Greeneyes will PERSEVERE.........
- Thread starter Greeneyes11
- Start date
Greeneyes11
Gold Member
Really busy yet again, am lurking and reading peoples diaries but haven't had time to post....
DHs interviews went well, but the job yesterday wasn't what the lady at recruitment had said, the money was lots worse and the job wasn't working at home at all, and could include trips to Cumbria and Wiltshire and lots of driving around, which doesn't bode well when DHs car has already done 209,000 miles...... so expense of a newer car too..... but the guy was really pleased with DH and it is a 2 part interview and they are going to call back all the people they want to see again, but guy told DH he would definately be called back, so first job looks best bet anyway, but if DH was to get any bet it will be 2nd job.... ha ha. He has a meeting at work today with his boss about the redundancy, thinking boss is hoping he will find a job before he has to give him redundancy to save him a few £, its only 2 weeks money though, wont even pay our mortgage for a month.
Scales dropped again today, now 11 stone 10.6lb..... problem is out all day tomorrow and out all day on Sunday with friends cooking lots of fattening Canadian goodies for Sunday. Have been to M&S today, picked up a salad bowl, cooked chicken and bean salad and am going to take that with me on Sunday and perhaps have 1 fattening dessert thing like a cookie, hopefully that wont be too bad. Tomorrow we are going to London for the day to see a Queen exhibition which ends tomorrow, called Stormtroopers in Stilettos, its lots of stuff from their early years in the 70,s and as a lifelong lover of Queen I should find it great, not sure about the others but we are taking them to the London Aquarium afterwards. Picked up a chicken and pasta salad from M&S, plus a bit of anti pasto, not sure if I will eat anything other than the pasta salad which is low in carbs and fat, so should be okay.... we shall see.....
Daughter took a turn for the worse last night, shutting herself in her bathroom threatening to slash her wrists, this was totally unexpected as she seemed to be improving, today she seems much happier, but finally after weeks and weeks her sleeping tablets seemed to build up enough to work and she actually had a full nights sleep.... hoping things start to improve as it is her DHs birthday Sunday, their 3rd Wedding Anniversary on Monday and her birthday on Tuesday..... hope you has fun and takes her mind off of her problems for a while.
Have a good day everyone, hope it is all going well for you.
DHs interviews went well, but the job yesterday wasn't what the lady at recruitment had said, the money was lots worse and the job wasn't working at home at all, and could include trips to Cumbria and Wiltshire and lots of driving around, which doesn't bode well when DHs car has already done 209,000 miles...... so expense of a newer car too..... but the guy was really pleased with DH and it is a 2 part interview and they are going to call back all the people they want to see again, but guy told DH he would definately be called back, so first job looks best bet anyway, but if DH was to get any bet it will be 2nd job.... ha ha. He has a meeting at work today with his boss about the redundancy, thinking boss is hoping he will find a job before he has to give him redundancy to save him a few £, its only 2 weeks money though, wont even pay our mortgage for a month.
Scales dropped again today, now 11 stone 10.6lb..... problem is out all day tomorrow and out all day on Sunday with friends cooking lots of fattening Canadian goodies for Sunday. Have been to M&S today, picked up a salad bowl, cooked chicken and bean salad and am going to take that with me on Sunday and perhaps have 1 fattening dessert thing like a cookie, hopefully that wont be too bad. Tomorrow we are going to London for the day to see a Queen exhibition which ends tomorrow, called Stormtroopers in Stilettos, its lots of stuff from their early years in the 70,s and as a lifelong lover of Queen I should find it great, not sure about the others but we are taking them to the London Aquarium afterwards. Picked up a chicken and pasta salad from M&S, plus a bit of anti pasto, not sure if I will eat anything other than the pasta salad which is low in carbs and fat, so should be okay.... we shall see.....
Daughter took a turn for the worse last night, shutting herself in her bathroom threatening to slash her wrists, this was totally unexpected as she seemed to be improving, today she seems much happier, but finally after weeks and weeks her sleeping tablets seemed to build up enough to work and she actually had a full nights sleep.... hoping things start to improve as it is her DHs birthday Sunday, their 3rd Wedding Anniversary on Monday and her birthday on Tuesday..... hope you has fun and takes her mind off of her problems for a while.
Have a good day everyone, hope it is all going well for you.
