Hello Everyone, I’m staying at my brother David and Sarahs for the weekend. They came for me on Friday, i got home about 3pm so just had enough time to bath and change and get my things together.

We had a nice dinner of chicken fajitas (hope i spelt that right ) and cheesecake then just chilled out for the night, watched some tv, i had a couple of vodkas, David had some beers, i think Sarah abstained. I was very tired, my eyes were struggling to keep open, i hate that feeling but it’s something i have to suffer, part of an ongoing problem.

Yesterday i woke pretty early but at least i’d slept through the night, i tried to go back to sleep but couldn’t, then the kids came out to play, so i played on my computer. David and Sarah did a barbeque in the afternoon, Sarah went about 4:30pm to pick my sister Hazel and Chris and my niece Nicola up. It turned out to be a beautiful sunny day, which was so great being able to sit and eat outside. My sister Ruth and Doug came later as she’d been working Sarah went to pick them up about 6:30pm, and my other nieces Ashleigh came, and Kirsty but she only came for a short time. Sarah cooked a nice barbeque, sweetcorn, sausages, burgers, lamb and tuna, David made his own garlic bread so lots of garlic

Something i’m really happy about, i want to go to Poland for dental treatment, i was telling Hazel about what i want to do, she said as she’s not having a holiday this year as long as i give her plenty of notice for her to tell  her work she would come with me. So i hope when the time comes that she still can come.
Later we played on the wii, what a laugh that is, especially when you’ve had a few drinks too

I’m not sure i think it was about 10:30pm when they all left, then we went to sleep soon after.

Well since i last wrote i’ve still been having a difficult time, struggling with my fatigue, worsened by the lack of sleep due to lack of consideration from the tenants below me. I’ve been trying to keep going on 4/5 hours, i can’t do it, i need a good 7/8 hours. It’s been so bad i couldn’t see properly it was like looking through fog and by the evening like trying to peer through slits and the aching around my face and in my body is indescribable.
However, after calling into the housing office again on Thurs 8 May and explaining my problem yet again, i told the man on the desk i’d been in before and telephoned twice but noone had gotten back to me. He said he’d email, which he did while i was there and said if the manager didn’t call me to call her. I had a phone call on the following Monday, she said she’d write and call them in. I recieved another phone call on Friday 16th, she was sorry she hadn’t been in the office much but she’d be writing to them today to go see her next week. So fingers crossed and i hope there wont be any repercussions from these people.
On Friday i finally got to bed again about 11:30, i have to wait until they go quiet and i think they’ve gone to sleep. Because of the way things have been i have a constant fear i’m going to be woken just as i’m going to sleep or when i am asleep. I woke about 8am then slept again until 11am, i couldn’t believe it, the first time since they came. Either someone hit me over the head or they hit them and knocked them out cold. I still had to have a sleep later though, i was trying to watch programmes i’d recorded but i kept nodding off. so i gave in and slept for about 2 hours.

This morning i wasn’t so lucky, she woke me about 7:30am with this horrid cough she has, she sounds like a navvy, ugh yuk, she makes me ill.

