Got my pre-op instructions...and the results of my recent blood test. The results were about 5-7 pages long and it lead to the "Oh SHIT!" moment I dread most: going to my specialist for accurate insight.

This ruined an otherwise pleasant achievement in breaking a walking record of 10,000 steps before 10:30AM.

Ugh my homeless prevention meeting. The officer was so rude. My problem right now is I've applied to every house in the area and had mostly no response or I'm told that the house isn't suitable for pets/children, I don't earn enough etc etc. My other problem is I have a dog and I've been trying for weeks to find somewhere that would take him in on a short term basis seeing as it seems I'll be placed in emergency accommodation but seeing as I don't know how long I'd be in there for, (could be weeks, could be months) nowhere has been willing. The woman was lecturing me that I "need to take this seriously" and "start making arrangements" as if I've literally just been dicking about for the past few months. I explained my situation and all she could say was "yeah there's some barriers". The whole meeting she looked down her nose at me and gave short answers as if I was just trying to make this difficult for her. It's not my fault my landlord is going through a divorce and decided shes going to live in my house right when my husband lost his job. This wasn't exactly my life goal

@Bigsimsfan12 Did you get an eviction notice? Check that your Landlady did everything correctly, and gave you the correct notice. If she issued a section 173 then it's six months; for section 21 it's two months (but then they have to take you to court). There are also requirements for section 21!
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/w...on-21-notice-w/
https://www.gov.wales/renting-homes...landlords#92291
Also, as you have a baby, a child and are unemployed, you should score pretty high for local authority housing- so register with your local area council and apply for properties, if the system in Wales is like England then you have to bid on a property (not a money bid, but a points based bid), and priority is given to those with higher points (more need).

Also, have youapplied for Universal Credit, etc?

@simsample I did all that, I got the 2 months notice, she took me to court, the possession order was granted (crazy that I had to pay £355 to become homeless but Shelter covered the cost luckily) I have to give up possession on the 31st, otherwise a bailiff will be called (but they have to give 2 weeks notice). I'm on the council house list but I'm actually not high priority, I'll be further up when I'm homeless but I was told it could still be a year waiting for a property. Which means a whole year in a hotel room with 2 adults, 2 kids and possibly a dog. Woo.

I'm with universal credit and have been for a while because I only work part time, I just had to change my claim today because husband has moved back in so now that's gonna throw everything off.

@Bigsimsfan12 That sounds like you have it all covered then, not much you can do apart from wait. I wish I could help in some way, I hope the council find you something quickly. Sending you best wishes, please let me know if there's something I can do. I sent you a friend request over on Discord, in case you want to talk, or feel free to PM me here.

Thank you @Simsample

I'm just annoyed, for months its been "you're on your own, we can't help you until you're homeless" and now it's suddenly "why aren't you prepared!". Turns out I was suppose to be moved into emergency accommodation in 2 days time. I hadn't been made aware of that until today when my landlord informed me she had been contacted about it and asked when she can get the keys. I was originally told I would have to wait until the bailiff before they'd place me somewhere so my stuff isn't due to go into storage until next week which means they've had to cancel those plans, so I'll definitely be in the property past the 31st and they're blaming me for it as if I was suppose to just... put all my belongings in storage and live in an empty house for 2+ weeks in the off chance they moved me sooner despite them saying they won't move me sooner...

Ahh, that sucks so badly. The system is definitely not good for situations like this.

Missed the bus by about 10 seconds or so, and had to stand waiting for the next one for 25 minutes in freezing cold snow. The bench in the bus shelter was taken up by a couple and a pissed-off toddler (but the toddler was in a stroller and the man stood most of the time, so idk why they needed the whole bench... ) I was really tired from work, had a somewhat heavy bag in my hand, and could've really needed a sit-down.

Also SNOW! FOR THE LOVE OF SANITY, WHY??!!???
I really hope this is the last of the snow.

That's it! I am getting rid of my red drink tumblers and going with clear.

Earlier in the evening, my father asked me if I drank some of his milk, which I did and he said it was his... considered that in most households, milk is communally shared. (Since I drank half a gallon, I will purchase that along with the $21.07 I owe...

...according to the unspoken room and board agreements laid out upon moving in.

Then I made a matcha latte boba tea with one of my heat-resistant tumbler, which are red. It erupted into argument and I had to explain that it was an instant boba tea mix I use.

The red ones are getting donated tomorrow. I already bought a clear set with leftover money.

😡 Thanks for such sour persimmons, papa!

My throat hurts, so probably have a cold.
(and no, I don't think it comes from waiting outside in the cold, but rather from being coughed at by at least 4-6 different people at work, at least some of them sick, and THEN being outside in the cold freezing my buttocks off).

Yeah... 🤧🥶😷

Still can't find someone to take the dog in. I called my Dad 2 days ago, I explained in detail that by this point its either he takes him in or he gets put down. He called me earlier to say no. Which is fine, he can say no. I understand my dog is a handful and he isn't use to him.

What irritated me was that his girlfriend was saying in the background "tell her we don't have a yard". They have 2 houses, both of which have yards suitable for dogs then he starts asking if I've asked around at rescues etc. No Dad, I obviously sat around for months knowing that my dog would be hard to rehome and then decided to call you 3 days before I lose my house

ARGGH! My appointment for my surgery won't be until noon! If I get up in the middle of the night, that's half a day of no food, medicine or even water and I have been waking up in the middle of the night with dry mouth.

