A Glimpse into Your Mood or Life

[Mock Turtle]

I'm not happy.

The electricity supplier (British Gas) changed accounts some time back after a new system came into force apparently, and they sent me a cheque recently for about £90 after that old account closed. Well, in the UK so many local banks have closed that it is difficult to find a bank as to where such can be cashed (the cheque is not from my bank either) - and given that I had a direct debit with them one might expect them to simply refund it via that account. Oh no, they are telling me that I didn't have a direct debit on this previous account, even though I have managed to find a statement online going back to 2016 showing that indeed I did pay by direct debit and have done for at least a decade.

We will have to see how this unfolds.

Well, I gave up on insisting they were lying and that I did actually pay by direct debit on this account - they stopped replying to my emails.

So, I found out that I could actually scan the cheque via my iPhone banking app - only to discover that it wasn't working today (first time as to such), seemed not to be able to take a photo of it, but that the cheque should be valid for six months - so I'll try later.

 

[ChristineM]

Today i spoke at another tribunal via zoom. Over the last 4 weeks brother in law has improved tremendously, so much that the psychiatrist and tribunal decided that he is fit to be released from hospital this week.

My mood is ecstatic. It's just a shame hubby or I cannot fly over and help him settle back into his apartment.

 

[Revoltingest]

I am always in a great mood.
Everything is fine as frog's hair.
This seems to be a perq of aging.

 

[VoidCat]

Bop bop boppity bop bop.
Happy happy happy.
Eeeeeeeek!
In a good mood eating

Safe and sound

 

[JustGeorge]

Today i spoke at another tribunal via zoom. Over the last 4 weeks brother in law has improved tremendously, so much that the psychiatrist and tribunal decided that he is fit to be released from hospital this week.

My mood is ecstatic. It's just a shame hubby or I cannot fly over and help him settle back into his apartment.

That's great! How is he feeling about this?

 

[an anarchist]

Choose a glimpse into your current mood, daily life, or social life that you would like to share with other RFers.

I started anger management group therapy a couple of weeks ago.

I feel like it's already beginning to help.

Last week, they asked my how my attitude was first thing in the morning. I told them I usually start my morning with around ten extremely loud and grumpy groans because I'm aggravated I woke up and life. They told me to stop doing that, because I am immediately starting my day off with all this negative energy and then I carry it with me throughout my day, contributing to my anger.

So I stopped, and honestly I've been feeling better. Instead of groaning I wake up and try to be positive. I've been carrying that energy with me to work in the morning and then just keep the momentum going all day.

Finally got a personal therapist assigned to me after waiting for months, so excited about that.

Therapy is life changing.

 

[RestlessSoul]

Seems to be one aspect of transitioning out of a cash society - often not accepted nowadays - and into the modern age. Which is one I have embraced so it's a bit annoying for them to be sending me cheques. The local bank vanished without my knowing until weeks or months later.

Sorry to have read about your issues but I doubt anything I could suggest would help.

Went to Kew Gardens yesterday, and noticed that two local businesses had 'We prefer cash' signs displayed by their tills. So somebody is fighting back against the cashless society, thank God.

 

[JustGeorge]

I started anger management group therapy a couple of weeks ago.

I feel like it's already beginning to help.

Last week, they asked my how my attitude was first thing in the morning. I told them I usually start my morning with around ten extremely loud and grumpy groans because I'm aggravated I woke up and life. They told me to stop doing that, because I am immediately starting my day off with all this negative energy and then I carry it with me throughout my day, contributing to my anger.

So I stopped, and honestly I've been feeling better. Instead of groaning I wake up and try to be positive. I've been carrying that energy with me to work in the morning and then just keep the momentum going all day.

Finally got a personal therapist assigned to me after waiting for months, so excited about that.

Therapy is life changing.

I'm glad you're having a good experience!

How were you able to change your morning mindset? I don't struggle with anger, but I am generally unhappy upon waking, and am curious how you've managed.

 

[Trailblazer]

If I did not have any houses I might be in a better mood, but then I would be homeless.

My rental homes were stable for a long time but suddenly everything came caving in on me all at once.

A couple of weeks ago, one of my tenants told me that he wants to have a bunch of trees removed so I have to meet an arborist over there and see what he is talking about.....

Then I found out that my insurance company is no longer insuring rental homes so I had to get two new insurance policies with two different companies, one for each house. That would have been fine, except that the insurance companies are going to be inspecting the houses, and work will have to be done in order for them to pass the inspection. Money is not a problem for me, time is the problem, since I need time to find contractors to do the work.

On top of that my tenant who has always been late on his rent is late again this month, and his house is the one that needs the most work to pass the insurance inspection. I need to contact him and ask him to take photos of the house that I can pass on to my insurance agent. She said she would help me find contractors to do the work, which was very nice, since that really is not part of her job.

