FIngers crossed for the future!

I am pretty far from well adjusted; I've just got really good at maintaining a veneer of coping over the years. And even then, you'd be surprised how often that isn't enough ;-)

I stayed up late just to post on here, as the time difference usually means it's been going on for hours before I join. Hoping everyone's well and feeling loved and if not, then there's a Brit here willing to give a hug, virtual or in person, if needed.

Ok, this has drawn me out of my self imposed exile (hey, I’m surprised I lasted as long as it did).

I'm going away now, for a while, and I'll come back when I feel better

I find myself again wishing that mental health services were easier, if not quicker, to access. I feel like my mind is going down “that road” again; familiar, unwelcome thoughts are returning and I’m getting irritable and easily triggered again. I’m good at maintaining a veneer of doing and feeling okay, and I know…

It was just sick of being Co-oped up all day...

3 words: Brown. Furry. Gilet.

Would I wear for 100 days, or have worn for 100 days? Because I have come close with jeans...

He needs to be the star of a children’s book series, right now!

I’m in and out of a Neonatology unit as part of my job at the moment and I have untold respect for the parents and their bravery and the dedication of the staff, nurses and doctors, to their work.

I loved that film, but I don’t know how much of it I could watch now without cringing. Great soundtrack though. That, and Bull Durham

Some of these stories almost make me glad I was a shy, perhaps not-very-emotional-intelligent teen who missed out on so much of this drama. I was either too unconfident to initiate anything, or completely missed any cues that someone might've liked me...

I guess you edited your original post, but good luck!

I have dreamed of this.....

Dammit lost one of our cats to poisoning a couple of days ago, we don’t know if it was by accident, misadventure or purpose but we all still miss her. Keep thinking of when she was a kitten and used to fall asleep sucking my little finger or how, if you rubbed in front of her ears long and hard enough, she'd dribble…

My pleasure!

Bah, I’m ready for Autumn (perhaps my favourite season). Got some jackets I'm waiting to wear...

Live it up, and get ready to kick ass Monday!

I somehow managed to develop shingles as a child (as in pre-teen), and remained the youngest person my GP saw with it right up until his retirement. Which I take as another sign my body is predestined to be old before its time.