This week has been windy and wet, and that’s not just my bottom.
It is my last week of working three days a week! Next week I
am up to four days.
Mental Ill-Health
I have been relatively stable this week? No ups or downs, I think.
I am having very peculiar dreams again though, which are always fun. I saw a
black Labrador puppy at the side of the bed but it turned out to be the duvet. There’s
been a flock of bugs crawling all over the wall by the window – another brain
fuckery. I dreamt that my mountain bike had been taken to a shop for upgrades
and was returned as a super stretched, super low ride chopper motorbike, about
20ft long. Looked badass though. In the same dream I went somewhere and a lady
had a small animal on a lead and when I looked closer it was a pigeon.
And no, I can’t have stronger medication.
Physical Health
David said I am to rest as I have twinged my knee. Don’t need
to tell me twice. Does resting involve eating cake? I sure hope so.
Homelife
We are still trying to faff around with the bed/mattress situation
to come up with one we both like and can sleep on. It isn’t going well so far. I
have woken up this week to find D asleep on the floor at the foot of the bed. I
have ordered a memory foam mattress topper for a narrow single bed so hopefully
I can have a memory foam bit on my side and he can have the horrible slab of concrete
on his side.
I quite like the bed on the floor without a frame. I think I’ve
been having funny dreams/nightmares because the concrete mattress is so thick
and it means we’re sleeping about 2ft off the floor, whereas the memory foam
mattress isn’t anywhere near that so we sleep about 6 inches lower. I have had
lots of dreams/’mares about falling out of bed. It might be great for his back
but it’s shit awful for my brain.
This week I have decided to make a concerted effort on sorting stuff out, both here and at Mommas. I just don’t know what to do with it all. Ebay it and hope to make some money but have to faff with packaging and posting and listing fees, or just charity shop it all and not get paid? I’m not sure if charity shops are taking stuff at the moment, and it’s just as much effort to bag everything up and take it to a shop. I had looked at that Music Magpie and other similar apps but all the reviews are awful. 1p per DVD, you might send 200 but only be paid for 50, etc etc. So I’m not going to risk it.
This coming month is car service and MOT month, so it’s a
good job I have two credit cards. I am trying really hard to not end up in the
overdraft but it is so difficult. I think I’ll have about £150 left over once
everything has gone out and that won’t cover a service! And then the month
after, allotment rent is due…
Crochet
I have finished part six of Sophies Universe! It’s getting
quite big now. There are eighteen parts in total, so I still have a way to go. I
have ordered more yarn. I like the way the colours work together. I think I am
making good progress. Each row is now taking me over an hour; my smart watch
keeps reminding me to move and stretch once an hour, and I need to as my hip seizes
up when I sit for too long. How old do you need to be to qualify for a replacement?
Allotment
Is getting wet. The sunflowers are all going over, the pumpkins
are going orange, and the tomatoes are ripening up nicely! I picked the first
allotment tomatoes this week. It will soon be time to turn my attention to
winter crops, sorting the beds out and covering them, and maybe getting a load
of manure. I have ordered new tarps as mine are all really old and tatty now,
so when I get paid again at the end of Sept (because I’ve already spent this
months payday and it only went in 24hrs ago…) I will buy a load of muck and
pile it up on my plot, ready for digging in.
I have decided to get on with Project Polytunnel as I need
somewhere for some plants to live, even though I cannot get any timber for
making raised beds.
Garden
The aforementioned spending of the payday has gone on bulbs
and things for the garden. I have decided to put bulbs in the over-fence trough
planters, and the boxes out the front. I have started buying lavender as I want
big bushy showy offy lavender in the garden. I also snagged a cheapish bag of
compost as it was the last one and it was all ripped and not the full amount. I
have potted up the aubergine and peppers – far too late so I’m not expecting
any fruit – but regardless, potted up in fresh peat free compost and topped off
with grit. They look well good. If/when I get the polytunnel up they can go in
there as a temporary measure before I build the raised beds and stuff. I doubt
they’ll fruit otherwise as it has gone SO COLD this week. Proper autumnal.
A load of the bulbs came from The Range and were 99p. I have bought more from B&Q, and now I want more more more...
The sunflower that I tied across the back fence has lost its flower head, I think the wind has snapped it off. It hadn’t even flowered properly.
So hopefully next week if the weather is a bit less rainy, I shall start planting bulbs. I could do with another bag of compost as the bag I bought is nearly gone as it wasn’t full to start with. It is getting harder to find peat free stuff at a reasonable price.
