oh dear, my arrival in the UK last night was not entirely successful, I managed to sprain my wrist quite badly wrestling with my suitcase (stupid excess baggage charge too) and am in lots of pain today. Typing very slow and irritating and no other usage. Right hand too – bloody typical. Someone come and airlift me back to Linz please!!
Arrived back to the flat today to find no cheque from the trust for the YSP bursary.. how depressing. The contract says £4,000 on 1st September and I even emailed a little reminder at the end of August. Is there any point when you can rely on punctual payments? Anyone? I’ve been putting a lot of prep in and collecting materials for weeks so I just want everyone’s end of the bargain upheld, but perhaps it’s lost in the post somewhere..
Our car is pretty much dead (extra bonus of a flat tyre within a mile of my husband picking my up at the station last night) and MOT is due very soon. Perhaps it was naive of me, but I had counted on this big amount of money to pay for that – especially as a car is essential to the project. I can’t get to the depths of Wakefield without it. If a contract states payment on 1st and you still haven’t been paid by the first day of work on the 22nd (I’ve already done lots of work actually), what do you do? Have faith? Stay at home refusing to go? Moan on your blog (some themes reoccuring here!)? Hmm, probably go and have faith, but without Sat Nav or video camera to help the project along (definitely not putting those things on my credit card!).
At least my Ma-in-law dropped me off at the flat with a bag of mini reese’s peanut butter cups as a pressie from NY. These should speed recovery and improve mood… grumble grumble grumble…….
