i got my pay slip from my new job (well, the online version), which caught up all the money they owed me for last month, which was too late to go through. with my old job's salary, that means £2000 going into my bank in the next few days.
i can pay back what i had to borrow from my (pathetic) savings to live on over the past few months, on and off, and start saving again.
the first time i've been financially secure for years: i won't be well off, but at least i won't have to worry about finding money to live.