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

you know you want to!

don't know if that tutorial is any good but it helps me to remember to keep my weight much further forward than it looks/you'd expect

not that am trying v soon after omelette - this one is a beast? Two sittings spanning a whole episode of homeland

chomp

Yeah, no, that exercise breaks the laws of physics and good taste.

have managed one on the right leg and about 3/4 down and up on the left

it's a great exercise!

My right knee would never forgive me.

have run out of things to watch about Being Fat :( resorting to Biggest Loser Australia which is ok so far - each group is a family with a personal trainer who spends the first week eating their food and not doing any exercise. The first PT has my amazing bloating skills after meals.

would like a new obsession for 2015

Ungulates?

18th century literature?

oh that's a good one, especially if I get some new glasses

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:18th-century_women_writers

could work through that lot

I am going to attempt to develop an obsession with moisturising regularly.

I need an obsession with time management, we are meant to be at CAMHS right now and it is half an hour away and the teenager is not even ready. Argh.

But have managed all my riding for the day even though it was MINUS THREE and metal shoes on sheets of ice etc

well clearly CAMHS isn't happening

does this mean there is actual spare time for a run?

How is everyone doing this evening?

Did you get out in the end Mitchy?

I'm relaxing with my family and playing computer games every so often, managed to get out for a quick zombie run and am looking forward to bolognese sauce for tea

I'm making a beef ragu! We have synchronised once more! It is Mild Autism friendly so is really just beef, red wine, garlic, sundried tomato paste, passata, sugar and salt (and eventually herbs). Normally would have lamb and pork and celery and shit in but we are poor and one of us is even more weird about food than the other.

I set off for a run but a farm spaniel joined me so instead I had to do my DogJog 5k route in road shoes - it's very interesting terrain especially with added ice.

I have to call #1's gp tomorrow, she seems to have taken out a lease on another flat in another town (she is in middle of buying a house and already rents one flat) and also has done some very out of character and illegal things and shows no awareness of how serious it all is. Argh. She's moved since she last saw a psychiatrist so I don't know who she can see or how quickly it can be arranged

Ugh, MN lost my post.

Mine (well, my mum's) is a diabetic, low-tyramine, and fussy-bugger-friendly my dad wont eat food with flavours version.

Hope you can get #1 sorted out with an appointment soon. Sounds stressful

oh god I really really really really really really really really DON'T WANT TO request an mha assessment

much much much prefer NOT facing things

just want to fantasise about biliopancreatic diversion surgery instead

and look at cheap dodgy places to have similar procedures in Mexico

please can someone else be me for a minute

How is dd1? And general life?

I am pretty sure I am dying of my cough. It is worse than the cough of anyone else who has ever had a cough, ever.

oh dear sorry to hear about your cough, how long have you had it?

I have spoken to #1, she is at work of course, but she really can't be out and about doing dangerous things

I'm just putting off the call and sitting here with my tummy churning. I suppose it could go a few ways: she will be able to hold it together during the assessment in which case it is not as bad as it seems, she will be given some treatment voluntarily maybe at home, she will be sectioned

I've had it a few days forever.

How far away does she live, would it be a different mh team to the one you'll ring, if that makes sense.

yeah it's a different team

I've called, there is an appointment at 4pm if I can get her there but someone will call me back before then

Well done for calling

I wish I could just take her car keys, 3 year old child, credit cards, jobs and academic work away and lock her in a dark room hooked up to an automated benzo machine until she is her normal self again (which is frankly annoying and driven enough) :(

Can you turn the internet off for a while? I've no clue if that would help. Or would she go for a Long Walk somewhere?