thread on which to be factitiously Mentally Normal (NOS)

[Mitchy1nge]

nobody was wondering but not only am I still alive, the horribleness of my back pain has completely stopped is all a bit tender and traumatised but hooray for me

and partial hooray for the weirdness that is tramadol I suppose

lowest reading for ages on scales this morning

I know it is not a reflection of yesterday's excesses, rather the restriction in the weeks leading up to that, but is still nice of it as I head out to this lunch party - so bring on the motherfucking mince pies

I need some motivation to pack (going Tuesday, but need to make sure I have enough clean clothes etc)

Boozy drinks party shortly. I've drawn the short straw and am driving :-(

mental I hope it goes ok apart from the lack of alcohol

I can't stop yawning today. Can I blame that on the lithium? Or is it just because I went to bed too late?

you can if you like caulk, I think some people do find it sedating

how's the packing going snowy? How long are you away for?

hope you enjoy the drinks party anyway mp

I was a bit tipsy in charge of a horse or two today, figured there was enough left in my tummy from yesterday to soak upa few glasses of mulled wine. Brown horse took advantage when we rode out with my long lost friend and cantered off on unsuitable ground, bliss, then he let himself into an empty stable and refused to come out so I had to make a bed around him I guess he is in for the winter then or Christmas at least

still making nut butters enpo?

I'm away Tuesday til Friday. More packing to be done tomorrow/Tuesday.

Brown horse sounds like he knows his own mind!

No more nut butters Mitch. Am feeling all Christmassy after my roast goose dinner. Went round Mavis's about 5.30 but it all went strange after about a couple of hours when it became clear that I wanted to go home and have dinner and she'd assumed DP and I would be staying for much longer than a couple of hours. Strange arguments ensued and I left when she asked me to but from the texts we've exchanged since, you'd think nothing had happened. All very odd.

Hope everyone's okay this evening.

he has always been encouraged to express himself snowy but that's not always such a great approach in an animal that weighs about 500kg

roast goose sounds very warming, there's something about the cold that makes me want animal fat but instead roasted aubergine, courgettes cherry tomatoes peppers and red onion with Harissa paste and feta which was filling and tasty

then #1 arrived from Berlin (was meant to go too :() with presents and pleas for childcare tomorrow from 6am to 11pm UGH but she is interviewing a nanny soon so mustn't grumble (I will, obviously, do loads of grumbling)

am so bloated from all this eating my grandson told me I had a baby in my tummy we looked at pictures of pregnant tummies at various stages of pregnancy and I'm about 30 weeks according to him!

Have just watched the apprentice and knitted a mitten. Also consumed a lot of mulled wine and far too much food.

Am tying to me Mentally Normal despite the desire to act in other ways.

Berlin and goose sound fun, babysitting and Mavis arguments- not so much. I still have three and a half days at work, whereas everyone else in the world has finished for Christmas.

congratulations on your thirty week food baby

I feel much the same about my hair - had the shortest ever timeelapsedbetweenhaircutandsmallchildaskingMumindisbeliefifthatsreeeeallyaladybecauseitlookslikeaman HH cup tits notwithstanding (about 45 minutes) and shortesttimeelapsedbetweenhaircutandbeingtoldbyfriendthatitmakesmelookolder (two days).

Also DP thinks I look like Jedward.

Screw them all - I love it

will there be another mitten? can we see?

my house is like my distended abdomen, utterly crammed full

'sleeping' on the sofa, fucking uncomfortable 2 seater klippan

feeling bit excited about Christmas though

Wow, you're working right up to the wire Caulky.

Everything with Mavis will be fine. She has this thing where she says that women in her life always leave her, so she's always expecting me to go out of her life - and consequently is always pushing me away to pre-empt it. And I'm irritable and impatient with her and end up provoking arguments because I can't stand to feel that what I've said has been misunderstood, so attempt to explain again, which only makes things worse. Also I said she was being an arse and accused her of making passive-aggressive comments she was only "talking to herself" about me in a voice loud enough for me to hear but to which I was not supposed to respond apparently. It's just unfortunate that it's right before Christmas and I don't have time to see her again (at least, not for more than an hour or two, which she can't cope with as it's too short a time) before going away for Christmas and the new year.

Are mittens easier to knit than gloves? They're basically socks with thumbs, right?

Here's the mitten. The colours are teal and light grey.

Does Mavis have BPD? Not diagnosing someone else, just that that description sounds like the stuff I read about it.

Quicker than socks as it's thick wool and no heal turning. And smaller.

In the photo also is The Worlds Nicest Blanket.

Are you not house sitting any more Mitchy?

I wonder how Mp's dry party is going.

Are you looking forward to going away, Snowy?

Mavis hasn't been diagnosed with BPD as far as I know. She avoids mental health services these days, though, and frankly, I don't blame her.

Jesus was mercifully quiet today.

What a beautiful mitten! I'm going to have to learn to knit so I can make gloves that will fit my freakish hands.

I'm currently teaching/taught someone via pm and youtube videos if you want me to teach you that way?

Thankyou! But sadly I'm a hopeless case - many have tried and failed to teach me to knit. They show me the movements, are pleasantly surprised by how quickly I pick up the basic knit stitch and bang out a couple of rows, then scratch their heads in confusion when, the next time I pick up the needles, I have forgotten EVERYTHING and have to start from scratch. Again and again and again and again until they decide I am being wilfully forgetful

Surely that just means you should knit 24/7 so you never forget?

Ah, is that how you do it?

Gets rather expensive on the yarn front, one would imagine.

No, because you never actually finish anything. You get distracted by something pink and shiny and start making that and then by something fluffy and then by a nice pattern and you just end up with 100s of unfinished bits. It's fine.

you never actually finish anything

You've met me before, then?