In Crepey Remembrance Of CremCat Past

[GiddyGiddyGoat]

Hope that's an OK unilateral decision!

[magimedi]

Coco is just beautiful.

My exciting news is that I drove, for the first time in 3 weeks, today. I am happy.

[addle]

Congrats mm

Herbs I think you will be really great. V much look forward to hearing about I

Mi - doctor appt v good idea. And not st all tackling the anxiety side but dd grazes all day has lots of small snacks. Drives dh demented, he doesn't think its healthy or 'polite' but I've always refused to make it an issue as long as she'll sit with us and eat a little at family meals. Other thing is that I don't have an allergy like Molly but have realised recently that most bread and pasta makes me feel as though I can never sate my hunger even as I eat until bloated

And once again herbs - good luck!

[Cremolafoam]

I'm another person who has found that bread and things like fresh pasta and gnocchi make me feel bunged up, and can, er, delay natural processes iykwim. Quite unpleasant.
Rice and baked or boiled spuds don't seem to have the same effect but this is purely anecdotal. Still, I do think you are right not to make a fuss Addle.
There is SO much im the way of fluctuating information everywhere about how we eat, when we eat, what we eat, and why we eat like we do. This, as well as all the imagery of minuscule undernourished 'models' and celebs. (And the poking of fun at those of the opposite size) No wonder our children are completely overwhelmed and confused. I am very circumspect about talking about food anywhere around kids and teenagers.partly because I may well be talking bolleaux and certainly don't think they should be taking advice from me.
It all makes me very sad.

[Rosebag]

Poor sweet Coco. Crem

Tilly I am so sorry DS has had a set back. but he's in good, safe hands and has parents who have the right priorities. Please do try to get some shut eye tonight, eh.

MI a GP appointment is a good idea for reassurance. DD does sound like she needs to eat little and often....and needs reassurance that she doesn't have to bloat herself out...surely small portions a little more often is quite a good thing provided she's not malnourished which she isn't....I agree about bread making one's appetite insatiable...one just wants more and more, with copious amounts of lovely butter and cheese and then the uncomfortable symptoms begin. I am on a bread ban at the moment....I can get away with it for a while but my indigestion was SO bad at the flat recently (when overindulgence is part of the scene...) I need a detox...I'm fine with potato and rice though. Jury's out on pasta.

Herbs what about Dropbox so they get a log in and print it off themselves? I sympathise, having recently parted with the best part of £300 for the scripts, which also had to be bound..... but do stop this fretting. You are good at this...think of it as a pilot which never makes much money but sets up a good rep for the future.

Monty I hope all went well today and yes, be proud of yourself....

Ok...we have no water or heating. What started out as replacing of a faulty valve has grown into needing a new cylinder and god know what else. Our heating engineer is excellent and trustworthy though...and I hear water gushing somewhere so I think we're getting there. He's prepared to work until late to get it done too. It has given me the excuse after work this morning, to eat lunch and supper out and get my hair cut.

[Collymollypuff]

Haven't caught up yet, but just dashing in to say:

Re seeing the GP, MI, there was at first a refusal to test me for what it was that I was so very allergic to - they just wanted me to carry an epipen and STFU. But another GP said it was easy to test for the four most common allergens - these are: wheat; milk; mould and dust. So if they say "Oh, it could be anything" - ask for those four.

[IDismyname]

Crem - I had no idea my MN nickname was such a close match to your beautiful cat. It's a childish thing, but I always think of whoever has departed lolling around in a fabulous bit of heaven, free of old age, and enjoying life again. I'm afraid I do that with people AND animals.

and sleep for all of you who need it. I've managed 6 or 7 hours sleep for the last 2 nights. I've forgotten what it's like to feel rested when waking these days.

DM off to counselling at local hospice tomorrow. She's having lunch with me first. I think it's best if I don't see her after, and then she doesn't need to tell me stuff. At last we have some progress. Thank you Crepes for prodding me into emailing her GP.

Dear Friend called tonight. She's Not Well at all. (The caps are deliberate). They may have to operate. She may not recover. She is my oldest friend.

On the upside, I'm going to meet another real life Crepey! What shall I wear? I do hope I pass muster...

[GiddyGiddyGoat]

One of us Crepes Cocoa? Or someone from another thread - I hear there are such things but don't like to roam too far from home base myself - I always end up in an argument Whoever it is hope it's fun...

[Collymollypuff]

Really sorry to hear about your friend, Cocoa. That is tough, especially at a time when you're coping with your dm.

Crepeys, tis me that's meeting up with Cocoa! Haha, I shall give her ENTIRELY the wrong impression about how S&B the rest of you are. and how bloody youthful But I shall do my best. Just don't expect much, Cocoa.

[motherinferior]

Oh Cocoa: how grim re your friend. I am sorry.

Off for the fourth Ladyjog of the week. Then pounding the keys. I need more paid work....

Enjoy your mini-meet! (She used to be my boss, you know, Molly did.)

[hattymattie]

Sorry to hear about your friend Cocoa. Gosh everybody's having a tough time at the moment - somebody needs to press a pause and refresh button.

I was really coming on to say hope Herbs' course went well last night.

Stropps - hope there have been positive developments with DD.

I am off with DS today he's getting stitches out after having a mole on his back removed. I have to say it was very nice to do one day of work yesterday and then have the day off again. I did enjoy seeing the little horrors after all.

[magimedi]

2016 has been a vile year for so many, hasn't it? Just hope next Wednesday bucks the trend.

Have a lovely meet up Molly & Cocoa - also sorry to hear about your friend.

I have a day of 'messages' (as they used to call it in Aberdeen) lined up - library, hair cut, flu jab etc etc. Boring but I am thrilled to be (nearly) back to normal.

