We're off to the caravan today, just for a few hours. This is now a regular thing I've introduced into our week - a day at the van park, pottering in the garden there, deadheading and weeding, watering ours and next door's plants. Sitting outside in the sunshine, but under the gazebo to avoid getting burnt or too hot, drinking coffee and eating our lunch. Catching up with fellow owners, or just sitting reading my book and listening to the birds. It's one day a week where I have nothing much to do and no responsibilities, so it recharges my batteries. And it's something I really look forward to each week, a day of calm and peaceful rest. Happily for me, husband doesn't often put the TV on whilst we're there....as it's been sunny pretty much all the times we've gone there recently, he's happy to be outside - if there are fellow owners around he'll go and chat, otherwise he dozes in the recliner chair in the sun.
We've got 2 bags of clothes to drop off at the charity shop on the way to the van, and I need to stop at the supermarket on the way back to get some more fresh veg.
I've decided to re-advertise the furniture for sale on FB marketplace. From now on though, I will simply delete and block all the responders who are obviously scammers, common sense should tell me who they are. It's just annoying that there are so many evil people nowadays who are just lying in wait to catch you out, if you're not really careful. The idiots who ask stupid questions irritate me as well - they'd get the answers if they read the listing properly! It just wastes my time having to answer thick people who can't be bothered to read the advert to get all the relevant information, when I make a point of including everything in it. I've got absolutely zero patience or time for stupid people.
I've become a lot less tolerant recently - I think it's partly to do with age, the older I get, the less likely I am to suffer fools gladly, my mum and my granddad were the same. But it's also because I have so much on my plate now, what with husband's ongoing problems (which cause problems that need dealing with every single day) and our housing situation. Husband is no help at all with the housing stuff, it's not his fault, it's just how it is.....doesn't make it any easier for me though. And having to repeat things to him literally dozens of times a day, get him to do the few jobs I ask of him, and cope with his moods and increasing rudeness every day is so exhausting.
Right, take a deep breath and get ready for my calm day!
I recently sold a lot of caravan stuff on eBay and had the same problem with "idiots" as you. It was driving me nuts that people were not reading the info I had provided, which was extensive and would have answered all the daft questions.
ReplyDeleteAnd then, for some reason, one evening I checked one of the listings using my phone (which I never do) rather than on the desktop PC.
My listing looked completely different and it required much more effort to find and read the description. It was clear (to me at least) that looking at the listing on a tiny phone screen gave me just the 'headline info' and none of the detail unless I searched for it. Perhaps the FaceAche listings are the same?
Having your quiet place to go to is a Godsend. Just being able to switch off from everything - bliss. I hope the furniture sales go without idiots/scammers getting involved, and you get some more money for the moving fund. As for getting less tolerant as you get older, I think I've been Victor Meldrew for years! xx
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry husband seems to be getting worse. I wish I had some good advice to give you but my advice would be worthless. I'm not experiencing what you are....My Dad's lady friend had dementia and was Extremely difficult to deal with...her own family refused to help her so I had to step in...Believe me, after I dealt with them, they stepped up and took over her care. My Dad was 80 and was beyond helping her. Lady friend's family thought my Dad was a sucker and would take the burden off Their shoulders...they tried to use him. They soon found out it wasn't going to happen. At my Dad's birthday party, LF saw some mail sitting on the table that belonged to my son...She was mad that the mailman sent it to Dad's house and she had to look at it...so she threw it in My face, screaming at me! She got angry, a Lot. That day was the beginning of the end for her stay at my Dad's house...
ReplyDeleteSorry for the long story...I get so upset at the memory of it all.
So I can only imagine what you're dealing with right now. The anger...
Sending lots of prayer and hugs...and Angels to help you with direction.
Big hug,
Donna
I hope you enjoy your 'calm day', gosh we all need those on a regular basis don't we. I'm a whole lot less tolerant than I was years ago, and believe me I didn't suffer fools much then either.
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoyed your day at the caravan. I sometimes wonder if many people actually learned how to read.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.