I am allergic to the budgies I accidentally had to adopt - they came to live with me for a few weeks but I ended keeping them as they weren't being looked after. I have been advised by other budgie enthusiasts that they use air purifiers which are helpful.
I just got a voucher from John Lewis so I have to buy it from there.
Cannot be ionising as that would kill the budgies.
Just for the living room which is a very average sized new build.
I rescued two budgies from a bad situation and have been bringing them back to good health, but have since discovered I'm really allergic to them, so need to find them a new home ASAP. Looking for recommendations of bird rescue charities in Edinburgh who will take them and re-home them. I will not give them to an individual person as one of them has more complicated needs, so please don't message me - I want them to go through a rescue place who will do home checks etc.
I'm turning 40 this year, and I'm (hopefully) graduating university. In a moment of madness I thought, I'll have a party!!! I never had a big birthday party, not for my 18th, 21st or 30th and going to uni, and finishing uni is a huge deal for me as I never thought I'd be "that person" having left school at 14. I really wanted to make this birthday special.
Side note, I don't think I can change the date because people are coming from all over the world and have already booked travel and accommodation, it's also that date because my sister who lives far away is having a baby the month after so I wanted to accommodate her so she could still come.
I booked a venue, invited about 40 people..but then life has completely got in the way. My mum has been really ill and has required alot more support both physically and emotionally, my dog got cancer and has been slowly getting worse, he is being put to sleep on Monday. My own health has been worse as a result. All of these things have meant that my dissertation has taken a knock, and I'm now trying to finish it on an extenuating circumstances extension which takes me to the week after the party date.
I went to my friend's party the other day, and there were groups of people who knew each other - I had this horrible moment of realisation, that whilst I know loads of people - none of them really know each other! This could be an awkward disaster!
I haven't sorted food, drinks, entertainment, decorations..I don't have anyone to help me, can't afford a party planner, and I'm running out of time with just a month to go. The venue I picked is literally a (really lovely) big room with it's own kitchen, which I did as I wanted something accessible and not too "pubby" coz I don't drink..but that seems like a big mistake now.
Should I just cancel the whole thing? I don't want to host a party only for it to be a total flop, that would be worse than doing nothing. I just feel so sad that this year, instead of feeling like a big celebration, has just been filled with grief and stress. I feel really stupid for trying to put myself out there 😔
Or should I try to save it? Any tips on making a party come together, how to encourage people who don't know each other have fun?! Or ideas on what to do instead, given I've got people coming from all over the world I'd feel really bad letting them down.
What would you do? I feel like I'm drowning without a life raft here!!