It's Christmas Day evening here and I made it through.

I wish I had known last year that it would be the last Christmas I had with my Grandma. Her funeral was four weeks ago today and I really REALLY struggled all day today, which was not very convenient because I was hosting 15 people for Christmas from my Mum's side of the family and so couldn't just hide away.

I just ... I really love him..

My Mum did this to a local "celebrity" once... he was a local newsreader and just an awful man in general.. she worked at a doctor's surgery and he walked in, announced who he was (she knew but didn't acknowledge) and demanded to see a doctor immediately... she advised that they had no appointments for several hours…

my message as an Aussie replaces "can't give up your silly accents" with "can't give up your vegemite" ...

Me too... although it was maybe 5 seconds... and 2 of those were deciding whether I should open the story because I am work... but then I remembered I am alone in the office so fuck it I will do what I want...

I think we need a support group .... also... don't forget Never Mind the Buzzcocks....

Starred for that reference.... One of my top three episodes of Coupling.

Thank you... I keep wondering if I was reading the same book as everyone else, mainly because, of the three I would place Mockingjay as my overall favourite. I love the whole trilogy but Mockingjay was the only one that had me up reading until 3am on a work night because I had to know what was coming next and couldn't…

I just want to say thank you to everyone who offered me kind words on my post yesterday. I think I just really needed to hear from other people that it was okay.

Plus side... it is making me feel a whole lot better about it all knowing it isn't just me with my irrational loathing of a story I once loved...

Thank you.. we had a lot of fun together when I was a kid, she took me to my first play when I was four and continued taking me to live performances until I was 17, she also introduced me to almost all of my favourite book characters.

I know there is no schedule... it has just taken me by surprise because, I am the crier in my family but with this loss I just feel strangely calm, sad but calm, and worried about my Grandpa and while I know it isn't right all I keep thinking is that I need to be the strong one this time.

Thank you..

As a fellow writer... completely... I am just coming back to my book after sort of pushing it to one side for a little bit because I was resenting it so much...

Done :-)

My Grandma died yesterday morning, my Saturday, I am so very very sad but I still haven't cried and I don't know why. This is a photo of her about the time I was born, I was the first grandchild and always made to feel extra special because of it.

You get all of my applause ... Lizard King, I am going to adopt that if you don't mind... my Dad in particular will love it.... he is so vocal in his opposition to our PM that several family members, including my sister (his only other child) have considered unfollowing him on Facebook LOL

As a fellow Australian, thank you for this... I actually sent an e-mail to Jezebel earlier this week trying to get attention brought to his whole 'Violence against women isn't torture and our government isn't responsible for preventing it' speech he made last Monday to the UN and yet instead of attention being brought…

This tweet sums up my feelings about him perfectly....