Aww, sorry to hear that Abbie :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Abbie
A pet of mine was put down recently too, so I know how upsetting it is.
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Aww, sorry to hear that Abbie :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Abbie
A pet of mine was put down recently too, so I know how upsetting it is.
sorry to hear that Abbie
Kirsty that sounds like a horrible shift, hope your ok.
Ive just got back from visiting my family it was alright, we had a nightmare journey back we are finally home! traffic was aweful on the m6 and the fog didnt help. So im in my cosy pjs wit a hot chocolate and my one tree hill dvds! going to get an early night as the reality of work sets in tomorrow!
Sorry Abbie hope you are ok..... its not nice to lose a pet xxx
Really sorry to hear that Abbie :( i'll be devastated when my dog goes, you get so attached to them.
Abbie I'm so sorry to hear about your dog. It's terrible to loose a family pet. It's been six years since we lost our dog and Marley still misses him.
I'm sorry about your dog Abbie. Its a horrible thing to go through.
I'm back in Stoke :) I'd forgotten how much I love this place. Going away is nice but there's no place like home.
I'm bored out of skull. Sick of doing housework, washing and ironing. I don't go back to work until Monday. Now that I've packed the tree and decorations away. I just want to get back into a normal routine.
Heard about the earthquake in Ripon area, hope not too much damage was caused and that everyone is ok
horrible day at work today, and now a committee meeting, ,just what i need!
Want it to be Christmas again. Not ready to stop partying!
I'm missing my bulldog :( We had two weeks of snugglin, walks and playing. There's a Sassy-sized hole in my life.
I'm feeling a bit down at the moment. Maybe its because campus is quiet, nothing is open and I've had two weeks of fun and bully snuggles. I'm also worried about finishing my dissertation, getting a new laptop, passing this exam and finding a job. All I want to do is sleep and read. Hmm I need to kick myself into gear somehow.
im feeling a bit like that Abigail, i think for me its the fact its January, exams are looming, christmas is over and unis going to be a reality soon, which i really just want to finish and be at the end of my study.
Yes, that makes sense! The days are short, its cold and I want to hibernate. I don't think I'm getting enough quality sleep either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Katy
I'm looking forward to uni starting in two weeks. I'm doing two modules that I've been looking forward to for ages, Investigation of Terrorism, Explosives, Fires and Firearms (TEREFF) and Identification of Human Remains. Two of my favourite subjects and as I already know a lot about fire and accelerants from my dissertation, I stand a good chance on that.
Good luck :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudolph Lost in Nigeria at XMAS AGAIN!
Well I'm back to work on Monday after two weeks off, really can't be botherd but bored at the same time. Anyway never mind work. I found out today my niece Michaela is pregnant. She is 21 and she is the sister of my nephew and his wife who had baby Skye in August. She is only 5 weeks gone so I've got ages to wait, but it will be Great Aunt Kathleen again.
Its really werid for the first time I dont want to go back to uni just yet, Id love another week at home. Usually whenever its the end of the holidays Im ready and this time im not. I dont know whether its cos Ive had a busy christmas with going up to sunderland for a wedding and then back to exeter for new years eve then 1 las wekk at home, I dont know just I dont want to go yet. Plus theres the fact that my dog was put down over a week ago and although I dont cry about it anymore I dont know just feels werid almost like hes not really dead.
I think maybe another part of the reason im a bit anxious if thats the right word to go back is cos well yeah exams but alos next term is going to be mad, twice the number of modules so loads more work and this term I need to startthinking about next year too and I basically just feel like im not ready, I just want a pause button or something
its a tough time having to go back to uni, i remember feeling like that, especially when the workload increased in second year. I hope that things sort out for you soon Abbie.
I went on a really long walk with my friends yesterday, it was really nice, made me appreciate the place where i live, its really beautiful...and of course we stopped of at a few pubs on the way home so that was nice to.
I started back to work last Thursday, busy busy busy.
I am finding it tough at the moment, hubby is in the states, I have uni deadlines and both my kids are stressed over uni (dropping out/ applying elsewhere) and Higher grade prelim exams. Noone seems to be particularly happy and there is no time to do anything.