Hello everyone, well again nothing exciting to report only problems i’m having. I don’t know what it is about the block i live in but save for a couple of tenants all the nut jobs come here. For ten years i had problems with the neighbour next door, he’s sick now so i never see him which is a good thing. Now i have this couple move into the flat below me, i hate them all they do is bang cupboards and doors and fight. It’s been horrendous for me since they moved in, i have to have the volume on my tv turned up most of the time to detract from the constant thudding of cupboards and doors. At night i get little rest, i can’t get to sleep before 12 midnight because they disturb me, they can’t close a door they have to bang it shut, all this booms and vibrates through my flat. I’m constantly being startled and my heart’s pounding after the shocks. Then there’s the nights i’m woken at 1 and 2 in the morning because they’re slamming and banging doors, this is the most awful and sickening way to be woken up and is very stressful  for me. Then i’m subject to the shouting and swearing then follows more door slamming. I have to be up at 6, i’m struggling on empty to get up for work let alone do my job. I complained to the city council on several occasions, but nothing happened, they gave me numbers to call but i was told it was only 24 hour Thursday - Sunday. I’ve started writing down now when these disturbances happen, the other week it was so bad my flat was shaking with the vibrations, it was awful i was lying in my bed and it was shaking. I’ve got holes in my carpet now from where i’ve hammered on the floor in anger at being woken up yet again. Our homes have been transferred now we are no longer City Council we have been taken over by Liverpool Mutual Homes, i’ve been into the offices and asked to see someone about this but was told that person was on long term sick but it would be passed on, no one called me. A  week later a man came out to see me to sign the new contract, i told him what was happening he said he’d email someone, i still didn’t hear from anyone. I called again a week later, they said they’d write to them and gave me numbers to call if there’s any more problems. Well if nothing’s done and this situation continues i’ll be seeking advice.

Just checking in, i know it’s been a while again but very little has been happening. Except for a couple of occasions with my friends Lyn and Yvonne my life just revolves around work and my home.

The Easter Weekend was a very welcome break from work, the weather wasn’t good so i didn’t go out until the Easter Monday. My friend Lyn called me on the Thursday and invited me for dinner. I met our friend Yvonne,  we then had to get two buses, besides the one i’d come on to meet Yvonne, what a palaver, but we eventually arrived. It was very nice, another friend Maureen was there, i knew her from when we all went out together Friday nights, and she’d invited a couple she’d been neighbours with. Lyn had done a lovely roast dinner with all the trimmings, which i really enjoyed as i don’t get to have one, and a apple strudel for desert and i had a bottle of nice rose wine. After dinner we all went into the conservatory and had a good chat and some laughs. We stayed ’til about 6pm, Yvonne was panicky about getting home, Maureen came with us and she showed us where to get the bus so i only had to get two buses instead of three, so cutting my journey time down considerably.

So that’s been about it really, so i don’t know when the next nice or exciting event will be, but i hope soon, so ’til the next time, cheery bye xx

Sorry it’s been a while again, my laptop broke the beginning of January, so i was unable to access my site. I got my new lap top 13th February and my brother David came on the Sunday to transfer all my files back

So what’s been happening since my last post, we had the team leader at works 50th birthday party, that was a good night, Maureen, Eileen and Pat picked me up in their taxi, we met Jean and Betty there. We had a kitty for the drinks and Maureen and me did the waitressing, we were very surprised as the rounds weren’t at all expensive. We had lots to drink and Maureen, Betty and me had lots of dances, i really enjoyed myself.

I met my friend Elaine and her friends for a drink again, then i had a night out with my friend Kathy and her friends, we went around a few bars then into a couple of clubs, i was enjoying myself until Kathy lost her drinks and went to take mine, when i told her she became abusive as usual. So after i finished my drinks i left and went home. I’ve not made any contact since and i’ve not heard from her ’til yesterday when she texted me about a cardi she lent me.

Since Christmas i’ve made some life changing decisions, i’ve decided i’m not going to pursue my relationship with Antonio, I’ve had my doubts since i came home, it’s taken me a while but i finally realised i can’t afford him and don’t trust him. I also realised i’d be putting myself back into a situation i’d just gotten myself out of and that scared me.

This also applies to friends and others i meet, i don’t want to be around abusive people or have them in my life any more.

I spent the day at my sister Hazels, David and Sarah came about 1pm for me, we were being picked up from theirs about 2pm by Chris. Chris’s mum and dad Eileen and Len were there, we had a drink while we waited for Ruth and Doug to arrive, they were waiting for a taxi so Chris went to pick them up. We had a nice roast dinner and buffet laid on, after we ate we exchanged our presents, then drank lots more. Hazels friend came later, I had a play with Nicola on her new wii game that was fun even after lots of vodka

I don’t know what time we left, i was staying at David and Sarahs, that was me til the next morning

A Very Happy Christmas To You All xxxx
Well i’ve had lots of sleep ins, the Christmas shopping is finally done, oh thank goodness, so i only had to get my food and drink in, but that was effort enough, even though there’s only me i still have about six bags to carry.

