# Daily Updates #

Better day today;

• My Estate Agent rang to say that the bidding is getting closer to the magic seven-figure amount. 
• I applied for a couple of jobs.
• I reminded myself that Colonel Sanders was living in his car before the KFC recipe was patented, JK Rowling was a Single Mum in a dingy Edinburgh flat and Daniel Craig was homeless in West Germany in the Eighties.

More of the same, tomorrow.

Work - things are busy so I've run over my scheduled hours for the third time this week which is starting to catch up with me. Taking an hour for lunch which helps so I decompress while cooking. 

Slept most of the evening. My cat knows I'm feeling overtired - won't leave my side.

Late start tomorrow.

was assigned another project today , so my work doubled for some time if only my pay doubled LOL

I had emotions today:(

I woke up mopey and moped in bed instead of getting to work.

2 things:

I had a chat with a work colleague that I founded our organisation with who has chosen to leave. It was sad and other emotions I don't know how to label, maybe bereft, disappointed, upset. He was upset with the direction of the organisation and how people were relating to him, which is a shame. We all have a different perspective that he didn't fit in: ego, power, and things. It was the right thing he left, but there's feelings associated with him judging us and me, and him feeling judged and pushed out.

And me and Mr Great Guy are hanging out together again. It's going well, as well as I'd hoped, but now I'm a bit stuck for what to do next. We don't half have some complicated dynamics of guardedness, misinterpretting, and struggling to flex our schedules to accommodate each other. So I felt a bit rejected, even though I,ve accidently done more of the rejecting, cos he didn't suggest an extra run. It's also the first time we're properly hanging out since I've read up about AS and I can see how both of our autism is getting in our ways. So it's surfacing all sorts of emotions and frustrations connected to my autistic past.

I am really seeing this last few days how disconnected from my feelings I am, although they're affecting me.

Finished sewing the owl I was making. Watched Parks and Recreation 

good luck with the job

My uncle gave me £700, I will pay him back ASAP, and used £600 for the clutch, £70 for savings and already used up £20 of the remaining £30.

Tomorrow, I'll post application forms I filled in this evening. One was for a rental place I'm interested at, the other for a job. I'll send them next-day recorded delivery tomorrow.

Also, tomorrow, I will head to Cookstown Food Bank. The reality of an inflation-led economy. 

Finished uni work. Started Firefly Lane

walk over - very cold had to keep moving to stay warm --- hope no one dies sleeping rough over night

Collected my prescription and started on the heavy antibiotics so that's good, can't say I've noticed a difference yet.

Called in sick to work and supervisor said to call again this afternoon to confirm if I'll be in tomorrow, erm no I'm peeing blood? Anyway had to take my temperature as I was feeling that clammy way and it was above 40C so when I called her back I told her my temp is sky high and she shouldn't expect me tomorrow. Because of the type of work I do any high temperatures need a PCR covid test, husbands car won't manage in all this snow (it's a rear wheel drive eco car) so have ordered a postal test kit and will be staying at home until the kit is returned. 

Took the opportunity to book in a session with student support to get some help with the new referencing format and will catch up on the lecture I missed last night as the recording should be up by then. 

I have been feeling so rubbish I've barely left the sofa. I did put away some laundry and cut up some veg for dinner but that's wiped me out. 

Did an excellent lunch of lamb kofta wraps with red onion/apricot jam dressing, carrots and greek yoghurt. 

Watched an episode of the Expanse

Checked in on my "well-being" list. Reprimand myself for lack of exercise and buy an acupressure mat

Let my cat soothe me

Resist temptation to buy a computer game which I know I'll be bored of within hours.

Put the bins out

Done the shopping

Had a chat with my Mum

And now writing up my Uni Assessment (Done all the work, just got to type it up)

flat out work last 2 days,,,,,, bugs appeared everywhere,,,, developers where deploying new code as I was testing it. I started opening bugs everywhere until code became untestable.   I contacted my developers who sorted everything then I restarted.  Its very stressful/worrying when we all get "heads down working" & out of sync. 

Oh gosh, what an event to go through. Good it sounds like an easy fix.

Spent the day feeling a bit off, had a chat with my support worker this morning and then messed up the time of a call from my uni lecturer about placements, not like me at all as I like to organise my routine.

Came home and suddenly had pain on one side of my back, went to the toilet and was peeing blood! Called NHS 24 who asked me to go to the hospital GP out of hours, by this point there was a blizzard outside so husband was being mega grumpy about driving in it. Got to the hospital and they said I have an upper urinary tract infection and have prescribed muscle relaxants and antibiotics. I hope they work quickly as I'm really very sore. 

Watching an old Gordon Ramsay programme about travelling in India, I'd love to travel like that. 

Work-exhausted-forum rant-watch TV

Did uni work and watched Superstore 

Getting ready to walk to the shop. I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon at the local Foot Clinic to get my ingrown toenails clipped.

Yes, it's weird but at least they are being allowed to play

But I'm asking about another flat in Cookstown.

Now listening to LPs.