Abbie, I would love a pause button too!
i had my firsst exam today! it was horrible! but hopefully ive done enough to pass, property tomorrow which is going to be alot worse but i have a neat file so hopefully that will get me through.
Good luck, I am sure you will have done better than you imagine xx
right.. going to have a big rant so bear with me.
1st off, not worth going on holidays in this place as you come back to 3 times the amount of work then when you left cause nobody can access your emails to actually back you up.. I got like 500 emails in the space of 2 days (I was checking my emails when I was away in German so had cleared out most of them before I came back to work). And it just really annoys me that even when I left contacts for people to get in touch with, they all just waited until I got back
2nd, went to see a career path adviser yesterday as I wanted to see what my option were with moving this job to Germany when I go live there.. I am sorry now I went.. She completed changed my career choice and has enrolled me in a lot of course that she wants me to complete by end of this month which is impossible. She also told me to look for a job now in Germany even though I am covering maternity leave here til September and basically told me to screw this job. I love this job, I love the people I work with and it just seems to me that in the bigger picture of this company there is no loyalty to people or customers. Everyone is out for themselves
(just to give you a background on this job.. I started this position last year when the exec of the account asked me to come back after I had previously worked with him for 5 years. 3 months later, they asked me to cover as manager when she is away on Maternity leave in September. To me that was a huge honor and I was so happy to do it.. even if only for a year so now you can understand why I am annoyed when I was told to screw this job)
So now, I have to do my own work, do 10 different course, apply for jobs that I don't want at the moment just cause this place is run by power hungry greedy monsters!!
Rant over.. now I shall breath!!
Hardworking people are just treated like crap nowadays Shiv. The more you do the less your appreciated but it does make you mad. Can't you talk to the manager about your concerns.
We just got a new manager but I spoke to the old one and she said that one of the course I was asked to do by end of the month was impossible.. it takes 16 hours (one hour per module) so it would be hard to get 16 hours to do the work (even over a couple of days) due to work load here... I felt like I was just ambushed and pushed into all this...Quote:
Originally Posted by Chloe O'brien
Sounds awful Shiv. Are the jobs she wants you to apply for within the same company??
I had to take the day off today, I had two essays due in last Friday, and I got an extension til this Friday but I have been too busy (and stressed) to get much done. Anyway, all completed and submitted so I am back on track with my course. Just reading about Tradition and Dissent in English Christianity now, as a Scottish athiest I am finding it very interesting!
Both my boys are head cases at the moment, but I have managed to ignore it today. The one with exams next week has now been chucked by his girlfriend, and the one who quit uni all of 3 weeks ago has just put an application in for another course in September. I hope that he manages to get out of bed by then.
I had my exam today, and im free for a few days
Got 6 modules this term=S
i had my last exam today to! now celebration time if i didnt have so much work to do for tomorrow,
Hope your exam went well Abbie.
Exams over :D 4 in 4 days, so tired. I don't start lectures again until the 24th so I've come home for a bit. Had a coursework portfolio in for this week as well. Essay was cutting it fine, another 3 words and I'd be getting a penalty.
Good luck with them all :)
To everyone doing exams in Uni or wherever... good luck and if they're over and done with, give yourselves a break for a bit and chilllll, because there's no doubt you all deserve it.
Shiv, I completely agree with Kath, the harder you work, the less you're appreciated, it really does get thrown back in your face. I love my job, and the people I work with... most of the time. There's a period of promotions going on at the moment, and even though I've only worked there 4/5 months, it really does anger me to see others that yes, have been there longer than me be put forward for promotion when to be quite honest... they do absolutely nothing, and pass their slack off onto the mugs e.g me, and a few others, and we're not appreciated or recognised for working our bums off, sometimes you just want to tell them where to shove everything you do for them from your good will, just see what you can stick too Shiv, but don't let the courses pressure you, and don;t let a career advisor telll you to jack in your job... especially if you love it :) x
I'm up at half past 5 in the morning, with a cup of coffee.... wide awake, and I have work at 12. My sleeping pattern is so screwed from working closes this week.
My laptop got fixed today :) I'd forgotten what my laptop looks like without a crack in it. I also got a new charger too.
Can't think what to do today. I should go in to uni and work on my dissertation but I'm not in the mood. Might just do a bit of background reading on terrorism for tomorrow's lecture.
