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I saw what could possibly be the perfect job for me - except that it's temporary. It's a literal 10 minute walk from where I live, or a three-minute bike ride. It's project coordination. So, my main goal is to apply to that job over the course of today. I'd make more money, I wouldn't need to spend money on even public transportation. If I got something permanent there later, I could even cut back on the dog-walking since the dog-walker is looking to focus on training and just keep her on enough to keep Jake acclimated to her for pet-sitting.

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Patrick has still been eating takeaways in spite of the doctors telling him he needs to lose 40lbs in three months so they can do a procedure on him. He's also drunk himself sick and is throwing up this morning. But I'm done trying to convince him to live healthier. My new outlook is to just try and ensure the house is well-maintained and paid for because apparently this guy is intent on killing himself before he's 45. We've already had the 'you're drinking too much' conversation three times this year, which means he is literally drinking himself sick at least once a month.

With high blood pressure. With doctors telling him he's dangerously overweight. But if he's not listening to them he's not going to listen to me. And I give up. The main problem is if he keeps drinking himself sick this frequently, I'm going to basically have to start figuring out how I buy him out of the house and tell him he needs to move out, because the last time he was doing that I told him he was either going to stop or we couldn't be housemates anymore.

At first, I thought it was just celebratory that he wasn't living with his parents anymore. Now that we've been here five months... I'm wondering if subconsciously, he's also thinking no one can touch him for doing it. But, if that's what he thinks, he's got another think coming. I'll quickly tell him he can stop contributing to bills and get moved out before living with someone drinking himself sick all the time.

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My dreams of buying the house next door are apparently not out of the question. The tenant currently in there is NIHE, but it's temporary accommodation and the house isn't actually owend by NIHE anymore, it's privately owned but being loaned out to NIHE as part of dealing with the housing shortage. So, there is the possibility (especially as temp accommodation NIHE can run for years) that we might be able to save the money, get the mortgage paied down, and then buy the house next door. Which would make doing updating, repairs, etc. much easier.

Next week is shaping up to be really busy, and I'm not sure all of how I'm going to get everything done.

I ended up ditching the interview Tuesday. They sent me up the stairwell, and whilst I normally take stairwells, taking stairwells straight up to an interview when the stairwell is 30-40 degrees is not cool. By the time I got up three flights of stairs - especially in interview clothes - I was hardly fit for interview. And the building said a different company name. I bailed.

But when it rains it pours and I tentatively have a project coordinator interview next week. I think. They tried to invite me Monday, which doesn't work as an office day, so I asked them if they had any way to fit me in Friday, which I already had off for annual leave. Hopefully I can figure out a bettter interview outfit before then because I'm broke. 'Broke' anyway. I cut everything to the quick this month, figuratively speaking, cutting down credit limits. Still thinking it's a shame because I like the company where I work, and it has good benefits. But I can't stay there knowing I'll never move up. I'd like to get to a point where I'm making an average to above-average income. So that was pretty much that when they basically told me that there was no way to move up from being an admin unless they specifically put you in estates or compliance or whatever.

I also have my first meet and greet for an ad-hoc dog-walking client next week, they just need coverage on a Sunday. I'll be excited to use my Halifax account again. Any secondary income I'm putting straight into overpayments, so hopefully in future years I'll get closer to 20% overpayments anyway.

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On the house front - I was doing the maths and I don't think I really need to get more than £6,000 overpaid each year. I mean it'd be nicer to overpay the fully 20% each year, but looking at my income level and wanting to also put money into savings and retirement accounts, £6,000 gets the basics of where I want to go - the mortgage would be less than £400/month by 2030, so not a big deal if we got a second house. Especially if Patrick is also saving £500 into the joint account, meaning we'd have a hefty sum for a possible down payment on another place. Then we could be neighbours.