Taking care

WS, it is definitely a cold I have, my darling grandchildren gave it to me, but  I did take an antihistamine, it stopped me wanting to rip my face off.

This weekend has mainly been taking care, of myself, of my L&M, of some outstanding issues.

On the household front, I have done little apart from providing food, the rest of the time has been spent on the sofa under a quilt either on line, chatting to my L&M or watching TV and consuming copious amounts of tea and lemsip.

We have had discussions about the problems surrounding MIL's will, we could be looking at a bill in excess of £20,000.this is the cost to transfer the house to the trusteeship. We need to get to this stage to block the bad BIL from making FIL homeless, this, in theory would be split 4 ways, except, of course the bad BIL will not contribute. Discussions are ongoing.

As if there wasn't enough going on with MIL's will I decided that now would be the ideal time to go after my ex-husband for the balance of what I am owed.
I have written to him to explain that I want a lower amount if he agrees without going through a solicitor and if he doesn't I'll go after the true value of the business and house and half his pension.

I now await a reply, I'm very scared, but I can't let the fact that he is a bully stop me from getting what should have been mine..

I have a code in by dose

Still feel like shit, my teeth itch and it hurts when I breathe, still lemsip and soft tissues instead of kitchen roll to the rescue. I will feel human again in a couple of days. We had DGS to stay and as he's 11 he's the easiest visitor to have, he's helpful, opens doors and carries bags. He will happily chat or play Minecraft, he just need feeding on a regular basis.
I had a catch up with a friend on the phone today I love a good natter.
It's taken me ages to get online today, problems with my browser, now I have got online Blogger is telling me I'm using an unsupported browser. I'll struggle on for a couple of days until I feel better and then try to sort it out.

One step forward and three back

Mad rush for me from 2 until 5 this afternoon, collecting DGC plus friends and delivering them to various places including dance class and then collecting my L&M from the station.
I will hear more about the meeting tomorrow when DGS has gone home, hopefully, by then I will feel well enough to concentrate.
I feel like shit, I've been up since 2:20 and was in Mr T's at 5:45 this morning. DGS wanted to buy his sisters a birthday present, Eileen is 5 today Norah is 8 tomorrow. I have a streaming cold, I look so bad people at work thought I was crying, my eyes look like pissholes in the snow, they are puffy and bloodshot. My nose is flowing like Niagara Falls and so red I look like an illuminated Rudolph. Sneezing, well, explosive bouts of Tena Lady sneezes, the sort that make you cross your legs or sit down hurriedly so you don't wet yourself. Yes I know I should have done my pelvic floor exercises, but I didn't ok!

Fewer calories, more arseholes

And a couple of idiots thrown in for good measure.

I lost 2 lbs at weigh in yesterday. I am making sure I drink at least 2 pints of water a day on top of any other drinks. I am eating a banana every morning and an apple every evening. I have freshly made vegetable soup for lunch Monday to Friday with a wedge of wholemeal bread.

Hubby is off to the solicitors meeting tomorrow. Hopefully there will be some clearer way forward after the meeting. The will seems straightforward, it's just BIL being an arsehole.

And as for the idiots, one of my machines was damaged when I arrived this morning. Obviously what I really needed whilst repairing it was some idiot breathing down my neck asking how long I was going to take to effect the repair. My reply of 'It will be a lot fecking quicker if you sod off and let me get on with it!' wasn't appreciated.

Idiot number 2 was a first aider who overheard someone asking how my DD was. I explained that tests were still ongoing and that a diagnosis had been suggested. At which point the first aider piped up and announced with complete confidence, 'I spoke to your daughter three weeks ago,  that's not what's wrong with her'. Oh good, from a first aider to medical expert capable of diagnosing complex medical issues in one fell swoop! My reply was short, succinct and left the idiot very red faced.

Blanket pic

Here are a couple of photo's of the blanket I've been making for the last week, crochet helps to keep me sane, or what passes for sane round here.

So much for an early night

I went to bed early in the hopes of catching up on some sleep, fat chance.
I dropped off for about half an hour and then all hell broke out. How on earth someone can manage a car chase in a road that is only about 10 houses long I do not know, but they did. Lots of roaring engines, screeching brakes and lots of shouting. Now I'm wide awake and likely to stay that way for some time.

Dreaded Lurgy

I feel bleugh, sore throat, a tickly cough, temperature and blocked up ears.
An early night is needed I think, hopefully I will feel better in the morning.