ows yer day bin

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By Greebo

Re: ows yer day bin
Fri 16 May 2008 23:30

At the risk of mixing metaphors, this week has been like a bucket of pus without the bucket, and today was the hardening crust of the steaming cowpat.

Tuesday, local boys smashed the bedroom window (1st floor double glazed, so this took real effort), scarpered without apologising, and it'll be weeks before the council can fix it with armoured glass. This was completely unprovoked.

Wednesday spent the entire morning and early afternoon seeing an advisrorabout the DLA renewal. He was sexist, IMHO hadn't got a clue, didn't give my husband a decent chance of hearing him of lipreading (mumbled, looked away and covered mouth with hand), dismissive of everything I said, and such a ray of sunshine (NOT!) that I've been feeling extremely low since then. I mean really low - nothing's shifting it. It didn't help that I'd been looking forward to the double bill of Scrubs, but somehow managed to record Reaper instead.

This afternoon my husband was supposed to get his hearing back (it's been 6 weeks since it went from his good ear), but the syringeing failed (and he's only got hearing in one ear at the best of times) - been booked for emergency treatment at Thomas's, but there'll be a wait of 7-14 days even after the GP rang the hospital himself and emphasised that until it's done he's more or less reliant on lip-reading and subtitles
Plus, the electricity supplier is putting the price up yet again, and the gas bill is due next week.

Oy! Law of Averages! You owe me, big time, so get your backside in gear.

By EL

Re: ows yer day bin
Sat 17 May 2008 09:23

After advice from this site i phoned and requested a renewal form! i filled it out and sent it back 2 weeks ago. Do you have to see an advisor? why could they not have just sent you a renewal form? jack asses eh Love your use of words ever thought of writing? i see lots of books in the health section at the library that carers have wrote

By EL

Re: ows yer day bin
Sat 17 May 2008 10:58

As i said on "new bus pass rules" im peed off which will spoil my whole day cause i can feel my blood boiling, i have to go out shopping in a minute so god help anyone who p****s me off just got Adam's new so called free bus pass its bad enough to be let down by the planks who issued it but to recieve it the day after i charged his metro pass for the week has really got right up my flippin nose

By Greebo

Re: ows yer day bin
Sat 17 May 2008 11:14

Good luck with your claim. You don't have to see an advisor (the one we saw wasn't from the DWP or a jobcentre).

However, in this area of S London, if you fill in the form without expert advice, your chances of getting the DLA you need are vanishingly small. The form arived in February, the DLA runs out in August and the processing usually takes several weeks to several months.

It's a balance between filling the form in late enough that you don't have too many months in absolute poverty (they can stop your current claim immediately), and not filling it in so late that you wait in abject poverty (DLA gets backdated, but not the IS that the DLA can make you eligible for).

We've never had that person before and never will again. All the others at a that disability rights centre have been a lot more helpful and professional. What really got me was having everythign I do as a carer summed up as "cooking, cleaning washing" <Ace Ventura style "EXCUUUUSE ME!"> Even with the lack of space I do more advocacy, remembering, reminding , fetching & carrying etc than bloomin' housework!

As for writing, thank you for the praise, but IS rules make writing for money not worth it, and I don't often have the time or energy to blog.

Already drafting ammendments & additons to that form before it hits the post (special delivery) on Tuesday.

By kerry.

Re: ows yer day bin
Sat 17 May 2008 20:37

Happy days eh you guys

or should i say take some valium and then itll be 'Happy Daze' !!!!!!!!!!

youve both give me a good belly larf tho, thanks!
my day...? well, lets My my week.....

11 month old kitten gone. obviously dead. youngest son hysterical about it.......
marriage of 15 yrs on rocks....
exams at uni and got asked questions that were not told we would get so didnt revise for....
mother in law serious health issues and dont get results til fri....
house damp and shitty....
car got a flat.....
no sleep for two weeks.... ney make that 11 yrs being honest.... and its bloody raining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

any wonder im back on the roll ups???????????
after stopping for 3 months.

By EL

Re: ows yer day bin
Sat 17 May 2008 21:23

huh kerry i started smoking again after 7 years and what tipped me over the edge was......... my daughter was getting married i did the flowers, the cake, the 2 day pre wedding celebrations, and also paid for the groom's parents outfits(stupid woman) she married an asylum seeker at 18, wouldn't be told!! needless to say as soon as he had his papers he was off with one of the bridesmaids but only after trying to kill her in the baltic sea failed oh well she's settled now 4 years later so i can breath easy . , i hope

By kerry.

Re: ows yer day bin
Sat 17 May 2008 21:59

hahahahaha

well you can breathe easy if u stop smoking anyway!

me and the bloke discussing our failed marriage last night- he sez "well what do u expect, i got married in a skirt" (he wore a kilt even tho we have no scottish connections) the funniest thing was he never used to wear keks and when we were signing the registry thingy facing into the room- his bro yells out from the back " Oi bro close yer legs, we can all see yer wedding tackle"
then at the reception his mate put a fag up his kilt and burnt his bum.
mind you i reckon even funnier was his stag night cos they stripped him, handcuffed him to a lamp post and sprayed illuminous permanent green pain all over his arse....
the next day there was him bent over in all his glory (not attractive!!!) with me sat behind him trying to scrub his bum with turps, him screaming in agony and me totally screaming with laughter so much i wet myself.

oh those were the days.........

By doug

Re: ows yer day bin
Sat 17 May 2008 23:33

what a laugh girls

By EL

Re: ows yer day bin
Sun 18 May 2008 17:22

I know its very bad to smoke but its my only vice and i'm keeping it for now anyway

By kerry.

Re: ows yer day bin
Sun 18 May 2008 19:50

you gotta be in the right frame of mind to stop mate.
im gonna stop again....... just not right now lol