Some changes to the plans.
New branch realises I don't need a full induction day. Quite right, much of it is statutory training I've already done. Silly for them to pay for me to attend when I can be working in another branch that day and being paid from their budget. Not being snarky; it is good business sense rather than tick-box thinking.

So no trip away on Dad's birthday, yay!

Instead I work until 05/05/14 in Aylesbury, go to London with Mum for paid and organised day out on the sixth. This will be wonderful.
While I am out enjoying myself, a certain Dwellar will be hiring a van and creeping down the country to Aylesbury to stay overnight.
I will have everything ready to go on that Wednesday morning, including the sedated Dizcat in his cat carrier. Off up the M1 to Otley. Diz goes into a gorgeous local cattery for three nights.
I start work the next week.

Probably more time off than I really need, but I am on other people's schedules. I can't move before the 6th or after the 8th. The cattery can't take Diz after the 10th. My new branch want me to start when there is adequate cover to train me.

All I am (immediately) worried about now is the lack of response from my new landlord...
Left him a message this morning.
Need him to acknowledge receipt of the deposit and first months rent, and agree a handover of keys.

All other worries can wait their turn in the queue.

Return rail ticket to Leeds booked.
Van rental booked.
Accommodation sorted.
Thelma and Louise are gonna hit the road!
:D

Oh, watch out Leeds!

Got a message from the landlord this morning.
Transfer received, flat is mine, phew.

Going to sort out my leaving date/ who is paying my annual leave when I get to work today.
Obviously it all comes from the same company, but just as obviously each branch has their own targets/ budgets/ staff costs. It's not up to me to sort it out for them, just to make sure everyone is informed all the way down the line.

Took my first shopping trolley worth of goods to the charity shop today.
Got my first box of things to move packed.
Filled my first binbag full of general rubbish, and put the equivalent in the recycling bin.
This is actually going to happen, people.

My anxiety levels are still spiking though. Waiting for a telephone appointment from the Doctor today re medication. I spent last night dozing in between muddled dreams about bakery starring the cast of Trainspotting, as I'm reading the prequel (Skagboys) right now. No more packing this morning, although maybe a little bit more before i go to work this afternoon. Little and often.

That would be a creepy dream!

I just sent an unsolicited request for occasional employment to Heebies in Otley.
First time I've ever asked someone to employ me without knowing they had a vacancy since I was a teenager.
But it has such good reviews and seems right up my street.

Literally. It's on the street I'm going to be living on.

Far from telling me to bugger off, I had a lovely response suggesting that they do have peaks and troughs in their footfall and would be happy to talk to me about ad hoc employment opportunities. The Tour de France is coming "right past their door", which means right past mine - yay! - and there are various occasions and festivals which mean they may require extra staff.

I know my main job will need me.
But I also know that the old cliché a change is as good as a rest applies when it comes to second jobs. Donning an apron and serving tea and cake, or selling American candy and Harry Potter merchandise would be a wonderful way to earn extra money without feeling like I never got away from work.

I mean, seriously? Cakies, Merkin comestibles, Harry Potter, me?
Match made in heaven.

Good thinking!

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I think Hebe might have to fight you for that shop.... ;)

Good luck with the move

And once you get your foot in the door...

I know! I thought that. T'was common sense which stayed my typing hands in not using that as a reason for them to employ me :)
... you can let the vampires in.

Oh, sorry. Yes, I was hoping that if I worked a little they'd like the cut of my jib.
I even offered to work a free shift. Which they declined saying they believed in paying an honest wage for honest work.

Limes, you realise we'll have to go there for brekkers on the 8th, right?
Bacon rolls are on me.
I'm going to give them my contact details asap, because you never know.

Brilliant!

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Nice! Things are looking up up up!

Just got my confirmation from BT; I will have a landline and internet access from 15/05.
Better than I ever had in Leicester, but then I rely on y'all for my sanity more than I did then. Ditto being in contact with the 'rents.

There are still plenty of things I'm mentally shying away from, so I don't end up with sick in my mouth, but it's true that it is beginning to come together.

Oh, got a letter from the hospital yesterday. Dated 4 April. Nice.
It told (TOLD) my GP practice to continue my Baclofen and 2 x Vitamin B tablets on prescription. This is because I was utterly defeated and broken down when I saw the Consultant and it felt like she pretty much washed her hands of me. When she asked whether I was continuing my medication I told her the truth, that my GP did not have it on my repeat prescription and seemed to think someone else was prescribing it for me. So she did follow through at least.

I photocopied the letter (which they were already copied into anyway) and asked for a prescription without appointment. I may have detailed it here somewhere; I had to fight to get even a telephone appointment for what was effectively a repeat prescription... So we'll see how that goes down.

That's great news, Sundae. :thumb:

We can't have you incommunicado, can we?

Excellent work, Sundae. Keep focused on all the bits that have come together. You've achieved such a lot! X

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