How do you tell a friend that they can't have their girlfriend around our house all the time? I spoke to my other housemate tonight and he's fed up of her always being here too. She stays over every night, she never bothers to tidy up or wash up, she's using electricity and gas and not paying for it. She's just so annoying with everything she does. She can't even ring a taxi without writing the whole conversation down and rehearsing it. She'll constantly say "when are we eating?" for a couple of hours before doing anything about it.
They've just come in and are talking whilst I'm trying to watch tv and doing too much PDA so I'm going to my room. Again. Its so uncomfortable in this house right now.
that is not on, if she stays over all the time, she or your friend will have to pay for her usage of electricity and gas and water. You need to have a word either one or both of them that it is unacceptable for them to behave the way they do. Get your other housemate to be there too, to back you up.
I don't think there's an easy way to broach the subject so in true Abigail style, I'm gonna jump straight in and tell it to him straight. She can stay a few nights a week but not every night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
I have concerns about this relationship anyway. She hasn't got any friends at uni because she spends all her time with Gary. If Gary goes somewhere for a day (to a demo or to see someone) she goes back to her parents' because she doesn't like being alone. She seems incapable of doing anything without somebodies permission or accompaniment and I'm getting concerned about what would happen if they were to split up. I say this from the point of view of being in a similar situation, not because I'm jealous or want them to split up. I think she would drop out of university and become a recluse living with her parents.
I would say something like - has X moved in? That is great we can split the bill X ways now instead of Y. Is she actually officially living at home, and basically using your place to crash every night? It doesn't seem very fair to the people paying the bills.
I think that your concern for her is nice, but it shouldn't influence how you deal with this, and I wouldn't mention it either - different strokes for different folks. She sounds immature, give her time.
i had exactly the same situation and unfortiuatley we didnt manage to solve the situation, so i hope its better turn out for you. She was the same and spent all her time with him, didnt go out or anything.
I think you need to have a house meeting, to which she is not invited as she is not a tenant! Tell him exactly how you feel and that if he wants her to stay over so much then she has to contribute to bills etc.
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Originally Posted by Trinity
She has a room in university accommodation that her parents have paid up front for the whole year. She's always here though, when I get up in the morning they're on the sofa, when I come in from lectures or wherever they're on the sofa canoodling and that's where they stay until they go to bed. With the gas heater on full whack constantly every single day.
I think that's a good way to go about mentioning it. She's gone home for the weekend as has my other house mate so it's just me and Gary. He's gone to visit his dad in hospital today though so I'll have to talk to him later.
Yes, she is very immature. She's had a very sheltered life and her parents still do everything for her, including her washing every weekend. She has no idea how to use a washing machine or cook a meal or any other basic household tasks that most 18 year olds can do.
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Originally Posted by Katy
Its really annoying as Gary is a great guy and we can have long conversations together but just lately its as if they have both morphed into one person. I can't have a conversation with Gary without her being present or them holding hands (:sick:)
I sometimes wonder if she's attached a piece of string to him so she can follow him around. If he's washing up she has to stand next to him but doesn't think to pick a towel up and dry :wall: Its going to be difficult to have a meeting without her there! I think having Dan around to back me up is a good idea though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuareet
Thanks for all your replies.
It's crap that you can't feel comfortable in your own home Abigail for her. Can't you text him or send him an email asking to have a private talk just the two of you about the bills.
I actually hadn't thought of that :wall: Probably because he never replies but I've also been a bit caught up in the annoyance of it all and not thinking about how to solve the issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chloe O'brien
I was thinking earlier about not mentioning anything about the bills. Its not really about that and also they'd probably use it as an excuse for her to stay here constantly. I want to be able to watch tv without feeling uncomfortable or having to turn the volume up because they're talking over it (this annoys me full stop) and spend time with my friend, not my friend's mirage. My main issue is with her being here all the time. I'm not stopping her coming over full stop, I just don't want her here morning noon and night.
I'm hoping to talk to him before she gets back tomorrow evening. I'm not sure if he's in at the moment or still in Manchester at the hospital.
If he wants his girlfirend there all the time then maybe he should get a tv for his room. Your not asking for much wanting to sit in your own home without feeling uncomfortable and in the way, which is what they are making you feel like.