What Preps are you doing this week? Part 13

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Kiwififer wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 12:10 pm Not quite a prep but I have a job interview in an hour for a ‘diagonal’ promotion. It’s a senior position but for a different team, more responsibilities and a wee bit more money…

Wish me luck!
Good luck!
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Got my meds delivered just now. So I have a bit over 3 months supply. Been and voted. Took some books to a free bookshop, as part of decluttering. Went to post office to send something back to Amazon.
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jennyjj01 wrote: Tue May 05, 2026 4:40 pm Have ordered the cable, plugs and crimping tool needed to complete the solar project. I figured that the man on Youtube made making the plugs up look like a simple craft project, and it should save me £25 easily.
Woo Hoo. My crimper, plugs and roll of cable arrived today, so that's my project for the afternoon. Four x 5m cables to be made up and installed. 'Him Indoors' can get up on that roof. Not me. I'll do the cable knitting fun bit. How hard can it be?

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Frnc wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 1:41 pm
Kiwififer wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 12:10 pm Not quite a prep but I have a job interview in an hour for a ‘diagonal’ promotion. It’s a senior position but for a different team, more responsibilities and a wee bit more money…

Wish me luck!
Good luck!
‘Meh’ at best. I’ve had a ringing in my ears all day, I never get this and it totally distracted me at the interview. I don’t think it went badly, I just think it could have gone better. The Gods obviously want me to stay where I am….

Edited - didn’t get it. Not the end of the world though, I’m not needing a job if that makes sense, it was either just not my time or they were looking for something else.
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Kiwififer wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 2:38 pm
Frnc wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 1:41 pm
Kiwififer wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 12:10 pm Not quite a prep but I have a job interview in an hour for a ‘diagonal’ promotion. It’s a senior position but for a different team, more responsibilities and a wee bit more money…

Wish me luck!
Good luck!
‘Meh’ at best. I’ve had a ringing in my ears all day, I never get this and it totally distracted me at the interview. I don’t think it went badly, I just think it could have gone better. The Gods obviously want me to stay where I am….

Edited - didn’t get it. Not the end of the world though, I’m not needing a job if that makes sense, it was either just not my time or they were looking for something else.
I've only just got back here after you first posted yesterday - sorry to hear you didn't get it. Totally understand about the ringing in the ears being distracting - I get it frequently, and it's horrendous, if I'm in a conversation it can occasionally mean I don't hear the convo properly.
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Cheers, it was good experience but it wasn’t a job I was really enthusiastic about.

Also, I don’t think it’s a good idea to be interviewed by people who were your peers. Doesn’t really work as they know you and have probably chatted nonsense at a night out with. There was only person I didn’t really know so it was a very strange affair in all.
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I've got "shelf stress" :twisted: I have spaces in the pantry shelves and it's making me twitchy. I know there's only two of us and we don't eat a lot..
but but :mrgreen:
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I bought an EcoFlow 60w fold up solar panel which I can hang out of my first floor window if needed and charge up phones and other small devices. :mrgreen:
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itsybitsy wrote: Tue May 12, 2026 11:50 am I bought an EcoFlow 60w fold up solar panel which I can hang out of my first floor window if needed and charge up phones and other small devices. :mrgreen:
That looks pretty nifty. They do a USB-C version that can charge my phone directly. Back bedroom faces south. When I get my savings built up, I might get one.
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Got an after visit message and summary, regarding my fictitious visit to hospital the other day. The summary says basically nothing. Never heard back from the secretary.