Gracie E

Is it me or is it getting colder really quickly this year? As the dark nights draw in, I've managed to prepare a little and get lots of extra blankets .

My 15 year old who is oblivious to any of my money struggles and the cost of surviving, looked over at me while wearing hotpants and a crop top pyjama combo the other day. She said, mum can we put the heating on I'm cold 🤣🤣.

Today she's in fleece pyjamas and a jumper dressing gown thing 🤣🤣 she's learning.

October is a hard month, both my highschoolers attend different schools and their half terms are on separate weeks which means double cost of everything and more taxing them about.

Also had a appeal person from PIP contact me yesterday (despite me telling them welfare rights are going to be doing all the correspondence). Anyways today I received a notification that they have now made a decision and I'll hear in the post. For someone who has major anxiety , why didn't they just send me a copy online instead of making me wait for the post? What a ridiculous system when they make you sign up to their online portal anyways .