This year i’m on my own but i’d rather that than the Christmas i spent with the selfish person i was with last year and i’ve made sure i have nice food to eat and plenty to drink. Unfortunately i’m not where i want to be or with who i want they’re thousands of miles away and i couldn’t get a flight to be with him.
So i’ve had a nice quiet day i made a nice dinner but i couldn’t do it justice and finish it, i watched shrek 2, i love it I’ve had a nice bottle of wine watching coronation street, then i’ll watch some films and have some vodka,

On Thursday i went to meet my friend Elaine for drinks with her friends from the physio, they’re all in frames from breakages or just had them removed. I eventually arrived about 430pm, i wanted to pick some last minute things up on the way there, after being nearly knocked on my butt three times no way was i going back in to the city.

Elaine was really pleased to see me and her friends were really nice and welcoming too, we had a great afternoon and night, i usually drink doubles but her friend Kevin was getting me trebles.

We got a taxi home to mine i think it must have been about 1am then Elaine phoned for her husband to come and get her. I don’t know how i managed to get up for work the next day, but it’s a good job it was the last day that’s all i can say. Also we were only there an hour and half and i went promptly back to bed when i got back home

I was very tired so when i got home after work so i went to bed for a couple of hours. When i woke i had a nice soak in the bath, i’d bought myself some christmas bath bombs so my water was lovely and soft and full of stars and glitter, I’d also bought some new makeup for the christmas too, i thought it was black eyeshadow but it was more like a charcoal, very sultry all the same and a change from my usual brown i’d worn forever and it went very nice with my new top and shorts.

I met the girls from work in one of the bars in town we had a couple of drinks there before we went to the party which was in the Adelphi Hotel where it’s been held every year now. They put a nice party on for us and we get 3 free drinks, raffle tickets, which i’m yet to win anything, but hey ho.

When we went in to sit at our table i was greeted by Bernie our union rep, he gave me a bottle of southern comfort to have a drink, he also brought the bottle back to the table later. After the buffet which is always really nice we had the raffle, this year all but two won on our table, another and me

Afterwards we had lots of dancing to the disco, i mostly danced with my friend Maureen or Sheila. We were also given more drinks vouchers, there was a lot not  turned up because of illness.

The music finished   about 1am, we were lucky getting home because Eileens son drives a taxi,

So all in all it was a lovely night, but oh i suffered the next day, so i just cabbaged all day on the sofa

I got up about 10 to get ready, have my bath etc and travel to my brother David and Sarahs house, they were taking me with them to Huddersfield. We were staying at the Premier Inn, we got there about 530pm and i have to say it was lovely, i loved my room. I had a coffee and a nice soak in the bath then got ready for the party. I met David and Sarah downstairs and we got a taxi to my cousin Fred and Brendas house. They have a fabulous home in it’s own grounds, when we got there we were greeted by Fred and given champagne, wine or beer, it was waitress service and they had a jazz band. My cousin Wendy her husband Peter, John and his wife were there too so it was nice to see them again. Fred and their sons Andrew and Chris all gave nice speeches and Brenda thanked everyone. We had a great night, eating, drinking, chatting, dancing, i did lots of dancing, i really enjoyed myself. I think it was about 3am when we left to go back to the hotel.

Sunday; I woke about 10am, feeling a bit ugh, i could’ve stayed in the bed all day. David telephoned about 11am, i had a nice bath and got ready to leave aqnd be out the room for 12. David and Sarah brought me home, i went back to bed for an hour or so and then just relaxed on the sofa for the rest of the day.