New Year.

[Gramaisc]

I spent yesterday in the Shed, as part of another damp day.

The cat didn't turn up and I don't remember even speaking to any of the birds.

I got quite a few odds and ends done, and they all count in the end.

I did do the month-end copying of photos from the date-sequence into categories, to make ones from the past easier to find.

I also uploaded all my Round The Horne CDs onto the Shed computer, so I have all 35 hours available on demand now.

Today, I started making a bespoke light fitting, having hit on the 'right way' yesterday. I should have read the water meter today, but it was just too miserable to get at it.

The rain here has ceased for a few hours now, so a trip to the second-nearest acceptable pub will probably be attempted, in order to see if my fix of the door handle on the stove has survived better this time. It proved impossible to get an airtight seal on the door last week, after someone had turned the handle the wrong way. This resulted in the fire burning at a very high rate - winding the clock above it was a task that had potential for excitement - it took me five goes to complete it, as the heat threatened to set fire to my trousers.

 

[Mudgie]

I couldn't bring myself to celebrate. I miss my Dad and it was our first Xmas and New Year without him. Year to the day we learned his diagnosis so I'm just feeling sad now. I spent the evening watching things, rest of the family were gaming and chatting with friends over the internet.

That's sad.
I couldn't be doing with gaming and chatting with friends over the internet.

 

[Gadget]

That's sad.
I couldn't be doing with gaming and chatting with friends over the internet.

Also @EasMid who liked your post. I wrote a long reply, but decided that I really don't want to tell you the complicated and yes, f'cking sad, story of our lives. We socialise in the only way that is possible for us. We don't have the luxury of 'popping' out. I last left the house on the 13th of December apart from to get my bin in from the bottom of the drive. I don't mean, I've been to the shop etc, just not anywhere nice. I literally mean I have not left the boundary of my home since then. No you most likely couldn't cope with that, most reasonable people can't. It will, has, does drive you crazy, I have MH issues coming out of my ears because of it. I don't have a choice, so we make the best of it. If that includes talking to the friends we made across the world via the internet to stay sane (alive in my case) then that is what we will do.
I'm very happy that you don't have the kind of life I do, it is NO life. Enjoy it! I miss my old life, there were people and places, there were pubs, social events, societies I was an active member of. I used to love travelling. Now there are rarely people and even more rarer places. That's why I get so excited and actually mention on here that I left the house. So spare me a thought next time you spend time with a friend or loved one you don't live with. I would love, love, to do that. I miss my family, I miss seeing my friends. You are so very lucky.

 

[Mudgie]

Also @EasMid who liked your post. I wrote a long reply, but decided that I really don't want to tell you the complicated and yes, f'cking sad, story of our lives. We socialise in the only way that is possible for us. We don't have the luxury of 'popping' out. I last left the house on the 13th of December apart from to get my bin in from the bottom of the drive. I don't mean, I've been to the shop etc, just not anywhere nice. I literally mean I have not left the boundary of my home since then. No you most likely couldn't cope with that, most reasonable people can't. It will, has, does drive you crazy, I have MH issues coming out of my ears because of it. I don't have a choice, so we make the best of it. If that includes talking to the friends we made across the world via the internet to stay sane (alive in my case) then that is what we will do.
I'm very happy that you don't have the kind of life I do, it is NO life. Enjoy it! I miss my old life, there were people and places, there were pubs, social events, societies I was an active member of. I used to love travelling. Now there are rarely people and even more rarer places. That's why I get so excited and actually mention on here that I left the house. So spare me a thought next time you spend time with a friend or loved one you don't live with. I would love, love, to do that. I miss my family, I miss seeing my friends. You are so very lucky.

I commented that it was sad and you have emphasised how very much that is so.
Yes, I know I am lucky and have recently commented how much I appreciate some aspects of my health being better than might be expected at my age.