Then there is the house I live in which has issues that need to be addressed, but I cannot even think about these issues since the rental houses are a higher priority. One reason my house has so many issues is because the rental houses have always taken precedence over my residence. People who don't have rental houses don't seem to understand that!

I have to deal with this all by myself since I no longer have a husband and I have no family or in-person friends. I am not retired so I have to find time to do these things while working full time.

 

[an anarchist]

I'm glad you're having a good experience!

How were you able to change your morning mindset? I don't struggle with anger, but I am generally unhappy upon waking, and am curious how you've managed.

I think a big part of change is this:

It comes hard when you are not ready, but it comes easy when you are.

For example, I've been a heavy smoker for almost ten years now. But I've gone almost a week now without smoking, the longest I've gone in all these years. Times I tried to quit before I was always dreading it before hand. I cared more about the temporary satisfaction rather than my personal health. So when I tried, it felt like the cravings for a cigarette where overwhelming and I was cranky AF and gave up. It's different now. My health is deteriorating, and it shows. My doctors tell me that. So, before I quit this past week, I was more than ready. Patches for a couple hours a day but I'm not even using those as much as I'm allowed to. The cravings today just require the smallest amount of willpower to overcome.

Back to the anger and mornings. I am ready to let go of my anger. I just need direction. If I was not ready to let go of my anger, then the directions would be unhelpful. But I am ready to change, so it comes easy. Just need someone to point out the way.

 

[Trailblazer]

I am always in a great mood.
Everything is fine as frog's hair.

That's probably because you are on top of everything with your rental properties, among other things.

 

[Trailblazer]

I think a bit part of change is this:

It comes hard when you are not ready, but it comes easy when you are.

Truer words were never spoken!

 

[VoidCat]

Getting stuffed animals with feeding tubes soon. For two kiddos with g tubes.

 

[Trailblazer]

An update on my fear of going downstairs in my house:
I went downstairs and faced my fear of what I might find so now I am no longer afraid to go downstairs (the garage is another matter.)
I told my counselor about this and now she thinks I should try to do a little work downstairs each week, but there is no way I have time for that, not with everything else that is coming crashing down on me now. Besides, why should I work on the downstairs that I never use for anything when I have issues in my upstairs where I live? That is not logical.

I hesitate to tell my counselor about my living conditions upstairs because I am afraid she will ask why I don't do something about the issues I have. She is clueless what it is like to have a life like mine. She attributes everything to my anxiety, but it is not mainly because of anxiety that I don't do these things, it is because I have no motivation or time.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

An update on my fear of going downstairs in my house:
I went downstairs and faced my fear of what I might find so now I am no longer afraid to go downstairs (the garage is another matter.)
I told my counselor about this and now she thinks I should try to do a little work downstairs each week, but there is no way I have time for that, not with everything else that is coming crashing down on me now. Besides, why should I work on the downstairs that I never use for anything when I have issues in my upstairs where I live? That is not logical.

I hesitate to tell my counselor about my living conditions upstairs because I am afraid she will ask why I don't do something about the issues I have. She is clueless what it is like to have a life like mine. She attributes everything to my anxiety, but it is not mainly because of anxiety that I don't do these things, it is because I have no motivation or time.

Sounds like a self defeating, downward spiral. I hope you can pull out if it.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

My own mood is much better.
I'm starting to make friends here amd now run the atheist and secular humanist group here. The cool part is my Number One is herself a Satanist which is awesome.
I also start my job of stabbing people next week. It's for a Japanese company and the benefits are so awesome I'll even get my gym membership reimbursed.

 

[JustGeorge]

I'm okay. Neither good, nor bad. Neutral.

I have to take Ares in for med advice in a little bit.

Yesterday was absolute hell from him, but he slept 12 hours to make up from the sleep loss the day before and has been cheerful and reasonable today(he's like his Mom, and sleep matters a lot for his mood and function). He's doing his hour of in building learning today(otherwise I do his schooling at home).

Yudhi is eagerly waiting for his grandpa to babysit him(an uncommon occurrence).

A couple of the cats are mad at me because I secured all the upstairs doors so they can't get into the bedrooms. Over the last week, two of them decided they were going to start pooping in there, so they're perma-banned.

 

[Secret Chief]

Took me boy (looks like a cat to other people) for his monthly arthritis injection, which is a miraculous drug.
Made a chili for tea which seemed popular.
Feeling groovy.

 

[Secret Chief]

Over the last week, two of them decided they were going to start pooping in there, so they're perma-banned.

No cat litter tray in there?

 

[England my lionheart]

Think Little Big Man.

That's my life.

Old Lodge Skins : Am I still in this world? Jack Crabb : Yes, Grandfather. Old Lodge Skins : [groans] I was afraid of that,we’ll sometimes the magic works.

Love that movie.