So, Christmas 2018 has been and gone. I’m happy to report that we’ve all had a good one, even R. To be honest Christmas does bring lots of going out, interacting with people, and breaks to routine. These can be tricky for lots of people, especially when mental health issues are around, but although I …
Month: December 2018
Before X was born, B and I lived about 3 hours away from our families where we live now. We were planning on driving down on Christmas Eve so we could spend Christmas with our families. We’d planned it all out and were planning on leaving early Christmas Eve morning, it would be Me, B …
We were sat yesterday evening having another present wrapping session, this time it was a bunch for X as we’ve already finished all the ones we need to take to other people. I’m actually the main wrapper in the house, B only wraps the ones for me. This is basically because I am a good …
This week was the week of X’s school nativity, it was all of his year (Reception) plus years 1 and 2. Collectively, years 1 and 2 are apparently now known as “Key Stage One”, I’m feeling myself sounding old at times like this when I say “Oh, you mean infants?”. To be completely honest, I’ve …
Finally got around to building my Fire Station. The set includes the Fire Station itself plus the vintage looking firetruck, quite a large Christmas tree (Biggest I’ve had in a set), a bench and an ice-rink. All in all it’s a very nice looking set when it’s all done. Quite a good build too, love …
B wasn’t too good on Friday, she rang me at work at about 10:30 and I ended up going home because she needed some extra support. I’d just emailed the office to tell them about the sweets and biscuits I’d brought in for everyone, so sadly had to leave them there! ( When I did …
So, it’s been 2 months since I started this blog, and this is post number 50. I’m still enjoying writing, although some things are easier to write than others. I’m hoping that people are getting something out of reading the posts. The five posts that have had the most visits over the last 2 months …
We’ve just put a very tired X into bed, we could tell he was tired because of the tears and semi-tantrums. He had a fantastic couple of hours this afternoon at party for his friend from School, a little girl who we’ll call L. We got the invite a week or two ago and X …
A few nights ago X had another naughty spell before bed, which isn’t too unusual. The outcome of this was a “Right, no stories then you can go straight to bed” from both of us. He finally got into bed and asked for a story, I’d said night night to him and gone downstairs and …
The first thing you need to remember if you discover someone you care about has self harmed is not to panic! I can’t tell you about everybody’s self harm, or what it means for that person, I can just tell you what I have learned over the last few years. I had no knowledge of …