How Are You Feeling Right Now?

[Sassy Cat]

So sorry Sassy. Home maintenance can be a real mess. My garage pipes freeze a lot. Hoping they haven't this time, but won't know till water is turned on. You would think someone would invent a way to keep pipes from freezing. They could make a pile of money.

Thanks yeah I wish

 

[Sassy Cat]

That sounds like a real pain. Sorry so much is going wrong at once. So it sounds like you are in for $7k at least. That’s a lot to absorb at once. Do you need to get the pipes fixed right away, or is it possible to save up for it? I wish there was a better way. The home warranty insurance would be a good idea, but only if it actually works.

I am not a homeowner. However, the experience of my peers has been that the company doesn’t like to pay claims, so they make it as obnoxious as possible to get something approved. Kind of like healthcare but on a lower scale,

Thanks Yeah hopefully I can get some help though not sure I will be able to. I need to get the water stuff fixed asap I won’t have water until I can get it fixed.

 

[Sassy Cat]

I feel you, I'm currently panicking about all kinds of things about my house just as my income is taking a dive. I've got water coming in through the downstairs window when it rains and is very windy (fortunately maybe only once a month) and my guttering looks knackered and the roof seems to be getting worse (though so far nothing coming in). I just don't have the finances or income on my own to sort it all so have been burying my head in the sand hoping for the best but know I'll have to sort things at some point. It could involve wiping out my meagre emergency fund savings and having to borrow another £10k or even more at a time when I've just got out of all the problems being in debt brings. But before any of that I actually have to get someone to take a look at it, I tried and failed to sort the window last year, all I managed to get done was the back wall and garden walls repointed as they were falling apart. That took trying about 10 different people, only 2 of whom turned up in the first place. The only person who looked at the window quoted a ridiculous inflated price and I did not trust him, nobody else even bothered to turn up, and they say people are desperate for money. I really hope you get your place sorted and it doesn't cost the earth.

yikes that all sounds like a lot i think its so hard getting a fair price at times. Makes me grateful people showed up right away to look at things hearing your issues I could not have had that big of a delay

 

[AvidFan]

yikes that all sounds like a lot i think its so hard getting a fair price at times makes me grateful people showed up right away to look at things.

Thanks, I love your profile pic, that cat is the absolute twin of the cat I had from when I was a toddler until the day she died by my side when I was 18. Beautiful cats, both 😊

 

[Sassy Cat]

Sad at the moment. Just feeling extremely emotionally sensitive, keep thinking of all the potential I had as a kid and young man and feeling sad about where and how I've ended up - alone, no family, living in a house I can't afford to maintain on my own and struggling to make ends meet month to month. It's not the life I envisaged when I was acing tests and getting 5 star school reports saying they expected to see my name in lights one day. Never happened. I made bad decisions. Maybe I gave up on things too quick because the pain of failure was too much and quitting trying was a way to protect myself. Or maybe it was sensible, a better option than banging my head on a door that was never going to open. I don't know. Just feel my life could have been better than this, and am grieving over the different ways it could have turned out.

i feel you

 

[Sassy Cat]

Thanks, I love your profile pic, that cat is the absolute twin of the cat I had from when I was a toddler until the day she died by my side when I was 18. Beautiful cats, both 😊

. Thanks glad you had her for so long I love my kitties my Sasha is very she is fully my cat

 

[KM76710]

Scared about my house and my bills spent 5000 on a new furnace but I now need a new water meter and my pipes coming into my house fixed which will be another 2000 or more so right now I am feeling all the pressures of the world on my shoulders and who knows how much more damage will be found when water is turned onto the rest of the house

I am in the same boat here. New roof, ouch. But it is old and with flooding types of rain we get here from March through to sometimes the end of May it can leak. Regular or even solid rain doesn't do it.

 

[Sassy Cat]

I am in the same boat here. New roof, ouch. But it is old and with flooding types of rain we get here from March through to sometimes the end of May it can leak. Regular or even solid rain doesn't do it.

yikes a new roof is so expensive I hope you can get it done soon if you can’t hopefully the rain won’t be bad this year

 

[Windhover]

Sad and struggling, while at the same time aware I'm one of the invisible, so none of it matters.

 

[Sassy Cat]

Sad and struggling, while at the same time aware I'm one of the invisible, so none of it matters.

sorry you are sad and struggling. You do matter

 

[AvidFan]

Lacklustre. Saturdays aren't what they used to be. Just a chance to take a breath before the chaos starts all over again. I'll try to make the most of it. Think I'll make some hummus on toast to nourish myself.

 

[AvidFan]

Sad and struggling, while at the same time aware I'm one of the invisible, so none of it matters.

You matter @seabird and you're not invisible to me and others here ❤️❤️❤️

 

[AvidFan]

One minute I feel I can handle whatever life throws at me. The next I feel overwhelmed enough to put CTB on the table as a genuine solution. My strategy of just getting through today will fail sooner or later, but sometimes it's all I've got, so today I'll just try to make it to bedtime and try to enjoy the temporary quiet.

 

[SillyOldBear]

Sad and struggling, while at the same time aware I'm one of the invisible, so none of it matters.

You do matter.

 

[AvidFan]

OK somehow. I decided it was time to get back in the saddle and I've done a couple of hours of my remote job. Think I managed to handle the cognitive load writing stuff up and hopefully made sense. Made $50. It's a start. Hopefully a lot more where that came from, I need it!

 

[KM76710]

Sad and struggling, while at the same time aware I'm one of the invisible, so none of it matters.

You do matter here to us. You are not invisible here, we see you and we like who we see.

 

[Lane]

Sad and struggling, while at the same time aware I'm one of the invisible, so none of it matters.

You are not invisible here but a valued member. I hope that your struggle lessens and peace comes your way.

 

[AvidFan]

OK. Did a bit of work. It distracts me and earns some cash, just need to be careful to not overdo it and wreck my unstable brain.

 

[LumberJack]

Sad and struggling, while at the same time aware I'm one of the invisible, so none of it matters.

You matter to me.

 

[LumberJack]

I’m spiraling, tbh. I went to bed last night with the awareness that I was feeling better. Then I woke up this morning and I hate everything in the world, including myself.

I woke up 1.5 hours ago. I have barely made coffee. I am tired, I don’t feel like I have it in me to take care of myself, let alone as I age. I’m not planning to kill myself, but I’m secretly hoping I would die before I lose my ability to live independently.