Greeneyes11
Gold Member
AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH I need some yang.
Have just been to A&E with 14 year old son, he got hit with a chair around the face at school at 12.20 and the school didn't think to ring me until 2.45.... WTH, do they not know how serious head injuries can be. They sent him off for lunch without monitoring him too, then when I told them exactly what they should do with head injuries (I re did my emergency first aid a few weeks ago), they suddenly started making excuses saying they had monitored him.... I said do you know he is back in the medical room, they said no..... hmmm is that their idea of monitoring him? But... when the boy hit him around the head with the chair my son got sent out the classroom and made to wait in the corridor for 15 minutes until the teacher went out to him, my son then had to ask to go to medical room. This is the 7th incident that has happened to him DURING CLASS since January and not all by the same boy either.
So went to doctors who sent us to A&E and the nurse insisted we call the police and report it and to make sure we did, she has informed social services who she says will sort out the school but social services need an incident number so we really did have to contact the police just now who are hoping to come around tomorrow evening.... ho hum.
Where is my yang????
Have just been to A&E with 14 year old son, he got hit with a chair around the face at school at 12.20 and the school didn't think to ring me until 2.45.... WTH, do they not know how serious head injuries can be. They sent him off for lunch without monitoring him too, then when I told them exactly what they should do with head injuries (I re did my emergency first aid a few weeks ago), they suddenly started making excuses saying they had monitored him.... I said do you know he is back in the medical room, they said no..... hmmm is that their idea of monitoring him? But... when the boy hit him around the head with the chair my son got sent out the classroom and made to wait in the corridor for 15 minutes until the teacher went out to him, my son then had to ask to go to medical room. This is the 7th incident that has happened to him DURING CLASS since January and not all by the same boy either.
So went to doctors who sent us to A&E and the nurse insisted we call the police and report it and to make sure we did, she has informed social services who she says will sort out the school but social services need an incident number so we really did have to contact the police just now who are hoping to come around tomorrow evening.... ho hum.
Where is my yang????
Chelsea Lou
Gold Member
The school wants reporting to the authorities, the boy concerned wants locking up and the teachers???? I don't have the words available to me at the moment. Where the hell is their duty of care? We entrust them with the most precious things.........our children. Bl**dy disgraceful Linda.
Your poor DD too. I can't begin to imagine how you are bearing up with all this stress. I can't do anything to help you, none of us can here. All we can do is gather you up in our arms and give you a collective hug and a big X. You know you are in our thoughts and hope that your Yang hurries up and knocks on your door. You deserve a break from all this cr*p.
xxxx
Your poor DD too. I can't begin to imagine how you are bearing up with all this stress. I can't do anything to help you, none of us can here. All we can do is gather you up in our arms and give you a collective hug and a big X. You know you are in our thoughts and hope that your Yang hurries up and knocks on your door. You deserve a break from all this cr*p.
xxxx
Greeneyes11
Gold Member
Well police wanted to come today to talk to son but we told them we were out all day until 6pm, DH wanted us to stay home, but I am not going to let all these goings ons affect what we had originally planned. We are going to a Queen Exhibition and today is the last day so it cannot even be arranged, so onwards I say....... might get some sleeping tablets in Tesco tonight as I keep waking up suddenly and not being able to go to sleep and I am sooooo tired, think my mind is just working overtime, would have thought it would need a rest by now!!!
Scales very slightly crept down today, but I did try my jeans on yesterday and they did fit with only a slight muffin top which is normal for me, the excess skin has to go somewhere.... lol Have done my best to pick a healthy lunch for today and tomorrow but time will tell....
Have a good day all...
Hope you are feeling better today Katy xx
Scales very slightly crept down today, but I did try my jeans on yesterday and they did fit with only a slight muffin top which is normal for me, the excess skin has to go somewhere.... lol Have done my best to pick a healthy lunch for today and tomorrow but time will tell....
Have a good day all...
Hope you are feeling better today Katy xx
LellyCD
Trying to stay healthy!
Hey GE, Good for you on getting on with you day out plans, the school situation sounds awful, hope he's ok.
No wonder your sleep is disrupted hun, its hard to switch off whe you have so much on your mind, sending you some positive vibes hun, hope you get some good news soon.
