A post of updates

 There we go another Wednesday and another post here.

I'm a bit better than I was people and thanks for the comment left last week, being able to be about a bit more if not fully recovered which did mean I got outdoors to hear the Last Post on Armistice Day from the local Cenotaph being played.

I have walked a short distance this week, going slowly and avoiding jerky actions.

I did have some trouble with an international order whose arrival here got messed up by Hermes as in not arrived but did get my not inconsiderable money back from Ebay after putting a complaint in.

At the site where various stories are read in real time we almost but not quite finished Camp Hangnail by Ursula Vernon with just the last chapter to finish off which has been quite a gripping story about witches, minions, and one fantastic castle.

I struggled with Dragonheart  by the same author probably due to my poor for age reading comprehension and poor short term memory that makes holding on lots of details in a passage hard going.

That seemed to me me written for a Sci-Fi geek.

See you all next week!

Paused edition

 

I could sit by this table all day having a coffee and possibly the next given I'm immobile presently, unable to go out doors and struggling getting about indoors being off my feet. 

It all began early Monday morning in bed and it is taking its time recovering which tends to bring the more negative bits of my attitudes to the fore cos I just prefer being able to do things and soon get frustrated waiting for others to do stuff for me.

It's not that there isn't stuff I could do like read my comics and books it's just I like being active really instead and I can't put records on which is a bit limiting especially when you're expecting a new one any day soon.

Fun and Games edition

Seeing it's the annual Greenland's Bonfire and ghoulish weekend to which a number of my friends are attending, I thought I'd add something from a far as a contribution in kind to that magical spirit.

Pumpkins will be carved making them into lanterns, food will no doubt be consumed and finally that there bonfire will be lit which I think is a British tradition.

It was a bit late finishing Saturday night so we weren't in bed until Sunday morning but then we lost an hour with changing back to GMT which really affected my "spoons" later on.

We did go before people departed for an enjoyable meal at a local gastropub which was extremely tasty and also relatively inexpensive

 

Meanwhile all the stores are gearing up to Christmas time getting new stock  in and starting the promotions for toys and games which kinda reminded me of one we used to play both at school and at home.

The great thing about Junior Scrabble the word based games is there are two tways of playing.Younger players can begin with the exciting, ‘Words and Pictures’, a game expressly created to help with the recognition and formation of complex words. 

someone has mastered that there's ‘Rainbow Scrabble’, which is the more challenging version intended for younger players of age seven and upwards. 

The scoring system is identical to the ‘grown-up’ version, yet far easier to use and keep track of. In a clever move both games are also conveniently located on each side of the board, making it easy to swap from ‘Words and Pictures’ to ‘Rainbow Scrabble’.

Feeding the famished affections

Bits that matter have at times been ignored in this blog because other bigger topics have predominated at times and one is the importance of the relationship between any adult with responsibilities and me as the the adult child.

It isn't enough to say "I'm the adult here" you need to explain carefully about what has concerned you about me and my life whither or not it is because I have been unwell and we all know I was earlier this year for instance  or it is because you needed to chastise me because of things I said or did that impacted on other people or even just me.

It matters that you reveal your love and care for and about me so I cannot mistake that concern for just you just wanting the upper hand with me, that there really is a serious point to all of this.

It is about words, it is about deeds but above all it is about feelings, feelings you can share and make sure I really get by your cuddles, hugs and other aspects of the physical expression of your love and affection.

Given some of the terrible things that have happened in my life, this really matters.

Lending support

 

I've never really been much of a one for cheerleading anyone or anything really as if they or it were the total answer to what might of been needed probably because I'm more accustomed to very much nuanced thought processes.

Things tend to have pluses and minus's in my world be they ideas or the people who bring them in and so alternatives are seldom without merit so things may be more finally balanced for me than perhaps others.

Sometimes people think you're not loyal, totally behind things but for the difference between success and failure lies in having a sense of proportion and the preparedness to seek advice before committing oneself to a course of action and to use it.

It can also mean that when things are just not turning out right, having the humility to accept that and change course before being overtaken by events.

Online welfare

 

Today's message is simple.

Try to spend less time staring at that thing as if your live depended upon it.

Keep tabs on what sort of content comes in your your stream: does it it make you anxious, depressed or feel like self harming?

Is it keeping you up at night?

Try to find people who you can trust to talk about what you've seen if it's troubling you.

If a site is a worry because of things like child pr0n, inappropriate content or otherwise harmful report it.

That's all folks!

The topsy turvey week

 

It's a New Month although I not sure about celebrating the fact with all this chaos and worry about like my mate Money going down the pan last week when someone appeared to get their sums badly wrong.

I mean if I said I'd let some one pay less but borrow the money cover it without showing how I'd repay you do you think they'd just let me do that.

Sometimes you need to borrow money because letting things just contract could cost us more in the longer term but you do need to transparent about it because ultimately it comes from other people.

That thankfully seems to have stopped after last weeks mayhem but it does make me wonder just what of  guidance they get.

I'm just glad my money has some value now.