Friday 10th August 2018

I took me prescription at 4.30pm yesterday and was awake 12 hours later.  Stayed in bed until 5am then came down and started the weekly virus scan going.  Started reading the rest of the novel that I started yesterday afternoon and I'm almost two thirds of the way through already.

When it got light I took the pup out for her walk then came home and fed her then Steve gave her her pill and I did her ear then read another chapter, took me supplements and even remembered the hayfever pill this time too!

Already achieved a lot and I'm hoping to get the book finished by early afternoon so that I can review it and then get the surveys done so that I can write a bit more of my own manuscript!

I'm hoping that the new supplements will come with the post and apparently Steve's waiting for a delivery too.  He's getting paid to be my carer for 35 hours a week, but I'm lucky to get an hour out of him.  Me, OTOH isn't getting any money for being Steve's carer but I do more for him in one morning than he does for me in a fortnight!!
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26% of the virus scanning is already done and its only been going for 4 hours!!  I'll have to start it at 5am more often lol
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Just finished reading the novel and I totally wasn't expecting the last sentence at all!  Can't find it on Amazon to leave a review for some reason though  😕
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Me supplements have turned up and they sound smaller than the current Calcium pills, thankfully... as long as they aren't any bigger than the current multi I'll be happy, but if they are capsule sized then it's no biggie, I'll just have to crunch them up but I'll be taking just the one single supplement every day instead of the three that I currently take!
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Thursday 9th August's post (long and includes a video)

That's the pup walked and fed, Steve's shortbread delivered and I'm about to take me supplements and wait for the second pair of jeans and me new Multi to be delivered.

Me mug and a half of cafetierre coffee has really woken me up so I'm all set for the day as soon as I've taken me supplements!

Had someone email me overnight pretty much demanding that I review their book and put the review on a variety of sites that I've never even heard of.  Their version of the synopsis was literally a sentence that told me nothing about the book other than that the type of book it was (everything except horror) and how it ended.  That is not a synopsis!!
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That's me supplements taken, so I'm all set for the day now.  Got 35 surveys to take then a chapter to write and a book to read and review so I'm gonna be a busy bunny today!
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I doubt vodka is the answer, but it's worth a shot.
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I’ve decided to sell my Hoover… it was just collecting dust.
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I’m reading a horror story in Braille.
Something bad is about to happen…
I can feel it.
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I can’t believe I got fired from the calendar factory.  All I did was take a day off.
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Sorry!  lol  😄
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Hayfever pill taken... keep forgetting about that because it's in a small, thin box instead of a huge rattly tub! lol
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Had me lunch... first mug shot and it was yummy!  Can spend the rest of the day doing surveys now.
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Just seen a video on Facebook by a boy who was bullied because of his nose.  There's nothing wrong with his nose but it's made me soooo angry!

Bullied because of his nose

I've been bullied throughout my life because I'm a short-arse (I'm 5 foot 1 now but at the time I was bullied I was under 4 foot and forced to inject human growth hormone to try and make me grow).  That's why I was bullied at school... I was the shortest person at school even in my last year there.

If you're being bullied, tell someone and keep on telling someone until something is done to stop your bully.  You aren't alone 'cos I've been bullied throughout my life, so understand only too well how hard it is to stand up to bullies.  

We are stronger than them though... I know you don't believe me and that's totally OK, but please tell someone what's going on until something happens to stop your bully.

Bullies aren't right in the head and there must be something that happened to them to turn them into your bully... maybe they are being bullied or maybe there's something that taught them that the only way to survive was to bully others.

It's not though.

If you need to talk to someone but don't feel able to put it into words to say out loud, do what I did and write a letter to your favourite teacher if you're at school, college or university or to your boss if you're at work or claiming benefits and your family what's going on so that they can support you and help you to stop your bully.

I've made a short ranting video about the boy that started this whole section... you aren't alone in this and there is help available... you can do this, I believe in you and I'm with you every step of the way.

To the bullies out there, reading this, it'll be hard, but admit to your teacher/boss/family what you're doing and ask for their help.  If they can't help you for whatever reason, ask your GP to refer you to a counsellor or some kind of therapist to help you through what you're feeling that makes you feel that you need to bully others.

