I *have* to wash my hair. It's been *cough* 12 days. Hoping to get back some kind of proper functioning, or at least better functioning, soon. Going to go and shower now.

Reactivated Hello Fresh as I have discount codes for 5 boxes. Hoping it will spur me into improving my diet a bit. I just get 2 meals for 2 people, which gives me 4 meals in a week.

I think I'll ride the caffeine high and clean the fridge before settling on the sofa to chill with my book.

Sorted out my Warm Home Discount. They sent a letter asking for further details. It's because there is a discrepancy with my address. Same last year. I'm on a roll after the coffee I had earlier. Must have been rocket fuel lol

It looks like I'm covering an outreach tomorrow morning for work

The list keeps growing. A few months post hospital discharge and I might finally be able to gradually work through it

BTW, I deserve a medal. We went round all the Christmas displays and decorations at the garden centre and I resisted buying anything *takes a bow*

Cut bills. Tax billionaires. This morning speaking to Sky News with @gndrising.bsky.social youtu.be/j95ornZRUHI?...

Just got back from the garden centre with friends. Feel sick from the car ride in the back with the kids after a massive slab of cake lol

Blimey, I'm knackered. Going for coffee with a couple of friends this morning. Might take a sneaky peak at the structure and content of the supervisor training that lies ahead this afternoon.

My bedroom lamp is flickering. Anyone remember where the safe place is I kept the spare bulb? I don't want to use the big light #firstworldproblems

I once accidentally clicked on an ingrown toenail removal video clip on Facebook. Must have been ages ago. Now each time I scroll I see thumbnails of similarly gross videos. Make it stop 🤮

Oh dear. Lancs U16s are losing and the match is nearly over. I took my night Q later, so I could be updated by my sist.

I was a lifelong Labour voter - a traditional fit for an advice worker. I do not agree w the extreme right wing policies. Final straw has been the persecution of disabled people and those on low income, in order to protect the people who line their pockets *waves @zackpolanski.bsky.social*

Finished The Whispers. Annoying ending. Next up is The Patient by Tim Sullivan. I don't think I've read any of his before

Go ginge

The Creatives4Sudan auction is open! There's so many amazing items to bid on, all the money goes to the community kitchen of the Sudan Solidarity Collective who have been feeding and caring for displaced people. app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

Time to read/snooze

Guess who is being asked to do supervisor training

Good news! My friend was considering moving but she isn't anymore. Yay, I can have them 5 mins walk away for longer. We've known each other since we were 11 and when I moved here we've been able to see each other a lot more than recent years

Downpour was awful. I'm soaked through to my underwear! Just on a bus home

@samwhyte.bsky.social She's done it again from a free kick

I mean, I can hardly blame him. Who didn't spend most of their time in design tech electronics class creating ever increasing blobs of solder and burning their names into the protective wooden boards?

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

Time for Bailey's and book in bed. Finished Ruth Ware's The Turn of the Key earlier today. Next up is The Whispers by Ashley Audrain

Is it bedtime yet?

Finally 25 mins later, it's been delivered. I have to go down to meet them otherwise they don't give me time to get to the door.

Came down to the door over 10 mins ago because Yodel map went from saying 1 stop away to just showing the van round the corner. Where the heck is he?!

It's that time of year

After months of feeling low, I think my mood has been a little better this week. Still struggling with self care etc. Arm looks a mess. The aim is to do some washing up at some point this afternoon. First up, though, is lazing on the sofa to read.

It was good post today. Replacement chain for my cross after hospital incident. Card for friend who got a new job. Photo card for Kara's birthday. I also got a letter about warm home discount, wanting me to get in touch. I had to last yr too b/c there is a slight address issue

I'm having a lazy day today. The only thing I have planned is seeing my friend for a brew at my friend's that lives round the corner. Hoping for cuddles from my godson. He is adorable. I wonder if he's still calling me daddy today lol

if i can give up my beloved year-end roundup for spotify and a decade-long family plan that we all loved and relied on, and switch to qobuz, so can you (normies seem to like tidal more but i'm happy with my dumbly named music app)

Every minute spent talking about the cost-of-living when you could be acting on it is wasted.

Home and in pyjamas

Sounds like something Not Food would say.

Trust me, if you reduced disability benefits, it wouldn’t make anyone better off… at least not anyone who isn’t already rich. And no, disability benefits aren’t the reason you’re struggling financially.

Just waiting for a bus to the train station. Going to Middlebrook (Bolton) to meet one of my besties for lunch to celebrate her birthday. It was her birthday on Sunday just gone.

Just ordered Kara's birthday card. She's going to be 16! How did that happen?

I'm so pleased. My friend works in what can only be described as a toxic environment. She's kept going in despite this and when unwell. She's just heard she's been offered a new job somewhere else.

I napped 😴

Phone going on to charge. Finally going to make a start on this book as I've been too tired to read the past couple of evenings

Just bought a bottle of Bailey's from Tesco Express on my way past. It was on offer for £11 and I had a £2.50 club card voucher. Christmas has officially begun

Checking through my inbox and deleting emails. Came across a load to the CQC, police, etc accusing them of colluding with the spies and trapping me on a ward with them when I was inpatient in the summer. Awkward

I fell into the bakery...

Finished work. Busy. Just got on a bus home. New DLC for Disney Dreamlight Valley is due out at 2pm. Eek!

Exhausted. Super anxious. However, after work today, the new DLC for Disney Dreamlight Valley is due to be in the Nintendo shop at 2pm.

The training today has broken my already broken brain. It did, however, cement once again how I'm totally suited and interested in advice work.

Finished my training day online. Exhausted

On an online training session being put on by AdviceNow. It's about Local Authority Support for People with No Recourse to Public Funds. The morning has been excellent. I've learnt a lot that I can disseminate to the other advisers in the office.