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shadowhive) wrote2025-03-29 03:08 pm
shadowhive) wrote2025-03-29 03:08 pm
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Yesterday ended up being a day of stress for two reasons and I just feel so exhausted by it all.
So last week James Marriott announced a UK and EU tour with a Birmingham date. The problem was the presale went live when I couldn’t do anything (and the Spotify one didn’t come through) so I had to wait for general sale yesterday.
And, like with Sleep Token last year getting a ticket was a nightmare. I was on the site on time and the tickets had gone in minutes. So I had to keep refreshing in case one came up though most of the time as soon as they came up they were gone before I could add them. Eventually I was able to add one only to find it was ‘Mastercard preferred ’ which basically meant you could only pay by Mastercard which… what the fuck is that?
After an hour I did manage to get one I was able to do (thanks mum letting me do it) so yay I’m going to be seeing him again! (And despite the annoyance I am proud of him for selling out in under a day, even though a fair few were scummy resellers taking advantage)
Any joy was short lived cause when I came downstairs there was a letter and just… ugh.
So cause of the UC transferred I’m being moved from what I was on to it. I had been told that I would get one final full payment as part of the transfer (twice!) and that was meant to be Monday. Instead I had this letter which said there was a payment only it was a quarter of what I should have. Of course that makes me panic and stress further than I already was (especially cause of the coming appointment).
I left a message on the UC site but don’t expect them to be helpful so I’ll have to raise it at the appointment. There is a number on the letter to call but when mum had issues before hitting pension age they weren’t helpful and also what if the payment is there Monday as it should be?
I’m trying my best not to focus on it until I either hear back or see the payment isn’t there but of course mum’s all worked up. It doesn’t help that money was for the food shop (and that mum had one of her dumb bracelets when her money went in Wednesday) so of course she’s stressed (especially when I came down this morning) which in turn makes me stressed even more and just… ugh.
I hate how badly planned out the whole thing is, like this is being inflicted on thousands of people and they’re still pulling stunts like this? It’s so frustrating.
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Better things though.
Last night I finished Superliminal. Most of the puzzles are really clever if a little tricky to pull off, though towards the end? They became downright obtuse and I wouldn’t have been able to work them out (I had a walkthrough so I didn’t miss stuff, but even with that I did). Still it was on game pass and it was pretty good, despite the added frustration.
Two more of the Agatha Christie books I’ve been collecting came today, this one with the magazines that came with them. They were the first ones I’ve got with the magazines so I was curious what they’d be and one does seem interesting cause it covers Agatha’s disappearance. I’ll read them properly when I read the books. But damn the cover had the price they were originally (in 2002) and they were £4.99! For a magazine and a hardback book! That’s like, a crazy bargain damn.
Also reading I read some more of The Mystery Of The Three Quarters and I finished the first quarter and I’ve found it has suckered me in a bit. Mums gonna extend the lone of the book so I’ll hopefully finish it this week.
But otherwise the stress has made me so low energy and bleh which is so annoying. I might try and watch something in a bit but I dunno what. I didn’t disc switch to Inferno cause I didn’t feel like I’d be in the right mindset (i was right) so I’ll look for something on a player. What though, I’m not sure yet. We’ll see.
For now I’ve got Midna here for snuggles and I wanna try and go on Fortnite, though the switch is awol again, so maybe not.
So last week James Marriott announced a UK and EU tour with a Birmingham date. The problem was the presale went live when I couldn’t do anything (and the Spotify one didn’t come through) so I had to wait for general sale yesterday.
And, like with Sleep Token last year getting a ticket was a nightmare. I was on the site on time and the tickets had gone in minutes. So I had to keep refreshing in case one came up though most of the time as soon as they came up they were gone before I could add them. Eventually I was able to add one only to find it was ‘Mastercard preferred ’ which basically meant you could only pay by Mastercard which… what the fuck is that?
After an hour I did manage to get one I was able to do (thanks mum letting me do it) so yay I’m going to be seeing him again! (And despite the annoyance I am proud of him for selling out in under a day, even though a fair few were scummy resellers taking advantage)
Any joy was short lived cause when I came downstairs there was a letter and just… ugh.
So cause of the UC transferred I’m being moved from what I was on to it. I had been told that I would get one final full payment as part of the transfer (twice!) and that was meant to be Monday. Instead I had this letter which said there was a payment only it was a quarter of what I should have. Of course that makes me panic and stress further than I already was (especially cause of the coming appointment).
I left a message on the UC site but don’t expect them to be helpful so I’ll have to raise it at the appointment. There is a number on the letter to call but when mum had issues before hitting pension age they weren’t helpful and also what if the payment is there Monday as it should be?
I’m trying my best not to focus on it until I either hear back or see the payment isn’t there but of course mum’s all worked up. It doesn’t help that money was for the food shop (and that mum had one of her dumb bracelets when her money went in Wednesday) so of course she’s stressed (especially when I came down this morning) which in turn makes me stressed even more and just… ugh.
I hate how badly planned out the whole thing is, like this is being inflicted on thousands of people and they’re still pulling stunts like this? It’s so frustrating.
****
Better things though.
Last night I finished Superliminal. Most of the puzzles are really clever if a little tricky to pull off, though towards the end? They became downright obtuse and I wouldn’t have been able to work them out (I had a walkthrough so I didn’t miss stuff, but even with that I did). Still it was on game pass and it was pretty good, despite the added frustration.
Two more of the Agatha Christie books I’ve been collecting came today, this one with the magazines that came with them. They were the first ones I’ve got with the magazines so I was curious what they’d be and one does seem interesting cause it covers Agatha’s disappearance. I’ll read them properly when I read the books. But damn the cover had the price they were originally (in 2002) and they were £4.99! For a magazine and a hardback book! That’s like, a crazy bargain damn.
Also reading I read some more of The Mystery Of The Three Quarters and I finished the first quarter and I’ve found it has suckered me in a bit. Mums gonna extend the lone of the book so I’ll hopefully finish it this week.
But otherwise the stress has made me so low energy and bleh which is so annoying. I might try and watch something in a bit but I dunno what. I didn’t disc switch to Inferno cause I didn’t feel like I’d be in the right mindset (i was right) so I’ll look for something on a player. What though, I’m not sure yet. We’ll see.
For now I’ve got Midna here for snuggles and I wanna try and go on Fortnite, though the switch is awol again, so maybe not.
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*end rant before I get more pissed off at these ghouls*
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