OK, starting to calm down a bit now.  Bullying is just a total ranty subject of mine because of being bullied for the last 35 years of my life.  Sorry.

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Reading the first book for review, it's supposed to be for Young Adults but all the characters so far have been adults!  I had to reject this morning's book review request because the synopsis focussed on adults again, even though the sentence they sent with the request about the book was centred on Young Adults, which was the whole reason for me agreeing to read it!
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It's raining!  It's pouring!
The old man is snoring!
He went to bed and bumped his head
and couldn't get up in the morning!
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Read up to page 87 and I'm cream crackered so I'm going to bed before 10pm for the first time in a while... a well-deserved early night!
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Wednesday 8th August's post

Already taken me hayfever pill, had a bath and got dressed 'cos I'm meeting up with C today.  The watch and supplements will hopefully go this afternoon and the new Multi-vitamin with multi-minerals will come with the post and the second pair of jeans will hopefully arrive today too!
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That's the pup walked and fed too, so I've just got my supplements to take when I get back from seeing C then the watch and hopefully Iron pills taken then I can finish off writing chapter 2 lol
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Cat poo cleared up and bagged ready for the RSPCA to test if they want or need to, hands scrubbed just to be sure and supplements taken.

Both the watch and the Iron pills are going today... it's amazing how much landfill I've saved over the years just from freecycleing/freegleing stuff I don't want any more!  Got rid of a broken laptop, 3 smartphones, 4 watches (by tonight) and supplements in the last six months alone!

I've been totally honest about each of them - the laptop was broken so it was taken to be used as parts, the watches have all worked, they just needed new batteries, the phones were just very old and I had replaced them and the supplements were no longer needed because I'd got a multi-vitamin so didn't need them any more!  I saved room and other people saved money by getting things they wouldn't have been able to get any other way without paying through the nose for!

I've yet to receive anything from Freecycle/Freegle but that's not why I joined... I wanted to give stuff away that I no longer wanted but was still totally usable and I saved a little tiny bit of landfill too, which is great going I reckon... I hope the Green Man and Gaia are proud of me for that!
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That's the second watch and Iron supplements picked up so now I'm just waiting for my order from Simply Supplements to turn up... I'm not in any hurry 'cos I've still got about 2 months supply of my current ones left!  lol

Gonna spend the rest of the evening working on surveys then I'm having an early night and I'll hopefully carry on writing tomorrow  👌😃
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Yet another take-away for tea.  Pizza tonight *sigh*
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Tuesday 7th August's post

The puppy only wanted 50% of her walk this morning!  No matter what I said to try and encourage her to keep walking, she refused to move from our front door, bless her!  Maybe it was too hot out there or she's feeling her age this morning or something?

Gonna take me supplements and hayfever pill now, before I forget.
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That's me supplements taken.  They went down with one mouthful of squash each plus an extra one to make sure I'd swallowed all the crumbs but they went down really easily this morning!
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2 surveys done and dusted so I'm gonna spend the rest of the day writing now!
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Taken the hayfever pill too... totally forgot about it until I was in the air lock!  lol
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That's one watch gone after waiting 33 hours past the confirmation that she could have it and I've promised the other watch to someone so just waiting to get rid of the Iron supplements now!
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Monday 6th August's post

Already walked and fed the pup, my supplements were dispatched at 7.30am so hopefully they will be here with the post tomorrow.  At least one of the watches will be gone by tonight and hopefully the first pair of jeans will come with the post today or tomorrow.

Gonna take me supplements and carry on with my emails and the surveys and stuff before I forget again.
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Supplements down like good 'uns this morning!  All went down with just one mouthful of squash each then the Iron and Multi a second, smaller mouthful for reassurance that they really had gone down that easily!
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Just remembered to take the hayfever pill too after seeing the pollen count on Channel 5 too.
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The first pair of jeans have just arrived.  They look like they are the right length (I'm petite) so as long as they really are size 14 and fit around my waist, I'll be investing in a size 16 or 18 denim jacket too!

