I recently received a charming letter from the lovely people at the department of works and pensions. You can tell its from them as soon as something that looks like brown toilet paper lands on your doorstep. It’s that or her majesty’s revenue and customs requesting money for tax and I haven’t made any money … Continue reading Farewell job centre
Jedi Knight of paperwork
It is MUCH better to be STUPID and unemployed/disabled
This week has been a bitty one to be honest. One sensory review of my smallest ADHD son, coupled with the ever increasing joy of signing on and parenting classes. Let’s start with the post though, and a refusal to renew the Disability Living Allowance for our eldest son who was born with bilateral cataracts and … Continue reading It is MUCH better to be STUPID and unemployed/disabled
Vodafone- I’m loyal, not masochistic
As a bona fide geek, I joined the line of people waiting for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge phone last month, and when I saw its metallic beauty in the shops at last, I called Vodafone customer services (191) from my decrepit elderly iPhone in order to upgrade. I'm calling this day, April 14th, Tuesday, Day … Continue reading Vodafone- I’m loyal, not masochistic
43 hours in the care of the NHS
Today I am continuing a theme that I love: process, and the absence of its value when someone could have been left to use their brain instead. Don’t get me wrong, to paraphrase a quite brilliant fellow MBA colleague, process porn excites me just as much as the next Project Manager. I love the way … Continue reading 43 hours in the care of the NHS
7am, Monday morning, on the paediatric ward
After a surprisingly OK shower, I head towards the parents’ kitchen which proudly bears the sign “free tea and coffee” on the door. I need to defrost; I do not need powdered coffee with no milk. Note to self – find café. I go to see how my girl is getting on, still fast asleep … Continue reading 7am, Monday morning, on the paediatric ward
Take a seat!
*sigh* it's that time again - you know, the one that comes round annoyingly twice a month and involves signing your name and swearing on the badly photocopied piece of paper that you're looking for work, when not wasting your time in the job centre. Today was "Spring into action Jobs Fair" day though. Be still my … Continue reading Take a seat!
Cycling and petting for the disabled
Don't worry - it's not that kind of blog, at least not yet, I will explain....... Today I cycled into town. Before you get excited about this and start sending me information on Lycra and padded shorts and nutritional supplements to help me rehydrate/revitalise/recarb or reload protein or whatever you're supposed to do; I am … Continue reading Cycling and petting for the disabled
pernickety
This blog is pretty much a shrine to pernickety, but today even more so. All I have done all day (9-3 for those of us enslaved to the school run) is set up this blog. So I am delighted that Wordpress in its wisdom allows me to share this fact on Facebook with a seamless click of a … Continue reading pernickety
Ratio of qualifications to images produced on an HP printer
Combined skills of two PhDs and two MBAs and 18 images on 9 sheets of photo paper later, we still haven't got A SINGLE F*****G PASSPORT PHOTO PRINTED FROM THE HP PRINTER!!!! Calm.......... This always happens. I think the easiest solution now is to paint my face orange with multiple vertical lines down it whenever … Continue reading Ratio of qualifications to images produced on an HP printer
Disability living allowance appeal – as much fun as signing on (March 19th 2015)
Just finished my 8 page letter of appeal to the disability living allowance department and this is what my printer thinks the front page looks like. WTF? How can a printer get half way down a page and just decide to forget to print the rest?
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