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I really hate skinny people who are on slim fast when they wiegh all of 5 stone, telling me how many calories is in a salad sandwich....

I LOVE MY FOOD! SORRY IF YOU DON'T! Grrrrr.....

Some areas really aren't that bad, I swear! What areas are you considering?

I honestly have no idea.

I'm going to see a place in Wapping tomorrow which has the bonus of being 20 minutes' walk from work, but I know next to nothing about it other than that.

Other than that, I'm looking at southeast (elephant & castle area) and west (kensington area) at the moment.

Landlord coming tomorrow to discuss rent for next year. Husband will be at work and I have to call him and stall her until he gets home so they can negotiate. Grr. I hate stalling! (Well, she knows she has to wait for him, but still..)

Got up late and I'm still exhausteddd.

My great-aunt keeps asking about when I'm going to find a place to live, which doesn't lessen my stress over finding a suitable place at all.

That friend of ours that I mentioned a couple days ago with the poorly husband? He passed away yesterday--it's a shame we had to find out via facebook, but she changed her number a while ago and we haven't been able to get the new one. It's a shame since it was only a week or so ago that she said he was diagnosed, I wasn't expecting him to pass this suddenly : / And she has issues with depression on top of her physical problems, so I don't imagine it makes the grieving process any easier

Now when I go out to find mother's day cards, I'm going to try and find one for our friend--I don't quite remember her post code, but she lives here in Daventry and I know what street and house number she's on; usually the RM can figure out where it goes without the exact post code as long as it's in the same city. We would drop it around her place I guess, but she has a full house under the best of circumstances and I don't want to barge in if she isn't ready for other people yet.

You can look the postcode up online.

To be quite honest, I don't know why I didn't think of that--well, mainly because I read about his death before my first cup of coffee in the morning

Thanks for the idea Mezoti

I've had a headache for the past three days. It fades if I take painkillers, but never quite goes away....

Welcome, Tams!

The landlady STILL isn't here.. I've been cleaning all morning, too. Grrrr. I'm done. I refuse to do anything more.

Booooooo. Drinks? Alcohol always helps.

Not a fan of alcohol, sadly. Bailey's is yummy, though.

Well, coffee is a close second, I guess.

I, too, am a Baileys fan. No alcohol is probably a good thing as it causes me to go numb and tingly. But I partake anyway.

That is really sad. I hope she can get help to ease her pain. I can't imagine how she must be feeling specially as it was so suddenly.

Sort of puts my grumbles into perspective.

Aw, Tams, I didn't read the older posts and I missed this. I'm sorry. That's terrible...

My 21-year old stepson. He only calls the house or my husband when he wants money.(I am not exxaggerating!) He just tried hitting up for money over the weekend. My husband just called me on my mobile that stepson would be calling me to ask me if I could get £40 out of the bank for him so he can take his pregnant girlfriend out tonight. (we're kind of broke until payday on Friday and I need to buy some groceries tomorrow) So as I'm talking to my husband on the mobile the landline rang but I didn't get to it in time. So now the husband is all pissy with me. Guess what? I'm tired of being treated like my stepson's personal ATM!

DH was pissy because you DIDN'T get him £40? I though he was calling you to warn you that he was going try and hit you up. Wow. I'd be more than a bit PO'd.

So this isn't a grumble, just a follow-up...my great-aunt claims to not be in any hurry to have me gone, and has said that if I can't find a place available immediately, I should stay here until I can move (rather than renting a different room short-term and moving twice).

Yay! (Guess her concern is that her daughter is visiting next week so we'll be crammed in here a bit for the week.)

Yeah, I could hear it in his voice and then he did the passive aggressive thing, "Well, I'll leave it with you whether or not you want to lend him the money ..." Okay, we've been really good about when he's truly hard up for grocery money or topping up his electicity card in his flat. We were always lending stepson money. (and in his defense he does pay us back later on down the road and not in his defense I've been told on good authority, i.e. his best mate's girlfriend who I work with, that he uses money he borrows on something else ...) But you know what? If dh and I don't have money to go out (which is often) we stay home. This kid is an adult and has a child on the way and it's time for him to be responsible which means staying home when you can't afford to go out.

I'm glad I have validation for being p.o'ed!