Plodding on here. Got discharged from mental health team at the end of June and managing ok on my own.
Loved the Euro's. Was out working early but managing to get back for the early kick off. I was sitting down and watching a match, then flying around and doing household stuff in the break between matches before sitting down again. Made me realise the importance of resting. I still do that now. For example, rather than plough on and try and do all the garden jobs in one go, I'll do a bit, then sit down and have a drink, then go back and do a bit more. It's not as hard on my body that way. I need to accept I'm not well and physically can't do everything I want to do.
Enjoyed our holidays. Was good to get away with the bairn and we did loads of cool stuff. Still had one eye on works emails though as with being freelance, I'm never truly off work.
Work has been a disaster since my holidays due to late deliveries of stuff from couriers and clients changing dates willy nilly. I had worked booked in for week commencing the 19th Aug but didn't get the stuff till Friday 23rd, then I couldn't squeeze them into the short bank holiday week as I was fully booked. I've been getting hassled over the last week but have finally caught up and done those. This week I had work booked on Mon and Tues. Didn't get the Tues job stuff till late Tues afternoon and the Monday job box came on Wednesday. Managed to squeeze one store in on Thursday but now have to squeeze the rest into next week and I've already got a full diary. Declined a call in Middlesbrough this week as I didn't have time to drive all the way down there. A box of stuff for that store randomly turned up and the contact said it would be easier if I could do it rather than organising a courier collection and finding someone else to do it. Feel like I've been shafted there and that's another one to try and squeeze into next week. It's a short week as well as my car has a fault on it and it's booked into the garage on Wednesday so I can't work that day. I was supposed to be doing work on Wed, but it got postponed so I booked the garage, then it got put back on again, so I've got to squeeze that into Thurs or Fri which are already fully booked. Think it's made up my mind that I need to look for something else. I've put a few applications in for home working again but nothing has happened yet. Applied for one with a travel company doing back office admin with queries from people who've booked their holidays and the hosts abroad who do the tours etc. Got a nice personal reply saying no thanks but they had over 1200 applicants for that one! I'll keep looking and applying for anything I like the look of.
Need to start tackling all the jobs that have built up while I've been unwell this year. My bathroom cabinet was a bit of a disaster area. It's got first aid stuff, medicines and beauty stuff like micellar water and tweezers in it. Often when I opened it, loads of stuff would fall out. I'd be wanting to quickly wipe eye make up off on an evening and end up picking up plasters and stuff from all over the floor while muttering FFS man! Bought some plastic trays, chucked away the out of date stuff and everything is organised and doesn't fall out now. It only took 10-15 mins and lead me to think why couldn't I have done that sooner rather than getting annoyed every time I opened the cupboard! That lead me to think we need to celebrate the little wins as they encourage you to keep plodding on. Would a little wins thread help people?