I love eBay for things like this!
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3 surveys done and dusted and one petition signed too!  Not bad going for 6 hours I don't reckon!
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Gonna make a start on writing my first ever sci-fi novel this afternoon... wish me luck!
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Shopping came at 6.01pm so it was all done and dusted with 59 minutes of the delivery hour left to spare!

I've emailed the person who wants the watch to say to come between 7pm and 9[m tonight and I've got another person interested in them too so the watches will be gone at some point early this week which just leaves the Iron pills to go then.

We're having yet another take-away tonight too... it's the only one I'm going to have this week but I bet that Steve has one every night again this week.  Not happy about that at all 'cos this'll be the fourth week of daily take-aways we've had instead of using the food I buy each week!  👎
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Sunday 5th August's post

For some unknown reason I've woken up really angry this morning and I don't know why.  My supplements not going down straight away prolly didn't help the anger I'm feeling and the recycling bottles that kept slipping down make me hurl 2 of them into the hall in a fit of rage.

Still feeling really angry but starting to calm down now, thankfully.

Got 2 bottles of 120 Iron pills left to take, so I'll open one of the bottles tomorrow morning and put the other one on Freegle then put in the order for the Multivitamin and Mineral later today.

I daren't take Mitzi out for her walk just yet so that I don't take my anger out on her for no reason... I'll give meself a while to calm down then see how I feel at lunchtime.  If I've calmed down enough I'll take her for her walk then, if not it'll be this evening.

I hate feeling angry... it's only happened since I came off the AD!
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That's the bin and recycling out and Mitzi's poo cleared up.  We need to get some kind of gardner to come over and totally rip out all the plants in the back yard 'cos the bedroom window is completely covered in whatever has grown over the wall from next door, the kitchen window is totally surrounded and it makes me dread going out there to clear up the pup's poo on a Sunday.

We've also got 2  old toilets out there that I doubt anyone will take so we might as well make a feature out of them and plant some flowers in the bowls or something! lol

It's out there for us to use, but we don't right now 'cos of whatever it is that's grown over the wall, which I reckon is a weed given how fast it's grown, but we need help with it, whatever it is... we'll be able to have a barbecue out there as soon as it's sorted and Mitzi won't be stuck in just one little gangway like she is right now either.

Neither of us are green-fingered so the less that's out there, the better as far as I'm concerned!
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That's me supplements ordered... under £17 for a years supply of 1 pill instead of getting on for £45 for a years supply of 3 pills and it's suitable for vegetarians as well as having everything in it so I'm gonna put the second Iron bottle and 2 watches on Freegle now lol
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That's the watches and Iron offered now, so I've just gotta wait for them to be picked up now!
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3 surveys done and dusted this morning but the pup isn't any kind of interested in going for a walk, she's just laying in her bed not wanting to move!  😞
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Just walked the pup... it's soooo hot out there and it isn't much better inside now either, even with the fan going 24/7!!
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2 surveys done and dusted so far today.
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I'll hopefully be getting me pair of eBay jeans with the post either tomorrow or Tuesday... I just hope they fit!  Got another pair that is in the final hour of being on eBay and I'm the only bidder for those too, so I'll hopefully have 2 pairs of jeans in my hands by this time next week!  I've got my eye on a couple of denim jackets too, but wanna have the jeans in my hands and fitting me before I invest in that too!  lol
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In theory, I'll have one pair of jeans arriving tomorrow or Tuesday and I've just won the second pair that'll be here on Thursday or Friday which ain't bad going for £13 including postage!  There was a third pair of jeans that I didn't win 'cos the biding got past £15 just for the jeans then another fiver for postage, so I might as well have got a new pair for that price and I got 2 jeans *including* postage for less than just the jeans cost too which is awesome!

I just hope they both fit and aren't falling apart at the seams lol

Steve took a couple of photo's of the Iron pills and 2 watches that I worked out how to add to Freegle so hopefully my email will be approved and sent to the members so that they can get gone too.

