What made you happy today?

I managed to persuade my dad that my sisters turtles needed a bigger filter and tank so we went and got a £109 filter with extra biological medium and he didn't put up as much of a fight as usual. Still need to work on him a bit to get the tank but my sister has banned me from giving in and paying for things for them myself.
 
We did a small Lidl shop (it wasn't carnage either!) and just so stumbled on a set of hooks for the nursery door which were ideal. We had started looking online as we couldn't find anything. The doggo got a new toy as well and absolutely loves it so everyone's happy
 
Sweet Potato said:
I made my boys a new 3x4 C&C cage with a 1x3 loft it's quite the upgrade from the 2x4 cage they had before I've been planning and saving for quite some time and I'm so happy to finally give my boys the space they deserve
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Ooh well done! Any chance of some photos? I've just extended and built first loft that's 1x3 size but the piggies had a stand off so I need to redesign ...
 
I don't have a garden and I'm on the long waiting list for an allotment. I've decided I want to start growing grass, herbs, mini cucumbers and lettuces indoors. (I feel I can justify mad piggy lady behaviour, due to the current crazy situation!)
Received a pack of grass seeds today in the post, the first part of my exciting plan of turning my lounge into a herb garden :))
 
Black piggies said:
I don't have a garden and I'm on the long waiting list for an allotment. I've decided I want to start growing grass, herbs, mini cucumbers and lettuces indoors. (I feel I can justify mad piggy lady behaviour, due to the current crazy situation!)
Received a pack of grass seeds today in the post, the first part of my exciting plan of turning my lounge into a herbarium :))
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I've had grass seed, seed trays and compost in the boot of my car for a couple of weeks awaiting nicer weather (!) so I can plant some grass for my piggies. My back and front gardens may be green but it's all moss with about 3 blades of grass bravely trying to grow. I reckon it'll be a good 2 years worth of treating before I have a verdant lawn for the my lot.
 
I’ve been stressing about getting Son2A home safely with all his gear since his university closed but he wanted to stay and finish his assignments before coming home. I’ve been concerned with each passing day that we may end up on lock down with him isolated on his own elsewhere. Today things got worse when MrA’s van blew up but Son1A came to the rescue, drove his own car to his brother and collected all his gear. I am so proud.
 
VickiA said:
I’ve been stressing about getting Son2A home safely with all his gear since his university closed but he wanted to stay and finish his assignments before coming home. I’ve been concerned with each passing day that we may end up on lock down with him isolated on his own elsewhere. Today things got worse when MrA’s van blew up but Son1A came to the rescue, drove his own car to his brother and collected all his gear. I am so proud.
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Just shows that Son1A cares about Son2A even though it may not be obvious!
 
VickiA said:
I’ve been stressing about getting Son2A home safely with all his gear since his university closed but he wanted to stay and finish his assignments before coming home. I’ve been concerned with each passing day that we may end up on lock down with him isolated on his own elsewhere. Today things got worse when MrA’s van blew up but Son1A came to the rescue, drove his own car to his brother and collected all his gear. I am so proud.
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Hope MrA was ok after the van blowing up.
Glad Sons 1&2A sorted things out
 
Merab's Slave said:
Hope MrA was ok after the van blowing up.
Glad Sons 1&2A sorted things out
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MrA’s van had major surgery a week or so ago and had not been right since... either dodgy part or dodgy mechanical work, but the garage have to put it right. He has the loan of another vehicle so although not ideal he is still able to work (for now at least until the inevitable lock down).
 
For the first time since my sweet nana passed away 5 years ago, I allowed myself to listen to a song that brings strong memories of her.
Usually I will turn the radio off in a hurry, but today I listened and gosh did it break my heart.. But I feel closer to her for it.
I’m proud of myself and I think she would be too.
Well, I know she’d be telling me to “put my tears in the bin” and dance with her. 💕
 
although my head really wasn't in the right place I enjoyed my last day of work for the foreseeable future. I know I'm going to miss my work. I'm really worried about the possibility of not being able to earn any money and the effect the loneliness will have on my mental heath as well as worrying about the children and parents I work with not getting the right support. but it was nice to enjoy one last day of fading normality before we descend into the unknown.
 
Sweet Potato said:
although my head really wasn't in the right place I enjoyed my last day of work for the foreseeable future. I know I'm going to miss my work. I'm really worried about the possibility of not being able to earn any money and the effect the loneliness will have on my mental heath as well as worrying about the children and parents I work with not getting the right support. but it was nice to enjoy one last day of fading normality before we descend into the unknown.
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Will you not get paid for your usual hours? I thought once the government insisted places closed that the insurance companies would pay out for staff wages. This is why my mum's shop is trying to stay open at the moment because they can't afford to pay the staff unless they have that insurance pay out
 
Lady Kelly said:
Will you not get paid for your usual hours? I thought once the government insisted places closed that the insurance companies would pay out for staff wages. This is why my mum's shop is trying to stay open at the moment because they can't afford to pay the staff unless they have that insurance pay out
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I am not eligible for this or statutory sick pay as essentially "there is no work for me to be sick from" rather than having work and losing it I essentially have just not been booked or have had cancellations which is a supposedly normal part of supply work. I work 2 days a week for my mum who is a childminder but Ofsted have been taking their time registering me so I'm not "officially" working there yet so she can't claim for my wages and as a small business she will be struggling to take care of herself and my sisters so I don't want her to feel she has to continue paying me. I have gone from working pretty much 5 days a week every week to absolutely nothing. luckily my boyfriend works at McDonald's which doesn't look like they're going to close any time soon but his wages won't cover rent, food and bills. we weren't in a very stable financial position anyway but things were just starting to look as though they were getting better.

