Well I'm all better now, thank goodness. It's been too bloomin' hot here to be ill - bleuarrrghh. I want to enjoy feeling cold for a few days, at least it would be something different to grumble about
Bats, I'm disappointed that it's only your mum's pension that you are accused of stealing, I would have high hopes that you would be a criminal mastermind skimming the pensions of
all elderly folk. Please try harder
Pixie, what can I say? Sounds like you're having a rotten time of it. Sending you good positive "hope things get better soon" vibes for all your family (pets included!). When times get tough all you can do is keep on keeping on, staying as positive as you can for everyones sake and be kind to yourself. Things will get better, it's just pants in the meantime!
Handy - glad to hear your poxy girly is undergoing the depoxification process satisfactorily. Soon there will be peace.... "Joy to the world, the pox is gone!" - hmmmm I'll have that song on the brain now all day
It's a funny old world, got a call from work last night, asking me to do an extra shift on Friday, and I was soooo happy! Never thought I would be happy to be doing extra work ... just the money makes quite a difference and I thought I was only going to have a very bad pay week this week, now it's going to be ok - yippeeee! Downside is that might mean an extra night with the witch, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the lovely Jeff is back from his week off and he'll be in charge, I'm not banking on it though
MrPlum broke the news to me this week that his work roster for the Christmas week has changed and he will now be working Christmas Day from 10 - 6pm. I'm p'd off really. He is the only person at his work with a young family yet he gets rostered on. So Christmas Day is likely to just be me and LittlePlum, possibly my stepson who is living with us again at the moment and his gf might be here but it's just making me feel all the more aware of how far I am away from family. This wrong side of the world malarkey is really pants at times. We'll make the best of it though and might do a proper aussie christmas and go to the beach, so all in all will probably have more fun than if OH was at home, he's a bit of a bah humbug Christmas type

There you go, in one paragraph, I have talked myself into thinking that it's a most excellent thing that he is working! Go me and my easily led little brain
Well I better go and sort the pup out, she is clearly bored as while I've been typing she has chewed up a cigarette packet, brought in a rock to crunch on and is currently growling menacingly at her errant tail