Yay on the scale drop and the jeans hun, you are doing so brilliantly to keep up with your healthy stuff despite all that goes on around you, i suppose this is something you do have the power to control...good on you!
Wishing you a lovely day out hun and good weekend
xxx
No wonder your sleep is disrupted hun, its hard to switch off whe you have so much on your mind, sending you some positive vibes hun, hope you get some good news soon.
Yay on the scale drop and the jeans hun, you are doing so brilliantly to keep up with your healthy stuff despite all that goes on around you, i suppose this is something you do have the power to control...good on you!
Wishing you a lovely day out hun and good weekend
xxx
MinnieMel
Why Be Normal?
Hi Linda --
I think the incident with your son is the #3... you know the old adage "bad things come in threes". So, your "universe correction" is due. Let's hope, so.
I worked for 2 years in a British secondary school and could not believe the rubbish that the students were allowed to "get away with" because of all the regulations restricting what the school could and could not do. There is no excuse for the staff not taking your son's injuries more seriously, but as far as the problems with the other student -- trust me -- the school would love to exclude him, but "HE" has rights.
It is unreal: these criminals have a right to education, but interfere with everyone elses' education, and their victims apparently do not have a right to safety. Political correctness gone haywire!
How was the Queen exhibition? I asked my DH if he wanted to see that, but he gave it a miss. I am fan, too -- not excessive though (I did see "We Will Rock You".
I hope you had a good night's rest (and your daughter, too).
MM
I think the incident with your son is the #3... you know the old adage "bad things come in threes". So, your "universe correction" is due. Let's hope, so.
I worked for 2 years in a British secondary school and could not believe the rubbish that the students were allowed to "get away with" because of all the regulations restricting what the school could and could not do. There is no excuse for the staff not taking your son's injuries more seriously, but as far as the problems with the other student -- trust me -- the school would love to exclude him, but "HE" has rights.
It is unreal: these criminals have a right to education, but interfere with everyone elses' education, and their victims apparently do not have a right to safety. Political correctness gone haywire!
How was the Queen exhibition? I asked my DH if he wanted to see that, but he gave it a miss. I am fan, too -- not excessive though (I did see "We Will Rock You".
I hope you had a good night's rest (and your daughter, too).
MM
OMG Linda - I would probably deck the headmaster if that happened to my children! We send kids to school assuming they are looked after - I understand that accidents happen but to not let you know straight away and to hold off on medical attention is just completely out of order.
I hope you had a good day at the Queen exhibition and well done for sticking to your diet with all this going on. I'm sure things will turn around for you soon!
I hope you had a good day at the Queen exhibition and well done for sticking to your diet with all this going on. I'm sure things will turn around for you soon!
Greeneyes11
Gold Member
Sorry Mel, your 3 thing isn't working....... wait for this one and it did finally tip me over the edge I am afraid.
Went to Watford today to meet my friends who I hadn't seen since October last year and had an awesome day. DH drives and him and the kiddies go geocaching.... all cool.
Driving home along the M25 (and all the roadworks) and just before we get to the roadworks there are warnings of an accident and the traffic starts to back up, obviously just happened as all the emergency vehicles are tearing up the hard shoulder. We are sitting nose to nose with the cars in front moving 1 foot at a time and we smelt something strange which DH thought was his car, then it started to get hot, so we turned all the blowers on and it cooled down, but every time we went to pull away it was harder and harder and needed more and more accelerator until finally the clutch just went. We have had it fixed in the last year so that was the last thing we expected and we were stuck in the middle lane, unable to get it into any gear after yanking it out of gear.... so I made DH turn car off, put it in gear and I hung out the window and stuck my arm out to inform everyone we were going to try and get the car to the hard shoulder as we were causing a worse traffic jam. So there we were, 50 yards from major roadworks and caught in a nose to nose traffic jam and on the hard shoulder. We couldn't get it into gear and we have no breakdown cover in DHs car only mine. We rang his insurance company to see if we could get breakdown cover, they said it would cost the years cover (£79) plus another £95 to tow us to a garage within 10 miles (we were 40 miles from home).... we laughed at them. We rang daughter, sister and mother and none of us knew what to do, daughter rang a breakdown guy who said only licensed breakdown could recover you from M25 and we needed to ring police and inform them we had broken down. We did this, they asked where we were and who was in the car, we said family and told them where we were, they said thank you and hung up. We rang back and said what happens next, they then took details of car and said highway patrol would find us sometime.... er hello? After sitting there for a while, the lorry in front of us who had pulled over to the hard should just seconds after we did pulled away and drove off, the accident was obviously clearing as the traffic was moving better (this is how long we had sat there), and then we saw a sign that the lorry had been hiding saying free breakdown recovery.... so we rammed the car into gear and limped 20 yards up the hard shoulder so we were the other side of the sign. We watched out for any signs of highway patrol but couldn't see anyone, 2 police cars drove past but ignored us.... then a guy tapped on my car window, I opened the door and he said he was breakdown and his caravan and trucks were parked just behind where we were, he had seen us on the CCTV and told us to get out the car and stand behind the barriers, something the police should of told us earlier. We did this whilst he went and got changed and got his lorry..... he recovered us off the M25 and to their compound which was further away than where we really wanted to be, but at least we had a nice warm hut with toilet.... lol. My sisters partner then came out to us and towed us the 30miles home and we got home just after 8pm.... phew. In the meantime we got home and I scoffed all the chocolate and cake my friends had sent home with me, total blowout...... no idea what we are going to do about his car now or how he will get into work tomorrow etc.