We have savings from inheritance that we got a couple of years ago but if we have to use it we will pretty much never be able to save that back up and we were hoping to use it as a deposit for a house and I'm really not ready too wave goodbye to that dream yet.
 
Sweet Potato said:
I am not eligible for this or statutory sick pay as essentially "there is no work for me to be sick from" rather than having work and losing it I essentially have just not been booked or have had cancellations which is a supposedly normal part of supply work. I work 2 days a week for my mum who is a childminder but Ofsted have been taking their time registering me so I'm not "officially" working there yet so she can't claim for my wages and as a small business she will be struggling to take care of herself and my sisters so I don't want her to feel she has to continue paying me. I have gone from working pretty much 5 days a week every week to absolutely nothing. luckily my boyfriend works at McDonald's which doesn't look like they're going to close any time soon but his wages won't cover rent, food and bills. we weren't in a very stable financial position anyway but things were just starting to look as though they were getting better.

We have savings from inheritance that we got a couple of years ago but if we have to use it we will pretty much never be able to save that back up and we were hoping to use it as a deposit for a house and I'm really not ready too wave goodbye to that dream yet.
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Have you looked into claiming universal credit? I know they have changed some of the rules and qualifying conditions if the claim is as a result of coronavirus but not sure what the current rules are
 
Today I am happy that we seem to have regained some structure in our lives for the next phase of the Covid-19 outbreak!
On Mondays and Tuesdays piggy daddy and myself are homeschooling the family kids. Wednesdays and Thursdays piggy daddy has been offered lots of extra care work shifts, so Wednesday is my piggy cleaning day and Thursday will be my on campus working day while we are still allowed.
Fridays will be the day for shopping for my old poorly Mum and piggy daddy's 78 year old Uncle.
We have totally got this, extra hay for the piggies and some home schooling chemistry supplies for the kids being delivered today (I thought it might be fun for the kids to have universal indicator paper and test the pH of everything in the house, then try neutralise orange juice with laundry detergent!) :)
 
Lady Kelly said:
Have you looked into claiming universal credit? I know they have changed some of the rules and qualifying conditions if the claim is as a result of coronavirus but not sure what the current rules are
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I had a terrible experience with universal credit a couple of years ago but it may come to that. I'm looking to see if any of the agency's I'm with can offer me care work. failing that I will try to find an agency that does retail work but my anxiety and epilepsy related fatigue has made this work challenging in the past and it's looking like there are a lot of people in my situation who've all had the same idea. One of the agency's is looking into whether or not we can claim loss of earnings from the DWP but i'm not hopeful. It feels as though we are a forgotten group of people in this crisis.
 
Sweet Potato said:
I had a terrible experience with universal credit a couple of years ago but it may come to that. I'm looking to see if any of the agency's I'm with can offer me care work. failing that I will try to find an agency that does retail work but my anxiety and epilepsy related fatigue has made this work challenging in the past and it's looking like there are a lot of people in my situation who've all had the same idea. One of the agency's is looking into whether or not we can claim loss of earnings from the DWP but i'm not hopeful. It feels as though we are a forgotten group of people in this crisis.
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Let's hope you can get some care work @Sweet Potato , my husband usually has a TA job during the day and does an hour or two of care work in the evenings, but his care agency are desperate for extra staff and for existing staff to do extra hours, the elderly and disabled still urgently need their home visits, more than ever if they are self-isolating during the current crisis! X
 
PigglePuggle said:
Let's hope you can get some care work @Sweet Potato , my husband usually has a TA job during the day and does an hour or two of care work in the evenings, but his care agency are desperate for extra staff and for existing staff to do extra hours, the elderly and disabled still urgently need their home visits, more than ever if they are self-isolating during the current crisis! X
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Thanks for your support. life has a funny way of sorting its-self out in times like this. The past 6 years have been a bumpy road but I've got the rest of my life to get back to the way things were a month ago I guess I just need to carry on riding the waves as they come and seek out as many opportunities as I can. We all know this won't be forever and there are many people in a worse situation than me.
 
Aw I feel bad being happy when there is so much stress going around but I am happy that my daughter found out today she is a "keyworker" as defined by the government and has job security and priority free childcare and can go out and about if everyone else is in lockdown! She works for a company contracted to the local council providing day care for adults with complex physical and learning disabilities, she's only had the job 3 weeks and thought she'd be back in the huge queue waiting 5 weeks for universal credit and not entitled to sick pay, but she is now a "key worker" and if the day centre closes she'll be offered work in a residential home instead. As well as financial security this is a huge morale boost that what she does is being recognised as important! Many of her disabled people are non-verbal and communicate through Makaton sign language and she's one of the few staff fluent in this so its great for her and for the people she helps that somebody noticed this and made it important :)
 
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