Apparently, I didn't get a memo on operation schedule. I hope my parents can handle me as a hangry bitchy woman going through withdrawal until noon.

I can be nasty when deprived of my needs.

The cold is still raging, and I've got work tomorrow. So unless it lets go within the next few hours or so, tomorrow is not going to be fun... I hate having the sniffles (and achoos) at work... 😷

I had a mental breakdown in work and bit myself in front of my boss....

...at least I got the afternoon off work

Being plagued by mania, writing everything that comes to mind down.

I feel like a burnt out news reporter on his last cigarette of the carton and waiting for either my pay or a fellow coworker who smokes the same brand (Menthols make me BLEED!) <---old joke from my father's experience.

I wrote a ton of stuff in my journal apps, so it's private, natch. Either way, I will crash!

Edit
Cat kept yowling all night when we locked her out of our rooms.

Still writing in journals and I only got about 4 hours of sleep.

I am sooo going to crash hard when all is said and done!

Having to go forth and back between the kitchen and a patient room I don't know how many times because everything and then some was wrong with their evening meal. Every time I came back, something different was wrong. Goodness only knows - it IS possible to give multiple messages at once, so people don't have to spend 20+ minutes going forth and back (getting more and more frustrated) doing a bunch of tiny errands, because we do have other things to do than being personal waiters...

My weekly pill box tray broke and now I got to put rubber bands around the Saturday box as it broke.

I screamed like Shan-Yu in Mulan when he realized he was on a losing edge.

All I was trying to do was look for my hair growth supplements. I eventually will replace them with ones that will help the whole hair, skin, and nails treatment.

My mother dumped meatballs and contaminated the red sauce for dinner. It's the same excuse of fishing it out like pulling pepperoni off pizza. It's still not kosher!

I always hated that whole "pull it off" excuse.

Have to increase meds again, instead of reducing them (hate the side effects...) 😒

Had to call the police on my landlord lol. I mean I could've let it go that she entered the property and took my keys without asking, I was suppose to give the keys back in 3 days anyway, but I didn't like that she was in the house without my permission, and that she might purposely break something and try to blame me for it.

Serves her right!

Nag, nag, nag, nag, nag, nag, naggity-nag, nag, and.... oh yeah! More nag. Some people... ☹

She is SERIOUSLY claiming that I'm just making trouble for her because she evicted me. I had been trying to move out of that house for as long as she has been harassing and intimidating me! I'm not going to reply to her, but also I should because she has asked for the crime number... but also surely if they want to contact her they will... but also maybe I should tell her not to contact me again now I've given in my keys?

My parents are always telling me that there is a first time for everything. Today is one of those days.

I wanted to move our emergency fund so that it would earn a little interest instead of the pennies on the dollar which we've been dealing with for almost 2 years. I found a bank that was offering 2.25%. Yippee! A bank that actually encourages saving rather than treating savers like dirt.

The bank in question has a chat thing on their website; I decided to make use of it. The person that I chatted with was helpful.

They didn't care if I used their Visa card as a debit. No fees for doing so and there was no transaction limit.

There was no problem electronically transferring our funds to the new account as long as it wasn't in a CD. Our funds are cash, so no problem there. Then the person asked if I wanted more details, I said sure. I thought it was better to know what I was getting into rather than walking into this new bank 'blind'.

Within less than a minute it was figured out that I can't open a account with this bank. The reason isn't nefarious, I simply don't live in the town the bank is in, nor do I ( or Dingus) work in that town, so no savings account for us. It is literally the next town over.

I then proceeded to look for another bank. Of course there was all the usual BS like Chase bank offering their .01%, Bank of America...more of the same BS. I poked around on the websites of all the local banks, still more of the same garbage. Since I didn't have any luck with banks close to us, I went a town over in the opposite direction from the one that gave me the paw because I didn't live 10 minutes closer. I found a possible new bank until I saw this:





If a account goes to $9,999.00, the interest earned goes from 3.50 to 0.02. Granted, this drop doesn't happen because a balance is short a dollar for a day, but still, that's a steep drop.

I don't know if banks in other places around this globe pull this crap or not, but I'm over it at this point. With all the stories lately about banks crashing and burning because of bogus books, and the even bigger, looming problem with commercial real estate (companies owe over $1.7 trillion dollars; nobody knows how those bills are going to be paid) and banks are still doing shit like this. One would think banks would welcome a injection of cash regardless of the amount; guess not.

I guess I'm keeping my goblin dollars where they've been because I'm not playing games with these arsehole banks.

I opened my first account in 2016. Back in the day, passive interest on current accounts (the interest you get paid for having positive balance) was 0.01 %. The saving accounts' interest rates were as high as 2 to 3 %, but that sort of rate I could never achieve as a teenager (because the only way to get such rates is to put in a big sum of money for a looong time, something like 6 years).

Looking back, I definitely should have put whatever I had in those savings accounts, because now even the savings accounts have a 0.01 % interest rate – regardless of the deposit, regardless of how long you want to save for. A vista accounts now offer an exclusive 0 % interest rate as well – why the F do they even offer a vista savings account if I'm about to earn more in interest by having money in my current account that only gives 0.01 %? Clowns...