Some Good News

Ohnoes I didn't update yesterday! It's ok, it's not the start of a major decline, I was just a bit stressed/tired/broken/busy/dead to the world.

Also, I made the stupid mistake of trying to play games that don't just play themselves with me only having to hit enter every 5 minutes to put it on auto-attack*. Jesus Christ that was a bad idea. Wrists utterly destroyed. Couldn't type up a blog for you, couldn't even undress myself for bed, or flush the toilet, or lift a glass of water to drink from, or...you get the idea. Destroyed wrists = bad. Still recovering today but I'm a very harsh mistress when it comes to my poor wrists and I'm afraid they won't get much rest time.

On a slightly happier note, I got a letter through yesterday, finally been awarded Housing Benefit. I'm not entirely sure if it's being backdated or not - said on the phone they could do it as far as January, said 'claim starts June 14th in the letter' - but the Council Tax Benefit has definitely been backdated as that went through this morning. I'm assuming as those things are linked that means Housing Benefit will be too but I don't want to get my hopes up - I've been burned before by benefits people. Common sense means squat to them. I have minus money in my bank account and until that changes I'm refusing to think otherwise.

Sister's still threatening to move out and leave us paying rent on this goddamned expensive house all by ourselves**, but I feel that with Housing Benefit I might be able to cope with that now. Especially if they up it when she moves out (the amount I've been awarded is based on the fact that Rambo and I are paying 66% of the rent). Plus a good friend of ours, let's call him...uhhh...The Music Man. Yup, that'll do. Anyway, The Music Man is considering moving on out here to go study at Manchester Uni in September. If he does, well, I've offered him very cheap rent on the condition that he'll do all the housework. Finally I can not live in a pig-sty and not feel guilty about other people doing things! I'll be paying him for it! *Cheers*

*www.thelostrunes.com/?r=1061 - Yes, that's a referral link and a shameless plug.

**Which, by the way, we're only in because she begged us to come move in and help her pay rent as she couldn't afford it herself.