to come this morning but apparently, the main man was in an accident, so I'm waiting again. At least this time I hadn't unpacked everything when they let us know.
Free orders are a good thing no matter how small they are!
That is very true.
Kayleigh's dad has been sitting and not moving at home for two days. I was with Kay yesterday and waited in the car wh ile she popped in for moment and he insisted on getting up so he could come wave at me. Complicated relationship always with him.
Lol dolls are horrible. And what's worse is they're tiny. I'm literally talking an inch or so tall and you pay a ridiculous amount for something that would cost all of £1 if it wasn't inside of an egg. But it's what she wanted so what can you do?
I know, time flies. Fannish friendships make such a big chunk of my life and I love that.