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Nearly Christmas

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Hi, How’s things with you dear reader? Are you nearly sorted for Christmas and the festive period? At Jones Towers, Child 2.0 and I have been out for the Late Night Big Shop™️ and we’re now fully stocked for festivities. Oddly enough, Wee Man used to enjoy the near midnight outing and so does Child 2.0. Maybe there’s something magical about being out & about while folk are turning in for the night. I’ve noticed prices have gone up compared to last year. That’s even with not buying any booze, given the Ever Lovely Mrs J and I don’t drink. I’m thinking some more soft drinks may be in order from the local Co-op. We’ve also cut back on gifts […]

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Xmas Do 2023

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Hi, For Yours Truly here, the festive break starts today. Due to child care needs, and having had fewer long holidays this year, I’ve got days off to be used up. So, that’s me done until the New Year. A very pleasant way to spend the last few weeks of December. I feel rather lucky in that. The Ever Lovely Mrs J is still going in as she’s got things to finish off. Likewise, Child 2.0 hasn’t finished this term yet. Only a few more sleeps to go, though! To use a modern phrase, it feels very much like a gift of time. Not just time away from the hamster wheel of the typical weekday, but with that, the freedom […]

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Gratitude

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Hi, So, how many sleeps until Christmas? I am looking forward to time off with my family and enjoying a break from the five day school/work/walk/tidy hamster wheel. Child 2.0 is currently embroiled in mock GCSEs, so he could really do with some rest, bless him. Headspace This week I had my first appointment with a counsellor through work. I put in the request around summer – when Things Were Not Quite Okay in the State of Lynmark (hello, classic Brit understatement 😁). There’s been quite a queue and given the mental health issues – exacerbated by a lack of funding to the NHS (apparently we have enough money to send 240mil to Rwanda, though 🙄) – well, you can […]

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What you already have

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Hi, One of those inbetweenie weeks this time around. Well, I guess you could argue that’s every week when you’re an somewhat in-between genderfluid person. 🙂 McTwitch Due to me not checking my prescription properly, I ran out of anti-anxiety meds at the start of the week. Oopsie! I quite enjoyed feeling like I had a little less brain fog and I wondered if I was okay to just gently drift through the Christmas holidays. While, thankfully, I didn’t have the biting return of the Panic Goblins, I very much had a spell via McTwitch, as my flight drive kicked in, while I was fixing the printer. Yeah, so no great shakes – no pun intended – and a gentle […]

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Unhurried

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Hi, Today has been a gift of unhurried time. No back to back meetings, no traffic troubles, and nowhere to be. Nowhere except a long walk through a glorious Autumn day with the Ever Lovely Mrs J and the hounds. Well, nowhere except for stopping off for an early lunch midway 😉 This is how a good day off rolls. Oh, and the afternoon Forty Winks wasn’t half had either! 😌 Slack Friday Despite the email surge of offers and app pings attempting temptation, I am oddly unmoved to buy anything this time around. I’m not sure if this is a good or bad thing, the me In years previous, I would have searching for a new party dress or […]

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What did you do in the culture wars, Granny Lynn?

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Hi, So we’re midway through November and we’re into Trans Awareness Week. If you’re not aware of it, it’s a period of time where anti hate policies are activated on social media and angertainment creators take a much deserved break from holding us diabolical trans people to account… Oh, who am I kidding! 😁 In more civilised areas that’s not the case. Indeed it’s been so rather lovely to see a surge of good news stories about trans folk and their lives. To read about people just getting on; hearing how getting who they need to be helps; and how to be a good ally; etc. Which brings me around to this evening’s post and an perhaps an odd intersection. […]

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