Not only have i got Pendulum going round my brain in my dreams ..so odd to wake up singing to urself!!!... but im acting like a pendulum too. Got a low grade anxiety going on that makes me feel sick all the time and cant sleep when im supposed to..luckily i have nocturnal friends so walking the dog at 4am is not lonely ( Read more... )

Well, i should be sipping sangria in a spanish villa now and dipping my toes in a starlit pool but NO!! Instead im stuck in wet, cold, bloody England and have to drive for 6 hrs to the passport office because i forgot to update my kids passport!!!! GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Id like to say that it didnt get me!! BUT............ I was blissfully unaware of the date until i went shopping and the checkout guy reminded me. I made some lame joke that id probably crash the car now he told me that. Then i immediately went outside, locked the keys in the car and it began to pelt with rain!! gAH!!

Yesterday was an odd day. Woke up at 1am to an earthquake. Er yes..i know this is Yorkshire but 5.3 on the Richter scale meant pictures were falling off the walls and the bed was shaking as though i was in California ( Read more... )

yay!! had a brilliant weekend!! On Saturday Adam sponsored the local match so we got to sit in the directors box, eat a slap up meal, meet the players and watch Sheffield Wednesday beat Cardiff. Football royalty for a day! The newspaper ran an article on the diving team so Emily got her face in the paper! My Sister went to Wales so i had a very ( Read more... )

Morning world! Gale force winds and lashing rain! Lovely but actually quite cathartic..feel like its scouring away the old year. Just starting to get a grip on normal life again and instead of making loads of new resolutuions my main thing is to resume my life before dad took it over! All the small simple pleasures will be re-established now that i ( Read more... )

This time of year seems to do some weird and wonderful things to people. I dont know whether its the lack of sunlight, the pressure of the end of the year or the enforced jollity and proximity to other people but ive seen seeing more depression, suicide attempts and illness than at any other time of year. That said i have none of those although i ( Read more... )

Put all my energies the past few months into getting support for Dad and learning what happens in dementia. It has taken all my time and ive neglected friends, hobbies and the rest of my family. Sorry guys ( Read more... )

Referred my Dad for a care assessment and found hes got all the classic symptoms of dementia. It doesnt surprise me but i was shocked that someone had put a name to it and am trying to get a grip on what i need to do next ( Read more... )

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