I'm in a place called vertigo...

Yes, the dreaded vertigo has returned. And to those who do not know, no, its not fear of heights, thats 'Acrophobia'; I found a good description here:
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Vertigo is a false sensation of motion or spinning that leads to dizziness and discomfort.

So basically, I feel like I'm on the waltzer 24/7. This is particularly a problem where Amber is concerned. She likes to be rocked, bounced, lifted, swayed... in fact lifting her up and playing aeroplanes was what set this attack off. Grr. I hate my inner ear. I also have a chest infection so I'm on antibiotics for that. Only 4 doses left tho! I also seem to have a memory problem, as I start typing something and then forget it... Antibiotics make me tearful. Why is that?!

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Other news:

Lets have a game of good thing, bad thing!

• Good: We sold the Rover!
• Bad: Gareth gave it to the bloke on the promise of the money the next day...
• Good: Its not taking up space in front of the local shops any more!
• Bad: When we arrived to pick up the money from the bloke, we discovered he may have done a break and enter on the shop where he worked, and the safe which supposedly had the money he intended to give us has dissapeared and he is nowhere to be found...
• Good: The police picked him and the car up!
• Bad: They let him go, and they let him have the car back... he told them he'd given us some of the money...
• Good: Um, thats it, I've run out of good stuff!
• Bad: I've had to send him a letter giving him 2 weeks in which to return either the car or £400.00 cash to the local police station to be forwarded to us, or I will take him to court.

What the hell are the police thinking of to give him a car he doesnt own? We still have the V5 in my name and no money to show for the car... if they phoned the DVLA they would have been able to confirm that it was in my name and not his. The worst thing is, I'd saved, hard, to be sure that I could pay my credit card bills while I was on maternity. I took all my savings out to buy the Mondeo we bought to replace the Rover, and the money he was supposed to pay us for the car was going back into that. Also some of the money in my savings belonged to Amber - presents family and friends had given us, and I havent got around to setting up an account for yet, which really ticks me off - I felt bad about using that money anyway, without having some low life con me out of it. I really hope that he settles out of court, because I'm stressed enough as it is at the moment without this idiot creating more problems for me.

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The council have been in this week and put in a new kitchen and bathroom and i now have a lovely bath! The kitchen looks great too - or they would do if the tiling, painting and flooring was done... in true council style, they've done half the job and cant tell me when the rest will be completed. There is a huge hole behind my toilet, rubble under the bath, dust on EVERYTHING, plaster falling off the walls where the tiles were taken off, and NO DRAWERS IN THE KITCHEN! Where am I supposed to put cutlery, utensils, towels, and other kitcheny things? Argh!

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Argh! Not having a good week. Looking forward to not having vertigo (soon I hope) and Sam coming the week after next. Thats keeping me going - am hoping that I am well enough to go to Carole's 60th... Its ok. Gareths bought me a lindt rabbit so I feel better for having chocolate :)