My main problem is that a great deal of the structure of my week remains the same. The media, social media, everything is talking about how life has changed and it has – queuing for supermarkets, not getting to close to people, most of my LARP activities have been cancelled. However, my work week remains … Read More
Walking up to the park I passed two parked police cars in the St Martin’s driveway. I had a brief and strangely familiar sinking sensation. My letter declaring me a council approved keyworker was in my handbag which I had left at home. Of course I didn’t need it because I was walking. Blue sky … Read More
I’ve done pretty well really. It’s taken about two months of extra soap and water to start killing my skin. From the get go I’ve been moisturising as well. Palmers products during the day and then Dermol 500 at night. I’m back on a mild steroid cream morning and night. Those long soaks in vinegar, … Read More
I did not sleep well last night. Got to sleep in good time and then at oneish the Jellicle thinks I might be awake so calls out at my door to see. I didn’t get back to sleep for another three hours. 8:30 sharp I’m making breakfast and on the local discord server “morning bus … Read More
I love the game I run for my antipodean friends but I do not love the time difference. I love the buzz that GMing gives me, there is a great deal of fun in creating stories with your friends. I started out a shared narrative roleplayer, tomorrow I’m DMing Dungeons and Dragons so that’s a … Read More
Once, when I was ten or eleven and I and my family were on holiday in the south of France, we went to a beach the day after a storm. The waves were like nothing I’d seen before and like nothing I’ve seen since, though I’m sure they grew in my imagination. In my memory … Read More
Working for my first client as a support worker I learnt to put together afternoon tea with a proper tray. Because if you’re chronically ill you make enjoying tea an occasion and do it properly with sugar in a bowl and lemon slices. When I worked as a cleaner I adored the women I shared … Read More
Tonight at 8pm, in common with an awful lot of people on my street I came to my window and clapped. I didn’t come to my door in case next door did as the front doors are right next to each other. There was a shout of “pay the NHS”, I’m given to understand that … Read More
One reason I’m feeling very ‘waiting for the other shoe to drop’ is because of my usual crisis reaction. If something bad is happening I never (or almost never) react in the moment. Upset isn’t useful so I push it to one side and it happens later when I can deal with it. The problems … Read More
I had today off. I spent it dyeing my hair. I played some Minecraft on a shared server and some multiplayer Stardew Valley. It was all very gentle and mostly involved making things look nice on a screen. I didn’t go out all day and I feel so much less stressed than I have in … Read More
