A Bad Time

Got to get this one off of my chest. Seriously. This week has been shit, and not a great start to October at all. In fact, it has been the worst week of the year so far and there's been a few of those.

From what I recall from this stupid week, it started when my next door neighbour knocked on the door on a heavy rainy day and asked me if we had any water pouring down our walls from the roof, as his front bedroom and living room had water going down them, and like our house, they only just decorated the living room. I checked the living room corner, and there it was, just coming through. The bedroom, imagine the issue, it's a fitted wardrobe, that we not that long ago got refitted after the last damn leak we had. This is the third time. After the bad rain we had, the whole living room corner now needs sorting again.
The first time the roof leaked, and that came down the bedroom wall and in to the living room, we got a whole new roof along with our neighbour. Thinking all was well, we got to work repairing the wall. After some heavy rain, it started coming down the same wall again, and these prats that put the roof on hadn't sealed the roof properly in between the houses, so yes, yet again, our neighbours got it again too. He got someone out to fix it, costing us £250 each, and that was that. There were no more problems, so we got the wardrobe put back in and painted the living room. Then this happens, worse than ever.
We have got it fixed again,, and properly this time, and it was revealed that the idiots who came out to fix the second leak after the new roof was put on, had just cemented it up and didn't even do the job properly. It's lucky it didn't leak earlier.

My mum's had work men in and they've done a terrible job of her kitchen, so will end up sorting that out now, as if I don't still have enough to do on her house. My aunt also needs help with her house and garden, and she's always ill. I don't have help or time, and that's not good for the mind either.

Other crap stuff. I was off work with what I can only suspect was food poisoning. Not going in to detail. On top of that, I've had an up and down cold with some weird symptoms. Lemsip has strangely been very effective this time. Tobias has been off school as well with high temperatures and what looks like tonsillitis. Caroline's not been well. Other than the kids not doing as they're told, I just never seem to get a break and it's really piled on me than I like to show. If anyone says hello and the usual 'how are you', I don't actually want to go in to any details of how I absolutely feel, so I just say I'm all right, but I'm far from that. I'm not the kind of person that wants to sit down with anyone and spill my guts either. The last few years have been difficult, but I carry on with the weight on my shoulders and try and have fun where I can. 

After months of not stopping, everything has got on top of me this week. I have been getting through with doing a few hobby things though which has helped. I've painted some more Warhammer 40k Necrons, not far off finishing those. I've got in to a D&D series called Natural Six, and looking forward to seeing them on stage in London in a couple of weeks. I've also mainly got on with making my Conventions page with all photos and videos on my website. That looks great now. So not all bad, I just wish I felt a bit better and the kids would behave.

To top this week off, one of my favourite mugs broke. I took it to the kitchen, and in my daze feeling like crap, I missed the kitchen side and it fell to its doom. I got it from MCM Comic Con a couple of years ago, so a replacement may be bought when I go again soon.

Got a lot of stuff out on this one, and hopefully my next blog will be a lot more positive. I'm better at getting stuff out of my head this way rather than talking to someone, because at least this way I don't have to literally bug people, or feel bad when someone offers me help. I never feel like I deserve taking up someone's time talking about my problems, so don't be offended if you ever offer, I just don't want to bug anyone, and I'll be fine. My life has a lot of cons, but a lot of pros too. Just sometimes stupid shit happens and it gets to me. Never used to until I lost a few family members, it can hit you hard.

Anyways, thanks for reading if you got this far. Have a good day.

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