How are you tonight?

[Pleasegivemeyourwisdom]

I’m ok.
glad works over for this week.
loads to do this weekend buy I’m currently in bed with a hot water bottle. Man, I love a hot water bottle.

how are you?

Don't forget Iceland @bloodywhitecat

I’ve been moving around all day in work, trying to inspire a sense of urgency in my dopey useless twat colleagues. I’m knackered, my back is seizing up as I type. I will be hobbling around like an old woman tomorrow, on my day off. At least I have good drugs 😌

I had forgotten them but just checked and they don't deliver to our area (we are quite rural).

Really cold, and havent spoken to another human being for 2 days..
Work tomorrow, have to walk to bus along a frozen rural road in canvas baseball boots.
I've really had enough of struggling tbh.

Cold with a sore throat, mild body ache and a bad headache when I move my head. I've been feeling as if I've got the flu coming on for a few days now. DS is quite sick so it makes sense as he keeps coughing and snotting all over me.

Thanks for asking. I have had a spliff, Chinese takeaway and I'm in bed all snuggled and warm. Very tired

I've got Covid. Tested positive yesterday. I'm watching football under the heated throw and I've done an emergency online shop for tomorrow. Pizza, beer, whisky, lemsip, ibuprofen and walnut whips are being left on the doorstep. If I didn't feel poorly it would actually be quite nice!

Oh. Some hard: some good, evenings. unanimous decision though - hot water bottles are banging!

Was off to my Mum's today, just got onto the motorway and car suddenly sounded unwell and engine warning light came on. Managed to get off the motorway and get back home and DH contacted our local garage who were wonderful as ever and sorted it out so we can go to mum tomorrow instead. Ended up putting the tree up, had early dinner and we're now snuggled up on the sofa under our bargainous furry throw (from Aldi) watching Wednesday on Netflix alternating with the football.

It shit here - my mum died last week and we’re all heartbroken and my son has just told me he’s been getting excluded at school by his mates ….. since September. I feel terrible as I’ve basically been focusing on my mum the whole time - I’d not noticed a thing - it needs sorted.

Im good, thanks for asking! We have had a couple if glasses of wine and watched Wednesday with DD. We had a load of fire food delivered so will be warm for a while. DH is packing to go away for work for a few days and feel like I will really miss him, not sure why as he often works away and I am very self sufficient and have plenty of tawdry rubbish to watch on TV that he would judge me for. 😂

I am working a very rare Saturday tomorrow, which will be fun and I get lunch and a day of TOIL to make up for it. I really need to go and wash my hair and figure out what to wear but DCat is asleep on me and I can't bear to move her yet. 😽

I have headache, it took me 2 hours this morning to get into the call queue to the Drs for my 6 month old baby, then 7 hours waiting on a call back for a Dr to ask me if I wanted him to see her F2F, erm with a suspected chest infection yes I do, then I finally got an appointment, went to see him, he prescribed some medication for her around 5pm as she has a viral bronchiolitus, I then had to drive around 4 pharmacies to get hold of it as all were out of stock and all told me they could get it in for Monday...which of course is ridiculous when she needs the medication now. I feel at total despair at the state of this country, our health system and just well life in general tbh.

Baby is bathed and currently asleep so is DH, I'm watching gogglebox and trying to shut out the world. Trying to figure out if I should go to bed now and try get a couple of hours in or just drinks lots of coffee and anticipate a million wake ups.

oh @GalwayShawl I am sorry, sending you strength on all counts

I'm alright, thanks for asking! Tired though, very tired, and off up to bed with my hot water bottle shortly. Two more busy days next week, before the Christmas hols but hopefully I won't be as tired as tonight!

Had a pleasant evening accompanying one of dd1's besties to a college interview, for support, as her own dp's weren't able to. Then popped in a couple of shops on the way home so I don't have much to carry tomorrow morning.

Now snuggled in my dressing gown, watching Food Network & occasionally crunching a chocolate covered coffee bean 😋 . Will extract myself from my seat shortly & head to bed 💤

@VeronicaFranklin get some rest! Hope your baby feels soon

Hugs to all. Not an easy time this time of year!

Great thread - nice to check in with people, even just other MNers.

I’m ok thanks. I’m a teacher and it’s been a full on week at work. Lots of illness amongst the children unfortunately, have had to cancel one of our Christmassy events this week. Numbers starting to come back up in last couple of days.

DD’s Christmas Fayre at school today - she loved seeing Father Christmas, tombola etc. Very festive. DS had a lovely day and saw mates after school.

DH made a lovely dinner. I forgot that he is on call tonight so have drunk most of the bottle of Prosecco I bought by myself…

About to join the Bed With A Book gang now.

I’m pretty good actually. Managed to do the fastest clean of the house ever this evening while the DC were out with DP in anticipation of friends coming tomorrow. It’s not perfect but it’s better than it was! I haven’t had a dreadful day at work and I’ve had my first mulled wine of the season (might go and get my second). Watching the footy under a blanket while the Christmas tree twinkles away in the corner. Very cosy. A hot water bottle sounds good though op. Might treat myself when I go up.

I'm feeling great thanks OP! Been out for some dinner tonight with a close friend. She is an absolute gem, I'm so lucky to have her. I've also recently left an extremely narcissistic and emotionally abusive man and I'm really starting to feel like myself again. Life feels calm and peaceful

Cold here, about to get into bed and switch the electric throw on for an hour
I got cold waiting for the tweenager to come out of her disco- feels like a sign of things to come 🤣

In the bath.
Half decorated the Christmas tree.
Will finish tomorrow.
DS2 and DH watching football. DS1 chatting to his mates on his phone upstairs.
Doing Christmassy stuff this weekend 😊🎄🕯✨🎅🏽

I'm good thanks OP, what a lovely thread!

Where I work part-time was having their Christmas party tonight, which I wasn't overly keen on going to (lovely people but I'm not great at small talk, plus it's fucking freezing here and it's a half hour drive) - but there had been a mix up with the dates and I only discovered this afternoon that the party is actually tomorrow night. But I have plans with friends for tomorrow night, so I can't go to the work party. So now I'm sitting beside a lovely fire with the cat on my lap and a glass of wine in my hand and I'm so happy 😁

I have no Christmas shopping done yet, so I suppose I better start sometime over the next two weeks... 😅

Feeling tired here. Its been a long week but had some very rewarding meetings at work where I've managed to advocate for a couple of very vulnerable kids. It's been great.

Home has been tough. My eldest boy has been emotionally unpredictable. He's got his autism assessment on Monday so I'm very preoccupied with that.

I'm currently snuggled up warm and about to sleep

Feeling pretty rubbish tbh. My DD is in an emotionally abusive and financially controlling relationship, I haven’t seen or heard from her since August when she suddenly removed all family from her social media, Watsapp groups and blocked everyone’s numbers. I’m really missing her tonight, we used to be so close. It hit me when I was putting the tree up and came across baubles she’s bought me over the years. DH is working so an early night for me I think.

Realising I need help. Raging. All the time. Hormones/ peri menopause probably. It's grim.