Evening all. Hope everyone has survived the week, more or less intact! Simply cannot believe it is Friday again!
Scattymum sorry to hear about the PND 
. Hope you are OK. Take it steady and you definitely have a waver when it comes to dressing to lace-up shoes!! 
(Think anyone with babes in arms should have a general Flying waver anyway!!) Considering how you are feeling, and that wee Babyscat is poorly and teething, you did amazingly well to get through that long list yesterday (to get any chore done in fact!). And yr accommodation situation must be incredibly stressful to deal with. Great that you have found somewhere though and hope all the valuations come through as anticipated! Hope you had a lovely lunch today and have a fantastic evening out tomorrow and many belated "happy fledgling wing-flapping returns" btw!! 
I totally agree with you about the perfectionism btw - but it's something I have always resisted until very recently - didn't quite 'get' it before. And it's still very hard.
Can'tsee That is dreadful about the fibro clinic!! In fact, that's outrageous if there was no other service put in place!!
And you musn't feel badly about your lists! (You've done loads today anyway!) You must REST when you can!! 
And no, lists never, ever shrink somehow, it's sod's law, the more you do, the more there is to get done [grrr] Exactly the same here! Well done to your ds for his essay btw! And glad to hear you have some stationery serenity Oh and thanks for terrific link! Be safe in them there hills!!
Lovely that you have 'popped in' Dogsbum although sorry to hear that Meerkitten is out of sorts and is being a velcro baby. (You've managed to do loads nonetheless!) Hope you are managing to get a wee bit of time for yourself (although you are probably not in reality!) and that you managed to catch up on sleep soon! Take it steady!
Knitting glad it went well at the tuition centre today (although long drive sounds rather arduous) your ds2 is very fortunate to have you as his mammy! Thanks but no chance of dd not being re-loaded with work next week I'm afraid. We have already signed umpteenth forms agreeing it is the pupil's own responsibiilty to chase up and catch up with all work missed. Not looking forward to that ... .
Toffee I think the sad (unfair) reality of returning to work after a gap, is losing a couple (or more) of ranks in status. It is hugely galling, but if the natives are friendly and the position would give you scope for promotion, and a better salary before not too long, then it might be worth going for. Perhaps have a look around the "returning to work" threads on Mnset (think there is a topic)? If I may say so, no one is more entitled than you to pursue "something of your own", after everything you have been through recently. The question is, is this the right "something of your own" though? [Sorry, that's probably not very helpful is it?]
Fuzzpig That is so great about the long awaited referrals! [But so sorry to hear about what you went through as a child 
] I hope you can get the support you need and whichever way the diagnosis goes, that the outcomes prove helpful. Hope current pain diminishes too.
Chickentothefox congrats on such diligent completion of missions and the Kondo-ing!! And congrats on getting an interview!! Hope you can relax this w/e and not stress too much about it!
Feetheart yay to the cleaner!!! (I know you have waited v patiently for this glorious day!!! 
) And that is so fantastic about your ds and his Olympic picture! You must feel really proud every time you look at it!! Am incredibly impressed that you can even contemplate running a marathon (if not the London one) so hat's off to you for that. Damson jelly sounds fab btw, can't get them here and I miss them so!
[Always intending to cluster family photos on one wall but have never got to that point - too many holes!!]
Big wing flaps to anyone I've missed! [Can't seem to be able to work out if I have missed anyone actually - my brain feels so woolly tonight - feel a bit wierd/tired generally!]
DD remained off school today (although she is much better as far as one can tell with this horrid virus) but managed to get to volunteering by courtesy of my cleaning lady's presence (and key people "on call" in case of emergs at the office). In the end, she slept so long, she hardly noticed I was gone.
Why is it that every Thurs eve I compile a list of things for my cleaning lady to do (and which are necessary) and yet when it comes to the actual conversation I only ever can bring myself to ask for her to do a quarter of them, if that? She is brilliant and terrifically hard working and a real trooper (despite this house being hellish to work in) and she probably wouldn't mind a bit but I bottle it every time!
Volunteering was knackering and depressing - sorting through piles of old clothing - most of which ended up in the rag bag. Still, it's good for my French!
Managed some quick errands on the way home and then cleaned out dh's car a health- hazard and my car but it took me nearer 40 mins than 15, and that was just to remove junk and get rid of all the furry one's "nose pressed enthusiastically against glass" marks from inside the windows!! Came away with one huge bag of rubbish and one carrier bag of stuff still to sort. And need to buy a load more disinfectant wipes ... !! [Was it you Knitting that I stole this idea from? ] Another positive > chatting to all the passing neighbours and catching up on local gossip is hugely cheering when one is trying to detach a glob of melted sweet from the inside of a car door handle!
I inadvertently did today's mission last weekend in advance of guests so instead spent a frustrating 30 mins trying to move stuff around kitchen so that I can store my food processor somewhere, without success [arrgh].
Then ended up having yet another cyclical argument with dh about the house and how impossible it is (acres of space where you don't want it, and none where you do!) when he said some things which plainly demonstrate that, yet again, he simply doesn't "get it". Then off-loaded to my poor long-suffering sister on the telephone.
Also did 15 mins dog training which was much less successful than yesterday. Poor beast was bewildered I think and distracted by squirrelly smells.
Failed completely to do 15 mins paper decluttering 
Tonight everyone is feeling grumpy. DD and I also feel ill with headaches and don't want to eat so dh is huffily tucking in to his Friday fish supper alone (he hates eating alone) and making his "disappointment" plain.
Oh dear.
Think it is time for links!
Have a good Friday evening everyone! You deserve it!