What I did today - for small achievements and cheers

[flumpsy]

^ You should be incredibly proud of what you have achieved lettie, its huge.

[A Whimsical Stranger]

^ Thanks.

[Ajax Amsterdam]

Originally Posted by Lettie Hempstock

Over the past few months, I have:

-Gave up drinking completely
-Dropped two dress sizes
-Applied to college
-Basically recovered from SA? It might be too soon to say.
-Made some (sort of) friends
-Been invited to one of my son's nursery friends' birthday party, and accepted with no hesitation
-Gotten close with my new neighbours, and interact with the kids comfortably. In fact I find myself feeling worryingly maternal around them.

All of this has been overshadowed by a monumentally ****ed up situation, but I can't believe how far I've come in such a short space of time despite that.

Fantastic achievements, Lettie.

[Consolida]

Originally Posted by Lettie Hempstock

Over the past few months, I have:

-Gave up drinking completely
-Dropped two dress sizes
-Applied to college
-Basically recovered from SA? It might be too soon to say.
-Made some (sort of) friends
-Been invited to one of my son's nursery friends' birthday party, and accepted with no hesitation
-Gotten close with my new neighbours, and interact with the kids comfortably. In fact I find myself feeling worryingly maternal around them.

All of this has been overshadowed by a monumentally ****ed up situation, but I can't believe how far I've come in such a short space of time despite that.

Wow, that's some progress!! Well done Lettie, you should be incredibly proud of all you've achieved

[Mo34]

Great stuff Lettie

[Pink*Lady]

I attended a mental health peer support group in my area today. It was daunting but I managed to have some conversation with a couple of people with some awkward moments. Everyone else in the group spoke about their experiences and I started feeling bad as the end of the session neared because I hadn't said a word. It was interesting to listen to other people sharing their experiences. I'm glad I went and I'll try to pluck up the courage to speak in the next session.

[A Whimsical Stranger]

^That's great, Pink*Lady. Well done.

[Pink*Lady]

Originally Posted by Lettie Hempstock

^That's great, Pink*Lady. Well done.

Thanks Lettie Hempstock.

[Oddity]

Bought my first car Insured and taxed Now I need to learn to drive

[flumpsy]

^ yay !!! A mazda is it ?

[Oddity]

I didn't think of that I meant the engine before

[Mo34]

Way to go oddity

[flumpsy]

Originally Posted by Oddity

I didn't think of that I meant the engine before

Golf gti ? really ?

[Oddity]

GTI would have been nice

[flumpsy]

^ You are gonna keep me guessing arent you

Isn't it a VW 16v engine ? I assumed from a GTI is that wrong ? A golf though right ? Golfs are great first cars, even the heavy later ones are still great to learn in.

[Oddity]

Yeah you got it I think a GTI would have scared me too much for a first car

[flumpsy]

So golf mk4 16v ? In, cream or yellow I suspect ? Manual I assume.

Still, that insurance you quoted is cheap for a 16v.
I had a golf mk2 once, a nice easy drive and reasonably solid too.

Nicely done

Do you have somebody who would help you learn or is it going to be driving instructors ?

[Oddity]

Yus If it was yellow I could just say something about it being an Inbetweeners thing, I mean I go to Thorpe Park enough

Insurance worked out as £49 a month And that's with breakdown and legal cover etc., I kept going back to make sure I hadn't entered in the wrong info Tax was £220 for the year

Yeah got family who can teach It's all rather scary I'll take some lessons near when I'm ready to do the test

[flumpsy]

Based on the tax figure I am guessing 1.6 petrol ?
Are the doors the same colour

[Oddity]

God dammit! You're going to tell me my reg next aren't you

Yes

[flumpsy]

^ If you like ? but wouldnt you rather keep it private

I would make a good medium wouldnt I ?

[newbs16]

Originally Posted by Oddity

Bought my first car Insured and taxed Now I need to learn to drive

Exciting, good luck with your lessons.

[newbs16]

Originally Posted by BigHeavy10

Somehow got through my S.I.A security course last week and managed to pass the physical intervention exams. Also gained two new Facebook "friends" from it and for some reason a female on the course wanted my number..

Aw that's lovely.. you seem to be giving your number away recently

[Oddity]

Thanks peeps

[Cepaea24]

Well done everyone!

My bouldering partner has been really busy lately and has been putting off going all week. I went on my own yesterday even though doing stuff like that alone makes me really anxious and self conscious! My bouldering partner even said she was proud of me for going alone, which made me feel great! Little words from people can make all the difference sometimes

[Azalea]

Wow Lettie that's a lot of progress, well done.

Originally Posted by Oddity

Bought my first car Insured and taxed Now I need to learn to drive

Good luck with the driving.
I taught my youngest 2 to drive in a Golf with 166k on the clock, great car and easy to drive.

[Olly.]

Completed my first day of my apprenticeship job

All right, so I've been volunteering there for months already one day a week, so it's not exactly a terrifying new place, but the apprenticeship (in health and social care) is such a massive step in the right direction for me

[newbs16]

^ That's amazing, I'm so pleased for you, you've come a long way.

[Appear]

^^^ That's brill, Ollster! Very very nicely done.

[Pink*Lady]

I've been at my current job for 9 weeks and have decided to stay but look for other work in the meantime. I applied for a few jobs last night and received an email this morning to go for an interview and that there were other possible interviews lined up.