Ach, it's definitely one of those weeks. I'm at Maman's at present - she's just come out of hospital after having two cysts and her gallbladder removed, she's having to have blood thinning injections every day, which is another thing all by itself, as Niece is too squeamish to do them. I'm not happy about it, but I'm doing the best I can.  I've ( Read more... )

If I do not rant I may murder my housemate ( Read more... )

He's come round to visit my mother and talk has come around to employment wisdom for his little sister, who is currently trying not to tell him to go sit on a rusty fence post.

Firstly, his talk about how you need to accept a work life that consumes your time and exhausts you is ableist and ageist as fuck. 'It's necessary if you want to progress' ( Read more... )

At other people, at myself, in ways many and varied ( Read more... )

This holiday is turning out to be anything but. In the last three days, I've had racism,religious bigotry, food policing, fat-shaming, amateur psychiatry, the fat-girl's-hell that is clothes shopping in standard retail stores, single-shaming, introvert overstimulation and bawling kids. I have a stomach ache from the stress and my aunt's bowel- ( Read more... )

Well, a lot has happened. I'm coming up on three months after my impression of the Human Clamshell and the Hospital Stay from Hell. I haven't written very much for a while, but it's been mostly boring and hanging around at my mum's while my gut takes its sweet time healing. I'm feeling pretty frustrated at present, largely due to not being able to ( Read more... )

I've been actively jobhunting for the grand total of two weeks, and already I am several parts beyond the point of done ( Read more... )

Well, Someone is testing me. I wish they'd stop, as it's getting beyond a joke ( Read more... )

It's been ages since I last posted, but I had a lot of stuff on one way and another ( Read more... )

Housework is a terrible reason for a nervous breakdown ( Read more... )