is that sunlight at the end of the tunnel, or just an express train?

Blue skies and sunshine! 
Move in date: 22 August
Bank balance: enough to cover deposit (right now. TODAY. Things may be different tomorrow!)
mood: cautiously optimistic
Finished the application for a McJob. The job has “fully flexible” hours, but my first FT job may work against me, we’ll see. Curious about my ability to hold down two FT jobs, [...]

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and so it goes…

Frustrated today.
 Got the house. BUT! House may not be available to move into until 20th August. BUT! We have to be out of our current property by 15th August to avoid paying Aug/Sep rent. BUT! Nowhere to go for possible gap between moving out and moving in. BUT! Can’t stay the extra month because need to have kids [...]

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everything but.

Keeping positive.

it’s a beautiful day. Sunny, warm,breezy.
I’ve lost over 10 lbs.
We’ve still got a roof over our heads, and money coming in.

I’m trying to keep the other things at bay. £700 water bill, £170 court fine, £500 back council tax, £1300 house deposit, packing, arguing with David, Devon’s ever present attitude, and then the “how [...]

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crumbling…

For about three days I could breathe, I could smile. I househunted with the view of actually choosing a house. We had been worried about affording the move in costs (up to £2500 with one estate agent) associated with another rental. But we have to move, there is no choice so I had to suck [...]

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upgrade, baby!

my new phone: (image copyright its producer) It’s a Sony Ericsson W580i walkman

Not only was it free: I even got £200 back!
I love it. Well, I loved it until about 3 hours ago when I realized I had somehow managed to delete all the cute pictures of the kids I’d taken with it. Must figure [...]

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