[bigTillyMint]

Cocoa, so sorry to hear about your friend - how very worrying.
But good news about your DM. And have a lovely MU with Molly [tea]

Herbs, how did it go?

[bigTillyMint]

Oh meant to say glad you are back driving, MM!

And yes, not a good time for so many of us. Still, 2017 is round the corner.

[IDismyname]

Molly

I agree. Someone should press the 'Refresh' button.

I misread your post , Magi as having a day of MASSAGES.

Now, wouldn't that be a lovely idea.

[herbaceous]

Hi there lovely crepes

The course went really well! My lovely friend messaged me afterwards, saying 'you're a really talented teacher', which was lovely. Three people didn't show up, which was extra annoying after the printing costs, so I've made no money on it. Hope, obviously, to run some more, but put so much effort into marketing this one for such little return, not sure what more I can do.

Have the second part next week, with even fewer people coming.

Having massive fret about money. I am at the bottom of a gigantic overdraft, and not paid for two weeks. I am at the limit of my credit cards. I cannot spend any less than I do. I have to sell possessions to be able to buy socks or lunch. The idea was that I'd do freelance writing/editing to supplement my teaching income (which incidentally is under £5K a year), but it has failed to materialise. I need money NOW! Wondering about bar work, temping, Lidl...

[Lalsy]

Cocoa, so sorry about your friend. Enjoy your MU!

Hell yes about next Wednesday - it is going to be scary setting the alarm.

Herbs, that's great about the course! Well done! Wretched about money. I am terrible at hustling for freelance work so not the best one to speak but IME it is hard to use it to supplement regular life - you never get the right amount at the right time and especially with a young child feeling under pressure to say yes to gigs you have't really got time for is very stressful, especially if they require thought and oomph. I used to have a series of nice little monthly jobs (newsletters etc) but they have dried up. So I agree that looking for something in fixed hours might be good - could you do tutoring (not necessarily for exam prep hell - I know people who do it for children who struggle at school, and someone who does creative writing). And I have worked with some journalists recently who do interview/conference transcription on the side (if you are a fast typist) - although that wouldn't be fixed hours, it doesn't require thinking of new stuff all the time, a journalism background helps, and you can do it peacefully in your own time, once you've got the tape that's it, so easier to juggle potentially....Dunno, might be easier than pub work? The other gap in the market I have noticed is for upper primary/lower secondary afterschool care with some homework help/organisation, but that probably sounds hideous!

[herbaceous]

Thank you lalsy! All wise words. It is indeed nigh on impossible to find the right gig at the right time, and the work involved in getting it is unpaid in itself. I used to have regular work with my old company, but that's dried up, despite my increasingly obvious begging.

I think I will do tutoring - I'm sure I can work it around DS. I was wondering about the home education market...

[herbaceous]

ALSO - until I know whether I've got this editor job, it's not worth doing unpaid time trying to find other long-term work. I've been looking at People per Hour, but it seems to be more like Slaves per Hour.

Sorry... doing a brain dump again.

There does seem to be a whole lotta woe among crepies at the moment. I do hope it's part of the whole shitstorm that is 2016, the year when everything went wrong, and not the start of a regular pattern.

Hope DS is improving, BTM...

[Rosebag]

Did i miss something, Herbs...what happened about the offer of that job?

So sorry to hear about your friend, Cocoa but hope you have a great meet up with the lovely Molly...

11pm last night got switched back on... am so grateful. We are warm with hot and cold running water again and can flush the toilets. I hadn't realised how much I hate having workmen in the house....and this guy is good, and quite unobtrusive. My shoulders and back are so tense this morning because of it. Anyway off to meet BFF for quick coffee, and the a few hours of even more rewrites with ConS who has just texted to say breakfast is on him. I wonder why... It's not my birthday.

Boden posh dress arrived and it fits well (thank you, Johnnie...your dresses usually do...), but the high neck...dunno...I look a bit square shaped....

[Blackduck]

Cremo

BTM - hope today goes okay.

Beachy enjoy your 'free' time

MI - agree with everyone else re DD2 and would add she may be someone who needs to eat a little bit often (I am like that and so is ds...)

Cococa - so sorry about your friend.

Herbs congrats on the course.

Stropps hoping for a bit of peace and quiet for you.

[magimedi]

Herbs - curved ball coming your way.................................. have you looked at what work opportunities are available in Newcastle?

[motherinferior]

I think Newcastle is fab if you have a job but from my enquiries about DSis there isn't a huge amount of interesting stuff going - but obviously with your qualifications and experience in teaching that opens up a different market ( DSis was a lawyer ).

[herbaceous]

Have got more lovely feedback re course. 'You put us all at ease, made it fun and explained the stuff we didn't know without making me feel a fool'. Gold star for me.

Re the editor job, I STILL haven't heard. I emailed the recruitment consultant on Wednesday, and nada. EFFING RUDE. I need to plan my life, goddamit.

DP is on at me, as is everyone else, to hand my notice in. This current situation is unsustainable. I'm clinging on out of pride, as I spent so much money and a year to get the PGCE, but it's making me miserable. If I wanted to be miserable at work I'd do something better paid!

My strengths, I like to think, are building a rapport with people, and understanding what they need. Both things I could do as a private tutor.

Also, inspired by lalsy, I'll put myself about as a typer-upper, with added proof-reading and copy-tightening skillz.

[herbaceous]

Re job in Newcastle, income will be less of a worry (due to lack of mortgage + seaside home rental), but assume I could do tutoring there too...

[Lalsy]

PPH is pants. Pay is laughable. I got my current main client from following them on twitter and leaping when they tweeted about freelance support. I think a lot of organisations expect you to be interested in them beforehand which is jolly hard work! The jobs in parliament site sometimes has ads for transcribing/tidying/editing services.