Thank you Gen, Lifelong, Need and Born. Life is rather stressful and draining at the moment and the minute I feel like things might turn out OK something else hits and it feels more desperate than before.
Marthasmum I'm not sure about delaying the funeral. I am thinking yes as there has yet to be anything decided about a funeral but I wasn't sure if this necessarily had to be the case as I was of the belief that temporary paperwork was/could be issued until the actual death certificate could be.
Happier - congratulations on your teenager and I hope you are feeling a bit better.
Spending wise it has not been a good two days. I think I need to develop coping strategies that do not involve spending.
I was feeling rather miserable yesterday but then saw an author I am trying to read a book by is having a book signing for said book tomorrow so I have taken the day off and bought tickets for that. Its in Paris so that has set me back about £400 all in. I spend another £10 as I ended up in the office yesterday and a colleague took me for dinner so I gave them some money towards that.
Today I added £76 to my travel pay as you go card. I am hoping it will see me through to the end of next month. I will use one of my emergency cards to get to St Pancras tomorrow so it will feel less like spending.