Well done.
Hope you're getting some time out to rest a bit this evening too.
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Well done.
Hope you're getting some time out to rest a bit this evening too.
Yes finishing off my cross stitch and listening to my audio book
Good. I'm glad you're switching off...
Can we see pics at some point?
Just finishing off the back stitch, then it will need washing as there is a lot of white on it and I have got it very grubby! But then I will put some pics up.
Back to teaching today. Every class is full, in some cases overfull! Except for the group for the disabled. My friend J is going to take the daytime groups so I can do my own work, so more cow making today!
You’ve built your business up from nothing. That is truly remarkable and I hope you’re proud of what you’ve achieved :)
I remember you being worried that you wouldn't be able to make a living from your business, look at you now! You've done this. You are amazing!
I think I need to write down my hours maybe it will help me control my work habit.
Good idea
That includes preparation, admin, planning, going round shops to sell things...I think you'll be horrified at how many hours you are actually working.
Oh I know. I worked out I was getting £4 an hour (rofl)
I was thinking that I should write the hours I WANT to work (think)
Oops!
Oh dear. Been a day of baby steps. Huge achievement this morning just to get into the shower. Did manage to get the dog out and get my meds and shopping but then had to spend 2 hours in bed to recover enough to make a cup of tea. Hope this goes by morning.
Sounds like you've done a good job at pacing...
That sounds like more than enough for a Sunday :)
My heads all over the place tonight so I hope you don't mind me chatting on here. Feel free to ignore me though.
I just feel I have so much going on at the moment that it is like juggling balls and spinning plates all at the same time.
I have people wanting class places that technically I don't have and then having others not turning up for classes.
Shipping materials lost in the post that I need to send out orders. Then just got everything together to ship to be told the customer wants a custom piece substituted which won't be ready for over a week. Loaded the kiln and forgot to add the glass element to my new coral trinket bowl. Need to sort out the accounts. Taking Dad out tomorrow then meeting a friend Wednesday before taking hubby to the crem to sort out his brothers ashes. Have a pile of driftwood to be prepared ready to stick ceramics to it, plus need to make said ceramics. Need to get hubby to mix cement for new stand for a garden totem that is going to a gallery.
I just feel overwhelmed by it all
I’m not surprised! I’m feeling stressed just reading all of that.
That sounds like a mammoth amount of things to do. Can you break any of it down and delegate?
I have delegated as much as I can. I was having a bad spell, things ate a bit better now. Been trying to stick to set working hours last week but it is hard. Tomorrow will be messed up as I have an appointment with the diabetes nurse at 10. I am trying to keep Mondays as a manufacturing day but I then think of loads of admin type stuff I have to do.
Glad things are a bit brighter lovely.
Did you ever work out how many hours you work in a week?
No but hoping now to keep it under 45. Today I may have to take the afternoon off. The meeting with the diabetes nurse has knocked me sideways
Why? Are you OK?
Yes, I don't know why the meeting made me feel so ill. I suppose it was I had persuaded myself that as my bloods have been normal for the last 3 years that I did not have diabetes or I had cured it. To be told that now my blood sugar was way over in the long term test and I needed to make changes to my diet and take medication for it was a shock.
(panda)
Have you been on medication before?
No. Not for diabetes and cholesterol.
When are you starting the medication?
Tomorrow
What's meds is it?
Metformin and ezetimibe. The upside is that I no longer need to pay for prescriptions which is good as I think I may not get tax credit exemption this coming tax year
As diabetic you get medical exemption so pick up a form from your GP or pharmacy
Metformin is one that I'm on....
Its a pretty common one.
Feeling pretty crap this afternoon, I would like to cancel tonights class but the snow the other week cost me about £400 so its really not an option.
Sorry that you're feeling crappy. Can you do some self care before your session?
Just getting some dinner. I am hoping a friend will stand in for me tonight
Did you get someone else to stand in for you?
Big hugs, lovely
Glad you got someone else in. Hope you used that time for recharging?