Gonna be a busy week next week lol
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Third take-away of the week... not happy.  👎 😞
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Especially not happy now 'cos the only things that have passed my lips since I went to bed last night is a litre of flavoured water, 3 supplements, 5 mouthfuls of squash, 3 garlic mushrooms, 2 onion rings and a couple of strands of coleslaw.

That's it.

Nothing else.

Got a can of ginger beer to reduce the nausea from the coleslaw and a bottle of cold, peach-flavoured tea and I'm not going to be able to take me prescription this evening, thanks to the nausea.

Next time we go to Yummies I'll have a portion of garlic mushrooms, a portion of onion rings and that's it 'cos Steve had more of me tea than I did 'cos it wasn't suitable for vegetarians with a dairy allergy  😞
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Saturday 4th August's post

That's the pup walked and fed.  We met our neighbours from the end of the street and Mitzi's little tail was wagging like mad, bless 'er.

She needs more food bless 'er too... been asking Steve to phone his family about it for a week and she's rapidly running out now.

Gonna take me supplements now, then make a start on today's surveys now that I've finished the editing and synopsis writing.
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Me supplements went down really easily today, so I dunno why I've had so much trouble with them the last few days!  Got a single Iron pill left then I'll go rootin' around in my supplements box to see if I've got any more 'cos I can't remember which ones I've got left and which I need to order more of so I'll take the final Iron tomorrow, bin the bottle and have a look to see which supplements I've got left.

That's me sorted for the day now though, so it's time to make a start on the survey's.
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Steve's just phoning his mum about getting more food for the pup at some point next week and getting his medical appointments sorted at the same time too.

Onwards with the surveys!
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8 completed surveys so far.
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Virus scan finito for another week and I'm virus free again, thankfully.  Gonna back up my stuff then shut the laptop down and have an early night.
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Just finished the back-up so I'm gonna publish this then shut down and head to bed... bet I'll still be awake at 11pm though, just like I always am  lol
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Friday 3rd August's post

Walked and fed the pup and I'm about to take me supplements then I'll do today's surveys and finish editing the MG novel I started on last night.  Wish me luck!
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That's me supplements taken.  The Calcium was hard to crunch up, the Iron went down fine but the Multi was a PITA to get down and made me retch when it got stuck at the top of my throat!  👎

Just gotta take me hayfever pill now, then I can do the surveys and editing again.
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The hayfever pill went down easiest of all, thankfully!  I'm now bloated with coffee and squash though!  😞
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Feel sick with all the liquid I've had this morning too... need to eat something to soak up some of the liquid but I don't want to throw up  😟
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That's all the survey's done and dusted, so I can spend all afternoon on the editing now.  Yaaaay!
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Just had me tea.  Chinese yet again.  That's 2 take aways I've had this week and Steve's had 4 or 5.  Not happy about that at all.  The whole point of spending £50 on the groceries every week is that we eat at freakin' home!!
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Thursday 2 August's blog post

Pup walked and fed, supplements taken and now I'm gonna take some surveys then go on an edit-a-thon on the manuscripts I found yesterday or the day before or whenever it was.
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Hayfever pill taken too and my prescription has just been delivered so I'm all set for the day now.
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Given up on the surveys for today so I'm gonna spend the next few hours editing then head to bed ready to start again tomorrow.
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Wednesday 1 August's post

Walked and fed the pup... she only wanted 50% of the walk today but I insisted on 100% minimum and she's been fast asleep pretty much ever since!

Won a pair of jeans on eBay for £8 including postage which ain't bad going I don't reckon.  I've been outbid on the second pair but I'm still the highest bidder on the third pair so assuming the winning jeans actually turn up and fit I'll be investing in a denim jacket too for the first time since I left college 20 years ago!
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That's me supplements taken... the Iron disintegrated on my tongue so took 2 mouthfuls of squash.  The crunched-up Calcium tried to hide but I swilled them all out with 2 mouthfuls but the Multi was wonderful!  Just a single mouthful of squash to get that one down today!  💪
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Hayfever pill taken too... wondered why I was sneezing and sniffing so much!  lol
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Burger King meals for a late lunch/early tea today... this'll be my only junk food meal this week though!  😊
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