having a bad week

[missfit]

well i didnt think things would be as bad this week as they were last week, it started last wednesday when car failed MOT on one tyre, problem is i need car for work as i go out in the community, the only good thiong id my ex brother in law is the garage owner and has been very good in doing work now but not getting paid till april, well anyway was going back on friday to get tyre ..... meanwhile thursday morning got woken to the nice suprise of 1 of my cats bringing me a present, a very huge dead rat,hmmm lovely, sorted that out went out door got in car drove about 10yards and thought car does not feel right,pull up get out and discover flat tyre,but to add insult to injury its not the one i failed on more expense oh great, big panic phone office as supposed to be at 1st call in 10mins, that sorted time to change tyre, open boot and oh bu**er i dont have normal spare its one of those stupid spacesaver wheels more fitting for a wheelbarrow, so hey ho drive 20miles to bro-in -law garage to get new tyre, only prob is not due in till friday!!!! panic he makes phone call all ok tyre will be in by 12.30, its only 8.30 now, off to visit friends /family for few hours sorted, only thing is with my line of work no work no pay[:(] friday not too bad a day, saturday non stop work sadly lose somebody i was due to visit that day,sunday feeling very shattered also 1st wedding anniversary but im out working[:(] inbetween all this creditors letters comming in by the dozen, phone never stops aghhhh, then to cap it all put tea on to cook today lit oven sat down with a cuppa about 20mins later went to check on tea and the bl**dy gas has run out (we are on calor gas bottles) so bread and jam for tea, then went to feed dog and yes you guessed forgot to get her food today, so had to resort to giving her some of the cats food which she thought was great, we wont later as it gives her a smelly bum and they are silent but deadly.not sure what we are going to do for rest of week regarding gas as hubby does not get paid till fri and he is on short time and i dont get my first wage until april. i suppose i wanted to lose weight [8D] so all in all me and hubby feeling really fed up and wonder what will be next but i suppose once we are on track we will laugh about this one day but this precise moment i wont to sit and ball my eyes out and hubby would love a beer .so i apologise for the long winded post but was feeling really down and just needed to write it down
regards missfit

[kallis3]

missfit, what an awful week of it your have had! You do seem to be having more than your fair share of bad luck.

I know nothing I can say will help, but things will get better, you've got each other and you can gain strength from that. The creditors can be ignored for now.

Don't worry about the long winded post - you do that whenever you like if it helps you to feel better.

[missfit]

thanks kallis3
in a way i can see the funny side of it but it just seems that if it can go wrong it will at the moment, i know that it just sees to be all the things you would normally deal with ,with not a second thought but it just seems 1000 times worse when you are down

[kallis3]

I suppose one way to look at at as well is that things can't get a lot worse - they can only get better!

[MrsKnight]

Hello Missfit
So sorry you are having a bad time & nothing I can say will make things better. Though I do know what you are going through.
During the 1st 3 months of our IVA our car was due its MOT - prior to this we knew it needed new wheels to the front & the exhaust was very noisy! So we did this needed work before putting it through its mot & service. Only to find it failed horrible on MOT & cost a further 450quid to fix - only had 200 saved for it & had to borrow the rest. Made me feel awful & doomed to fail my IVA. I had to borrow 250 of my parents which I still have not paid back.
We too have been on the verge of running out of gas (prepayment meter) & sat with blankets on a January night with kids watching telly & only tea & toast for supper! - But if you can get through it till pay day, you will learn & feel better from it & proud that you got to payday. Its not a place to be - but if you can get through it - it educates you alot. Its hard but payday will be here soon x

[missfit]

the hardest part at the moment is that hubby is on short time and we are literally living on his wages of £250 a week . out of that we pay rent food petrol for his and my car, god knows how we have been doing it but some how we have all i can say is roll on the 9th april when i will finally get paid and then hopefully things well be better, the only thing that comes out of all this is that we know that we will survive whatever is thrown at us i hope

[MrsKnight]

You will get through it & things will get better,

[chardonnay]

Oh missfit,
What an awful week you have had. As said at least it can't get worse so it must get better. On good thing is summer is approaching so the gas should last longer without the need for heating. I know how miserable it is to struggle, I have just gone through two months of having no hat water - I spoke to my IVA company about this and other shortfalls and got my months payments reduced allowing me to get the boiler fixed.
I'm sending you positive vibes for a better week this week,
Chin up, things will get better,
Chardonnay[:)]

[plasticdaft]

WE do just seem to exist until pay day comes around then its great for 2 weeks then the last 2 weeks of the month we think we will be ok but something always comes up,be it school trips,car repairs,dog vet bills etc etc.
I just want a month or 3 where nothing goes wrong and we can get something back into the emergency kitty!!!

[kallis3]

I'm praying that we have nothing nasty creep up on us as we have no contingency fund at the moment.

At the moment we are managing, but who knows what is round the corner?

[missfit]

hubby has even dug me a vegetable patch to help (bless him) so fingers crossed that we will have some home grown and very cheap veggies, mind you dont know what i will cook with them tee hee.

[flumpy dog]

awww missfit x
hoping youre feeling ok x luv fd

[kallis3]

Just caught this one again.

At least it's a start missfit! If you plant some spuds as well, you could always make bubble and squeak!