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Monday, November 13, 2006
coming down - 02:42 PM
(filed under 'general')
bummer. seems the 3M command stuff doesn't like being used in a way that's it's not meant to be used. my phone cord is coming down off the ceiling from where i stuck it so that it would reach across to the other side of the room. how annoying. now i'm going to have to find a different solution which doesn't require any breaching of the integrity of the walls or ceiling.
i wish they sold their full range of stuff online. it's so hard to get the things you need from the places that may or may not stock them. even if they do have some of the range, it's hardly ever the bits that you want.
short this week - 02:24 PM
(filed under 'single mumming')
hmm. new category, do you see? i'll repeat here what i wrote in the category description:
"i was initially resisting having a category which would be about me being a single mum, but i think that maybe one day in the future i'd like to look back & read all about it, so here it is."
so my first entry in this new category is about being short of money this week. i'm not loking for sympathy or help, i'm just recording my feelings & thoughts for posterity & for my own benefit.
i'm lucky enough to live in a country where the government supports a stay-at-home-mum. i certainly can't complain about the amount of money i'm getting, but while shroom is unemployed & not able to pay child support, i can feel the difference. mind you, now that csa (child support agency) know of his situation, hopefully they'll increase my payments a bit.
it's my own fault, really. i suppose i hadn't really thought ahead enough to realise that i'd not have a lot spare this week. you see, on a two weekly cycle, one week i get a bigger 'pay' than the next week. that's because one payment is the family tax benefit & the other is single parenting payment & some other thing of which i can't quite recall the name.
if i'd thought properly about it last week, when i got the cash back for my returned weather shield things for the car, i would have kept some for this week. oh well, i would also have missed out on getting the house set up well & would be very frustratated this week at not being able to do things properly & having stuff everywhere .. as well as being poor.
i have enough for groceries & petrol (as long as i don't make any long trips anywhere), but only because i reduced the loan repayments to my mum & audrey. fortunately, they're family & they love me anyway, especially if i let them know rather than just not paying them as much.
i'm not whinging or complaining. i'm just stating facts so that i'll remember this for next time & be more prepared. lol!! 
ergh. hot & sticky - 01:52 PM
(filed under 'weather')
it's rather hot today. it says that the maximum for brisbane today was 27 degrees C (80.6 degrees F) but it feels hotter than that. i'm more inland, so it's probably closer to about 29C (84.2F) anyway.
i just had a sleep with smiley (i actually did fall asleep in his bed with him) & despite the cool breeze that finally kicked up & came through the window, it was a really hot & sticky sleep, complete with a very odd (although rather amusing) dream. lol!
(.. & this is just because i don't feel i've quite used enough brackets yet in the above text. heh.)
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