Time will tell in Stuff

I'm sending back the Stretchpad that I ordered during the Black Friday sales.  It's shit.  Such a gimmick.  They just sold it quite well online.  I tried it once, decided that if I keep using it, I'll put my neck out, so it's gotta go.  It's got a bunch of inflatable chambers that inflate to three different intensities, and I had mine on the lowest one, and felt like I was going to put out both my neck and my back lol.  I was lucky to be able to walk afterwards.  It just seemed really pointless to keep it.  It would make a lot more sense to go and spend money on an actual massage rather than just lay there and let air chambers move my neck and back different directions.  A really good product for lazy people, I suppose.  I found it to seem a little bit dangerous, plus I also think I am far too tall for it.  I don't think my body parts lined up with where the air chambers are.  There's no warnings on the website that I can see that stage how short or tall someone needs to be to use this thing.  I gave it a good amount of time last night but I doubt I'll use it again.  They seem to have a decent returns policy within 30 days, so I contacted them and a got a reply, but the 'Happiness Coordinator' wants to know what my issue with the product is.  So I was honest.  I said I feel the product isn't what I expected, that I'm too tall for it and that it isn't for me.  I have yet to receieve a reply to that email yet, which is annoying, as I was hoping to send it back before the weekend and Christmas week, but oh well.  I'll get there.

We're still on the hunt for a new place to live.  We gotta be out of here by Jan 21st, so a month from now.  There seems to be a bit available.  We've looked at four places so far, and one I would apply for.  Two places we looked at had tenants home while we had a look, which I think is weird.  One that I did like, I couldn't see what the bathroom looked like, as one of the tenants was taking a shower lol.  Umm, I need to see what the bathroom looks like?  Reason being, another place in the city that we looked at (that is asking $800 per week) had shower heads that were SO low, it was immediately out for me.  My housemate hated that it had windows that didn't open, so that was another nope.  Not paying $800 for those two negatives - unable to shower and no fresh air lol.  The tenants were home at that place also, and there was water all over the floor for some reason.  The real estate agent was yelling at them, asking them why and telling them to clean it up.  Jeesh haha.

I'm looking at a place tomorrow that is in the building that I used to live in.  I do miss living there, tbh.  It was a hell of a lot better than here, and the only reason I left is cos we got kicked out.  The rent will be $240 more per week than when I first moved into there in 2019, which goes to show how fucked the cost of living is here.  I've been trying to sell it to my housemate, but of course he's away tomorrow so can't even see it.  They sent me an email saying I could apply for it "sight unseen", but there's no way in hell I'm doing that.  Anyway, I'll have a look tomorrow morning, see if there's a roof intact, and let my housemate know when I see him.  

I'm still having side effects from taking four pills of that medication.  I've never experienced anything like it.  I know it's TMI but I don't care here - I'm glad I'm on a day off because I had to rush to the bathroom at least six or seven times today.  Apparently it can take 2 months for the side effects to go away.  Two months of this!?  God I hope not.

Christmas week at work should be interesting.  We're only closed on Christmas day, so will see how I go.  I have to do a shortened shift on Monday, and an extra shift on Tuesday, just to do markdowns to try and clear chiller stock on the day we're closed.  I'll be off to the Gold Coast to my older brother's place on Christmas Day, and I'll have to get a bus there, since they always do track work on the train lines over the Christmas period.  I believe my younger brother will be leaving for back home after staying with my mother ever since dad's funeral, so then I'll have to worry about my mum's wellbeing and how she'll cope in that house alone without dad.  Apparently she's bought a whole new lounge set, and has sold the BT50 and has the caravan up for sale, so I think when a few things are gone, things might feel a bit different?  Time will tell.