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Saturday 16th February - Just can't help believing

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Posted by: knightrider45 Saturday 17th February 2007, 7:24pm
Last edited 17/02/2007 7:24pm by knightrider45

I was looking forward to my holiday, but again, things have gone wrong. Regular readers will know that at the beginning of January I had problems with the heating oil running out.

No prizes for guessing what’s happened today then. The heating oil ran out at 6am this morning. Again.

Now, the 500 litres I ordered in January should have lasted us a quarter and I was going to get some more on next months payday. But, today, exactly 6 weeks to the day after I had the last lot, the boiler cut out and the heating oils all gone. Again.

I’ve brought an electric heater down from the loft and we’ve got it running in the front room, and the rest of the house is freezing cold. So now, we’re running up the electric bill as well.

This resulted in a somewhat heated discussion in which I’ve been “advised” to stop spending money on the business as it’s not making returns yet and spend the £250 monthly on household bills instead.

Now, on the face of it, this appears logical. Short term solution. I can pack everything up tomorrow and walk away without owing anyone a penny. But, without hope of a better future at all, what’s the point? We’ll be in exactly, or a worse, situation this time next year, never mind 3 years time & so on.

With the business, I’ve got a chance to make it. Drag myself and my family out of this crappy life and debt we’ve ended up with. Give the business up, now, before it’s had time to stand up for itself, would mean that I’ll still be working loads of hours in a job I don’t want, ending up further and further in debt as each year passes, and with no way out. Ever.

The only way I can end this sheer misery at the moment – today – would be getting a job paying £50,000 per year. How many jobs do you know of paying that amount? I don’t know of any either – so, to me, the business is the only logical solution to get out of this situation. Or, to put it another way, IF I can find a job paying £50k, I’ll willingly pack the business in tomorrow.

It’s just not going to happen is it?

So, we have a choice. I’ve still got MOST of this months mortgage money. Now, do I pay the mortgage, and get by without heating oil for another three weeks, or do I get the heating oil, and just pay £300 on the mortgage instead of the £797.00 they want?

And get into even more arrears.

And yes, I’m angry. Somethings gone wrong somewhere. Why has 3 months heating oil been used in just 6 weeks? We already economise on the heating now, we never use it at night, only when someone’s here and awake. I think we’ve got a leak somewhere. But whatever, I can’t afford £200 for heating every 6 weeks.

Just can't help believing......how so many things go wrong in my life.

Until tomorrow,

Paul

Eliminating Failure”

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