So son still in lots of pain and will be unable to go to school tomorrow, police still not been round to see him and we have no idea what is going on with anything anymore...... how much more can go wrong?
Went to Watford today to meet my friends who I hadn't seen since October last year and had an awesome day. DH drives and him and the kiddies go geocaching.... all cool.
Driving home along the M25 (and all the roadworks) and just before we get to the roadworks there are warnings of an accident and the traffic starts to back up, obviously just happened as all the emergency vehicles are tearing up the hard shoulder. We are sitting nose to nose with the cars in front moving 1 foot at a time and we smelt something strange which DH thought was his car, then it started to get hot, so we turned all the blowers on and it cooled down, but every time we went to pull away it was harder and harder and needed more and more accelerator until finally the clutch just went. We have had it fixed in the last year so that was the last thing we expected and we were stuck in the middle lane, unable to get it into any gear after yanking it out of gear.... so I made DH turn car off, put it in gear and I hung out the window and stuck my arm out to inform everyone we were going to try and get the car to the hard shoulder as we were causing a worse traffic jam. So there we were, 50 yards from major roadworks and caught in a nose to nose traffic jam and on the hard shoulder. We couldn't get it into gear and we have no breakdown cover in DHs car only mine. We rang his insurance company to see if we could get breakdown cover, they said it would cost the years cover (£79) plus another £95 to tow us to a garage within 10 miles (we were 40 miles from home).... we laughed at them. We rang daughter, sister and mother and none of us knew what to do, daughter rang a breakdown guy who said only licensed breakdown could recover you from M25 and we needed to ring police and inform them we had broken down. We did this, they asked where we were and who was in the car, we said family and told them where we were, they said thank you and hung up. We rang back and said what happens next, they then took details of car and said highway patrol would find us sometime.... er hello? After sitting there for a while, the lorry in front of us who had pulled over to the hard should just seconds after we did pulled away and drove off, the accident was obviously clearing as the traffic was moving better (this is how long we had sat there), and then we saw a sign that the lorry had been hiding saying free breakdown recovery.... so we rammed the car into gear and limped 20 yards up the hard shoulder so we were the other side of the sign. We watched out for any signs of highway patrol but couldn't see anyone, 2 police cars drove past but ignored us.... then a guy tapped on my car window, I opened the door and he said he was breakdown and his caravan and trucks were parked just behind where we were, he had seen us on the CCTV and told us to get out the car and stand behind the barriers, something the police should of told us earlier. We did this whilst he went and got changed and got his lorry..... he recovered us off the M25 and to their compound which was further away than where we really wanted to be, but at least we had a nice warm hut with toilet.... lol. My sisters partner then came out to us and towed us the 30miles home and we got home just after 8pm.... phew. In the meantime we got home and I scoffed all the chocolate and cake my friends had sent home with me, total blowout...... no idea what we are going to do about his car now or how he will get into work tomorrow etc.
So son still in lots of pain and will be unable to go to school tomorrow, police still not been round to see him and we have no idea what is going on with anything anymore...... how much more can go wrong?
trisha
likes to post
You poor thing what a week you've had :grouphugg:
On the car - if the clutch was repaired in the last year it should be covered by guarantee, new clutches normally come with a 12 month guarantee, still doesn't solve the problem of how your OH will get to work though untll its sorted.
On the car - if the clutch was repaired in the last year it should be covered by guarantee, new clutches normally come with a 12 month guarantee, still doesn't solve the problem of how your OH will get to work though untll its sorted.
MinnieMel
Why Be Normal?
WOW, Linda... it seems as if you are getting bad things in threes times the number of children you have! How awful. But, Trish is right... I'd call the garage that did the clutch repair and calmly tell them what happened.
I would tell them that you not only want the car repaired properly, but you want your OH lent a courtesy car until it is, and that they should pick up any costs your family incurred whilst experiencing the breakdown (towing, phone calls, family's petrol, etc.).
Tell them that you are going to contact the Citizens Advice Bureau if they do not meet your demands, and that if you have to sue... you'll be asking for a lot more compensation, plus all legal fees and expenses.
Then, call the police and tell them that your next call is to your MP, if someone does not come to see about your son.
I am certainly wishing you a change of luck... to very, very good.
And, the cake is no biggie... after all you've been through: I'd have been tossing back the Margaritas... no forget that... I'd have been drinking the tequila straight out of the bottle (s).
BIG HUGS!!!
MM
I would tell them that you not only want the car repaired properly, but you want your OH lent a courtesy car until it is, and that they should pick up any costs your family incurred whilst experiencing the breakdown (towing, phone calls, family's petrol, etc.).
Tell them that you are going to contact the Citizens Advice Bureau if they do not meet your demands, and that if you have to sue... you'll be asking for a lot more compensation, plus all legal fees and expenses.
Then, call the police and tell them that your next call is to your MP, if someone does not come to see about your son.
I am certainly wishing you a change of luck... to very, very good.
And, the cake is no biggie... after all you've been through: I'd have been tossing back the Margaritas... no forget that... I'd have been drinking the tequila straight out of the bottle (s).
BIG HUGS!!!
MM
Greeneyes11
Gold Member
The start of all the bad luck was 2 days before DH got told he was being made redundant my daughter in law was in a car crash, my cousin witnessed it and he said there was absolutely nothing she could do and a lady just pulled out on her, we live in the country, so no pavements to mount, she just had to let the lady hit her. Luckily she was fine as she is also 5 months pregnant but did spend the evening in A&E and her car was a write off too, but her and baby were fine, so that is 5 things so far.
Car was fixed by a small business mechanic, (like I said we live in country everything is small), no guarantee was given and was paid for cash in hand so we didn't pay VAT on it....... ho hum, still deciding what to do on that score as car has done 209,000 miles and is it worth paying for a new clutch when anything else could go any minute..... Hopefully DHs boss will let him work from home today or take a day off, he will be owed leave before he leaves anyway....... and he may hear about one of the jobs today.
Scales this morning showed a 0.4lb gain, so so deserved, cannot believe it was such a small amount I deserved so much more, so really pleased with that...... Right need to get off here now, my graphic design course starts today, very in depth and intense, just what I need really.... ha ha.
Hope you all have a good day, sun is shining here, hopefully that is an omen......
Car was fixed by a small business mechanic, (like I said we live in country everything is small), no guarantee was given and was paid for cash in hand so we didn't pay VAT on it....... ho hum, still deciding what to do on that score as car has done 209,000 miles and is it worth paying for a new clutch when anything else could go any minute..... Hopefully DHs boss will let him work from home today or take a day off, he will be owed leave before he leaves anyway....... and he may hear about one of the jobs today.
Scales this morning showed a 0.4lb gain, so so deserved, cannot believe it was such a small amount I deserved so much more, so really pleased with that...... Right need to get off here now, my graphic design course starts today, very in depth and intense, just what I need really.... ha ha.
Hope you all have a good day, sun is shining here, hopefully that is an omen......
Katycakes
Stubborn tortoise
Sending a hug GE. I can totally understand the stress and upset, and like MM I think the cake was barely up there on the scale of it all. If you pull it back today you will still hang on to that loss.
Wishing very hard that this luck changes and something good turns up very, very soon.
xxx
Wishing very hard that this luck changes and something good turns up very, very soon.
xxx
