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

Oh good she's changed her mind.

have achieved A Poo :) (because I know people were wondering) and am busy Being Fat in bed after overdosing on Lund and her crime solving jumpers

need to start thinking about Christmas shopping soon

I killed the thread! Is not my fault my life revolves around trying to do a poo (it is my fault actually)

beautiful bright day, in other achievements we made it to school and I caught up with my old cpn briefly - the only person who doesn't think I am beyond the reach of psychotherapy - and have nothing planned until we do the horses after lunch, running club tonight (although back continues to be very dodgy)

what's everyone else up to?

I have a clinic this afternoon and am spending the morning doing paperwork and finishing my Christmas shopping online. I think I've finally learned to multitask!

I have the work Christmas meal at lunchtime today, making a hat with a child this afternoon and then attempting to do all the Christmas shopping after work online. My life is thrilling.

I was going to read a book by someone I used to know (she's dead) but it's dreadful, there are much better books on the subject but was interested in what she had to say. So interested that I might have a small sleep instead.

While you lot are Christmas shopping could you get me a mixed case of wine, some food that is appropriate to take for over the Christmas period as a guest, presents for my children? One is mid twenties and a workaholic who needs to chill the fuck out, one is early twenties and a workaholic who likes to chill the fuck out with music and the other is going through what looks to be a lifelong autistic phase and is an enthusiast of socks, horses and ponies, makeup. Cheers. PM me for my Visa and paypal details.

Happy Socks for other child. Every pattern and colour known to man. I have a whole new sock drawer thanks to them.

not feeling mentally normal this week Have run out of steam. bed and sofa yesterday til 3. looking the same today. cried doing school run. starting to panic about school holidays (and dh day hosp ending) want to sleep and wake up next summer.

Weird night. Phenelzine + caffeine + nicotine + codeine + cannabis + high mood + migraine = four hours of paralysis while trying to concentrate on half a dozen concurrent strains of thought weaving in and out of each other way too fucking fast followed by six hours asleep and waking up fucking buzzing. I need a drink

Have to wait in for seven million parcelsz which is a consequence I somehow didn't foresee while doing all my Christmas shopping the other night on the internet revelling in how easy it all was - "Click! Buy! Click! Done!", conveniently forgetting the stuff somehow has to be delivered and wrapped etc

Can you get makeup for horses?

mitchy guardian Christmas gift ideas

Sounds really hard CiQ; you must be knackered.

thanks enpo. beyond knackered this week.
when does spending 9-3 in bed/on sofa sound warning bells?
I have completely lost track of what I've ordered, what's arrived and whats late

I think you've been trying to ring the warning bells for a while and I can't understand why nobody has wanted to hear them

The postman finally knocked while I was spooning out some peanut butter and I ran to the door, jar and full spoon in hands - unfortunately I had nowhere to put the massive spoonful of peanut butter and had to jam it in my face. I think I drooled when I tried to thank him.

Are you sleeping at night CiQ?

ooooh thank you for those brilliant ideas you lovely people

#3 will fucking LOVE the Happy Socks! I scooped up as many sale ones as possible and a rainbow box thing. MP you are a genius!

#2 is getting a Bose thing although it is a cheaper and inferior version, link from the guardian thing brought me to a tea infusion thing and a load of related stuff inc lifetime supply of loose organic green tea for #3 (she did ask for that)

reckon that's it until I can face Waitrose

the best man at my sister's wedding is still in the news, coroner made such a strange statement it's kind of put me off the spinach and feta omelette that's underway

Glad to be of service Mitchy

am so grateful I could almost share this with you

enpo am sleeping thanks to 100mg trazodone at night. had a couple late nights at weekend, but this difficulty walking around is beyond late night tiredness.

mitchy cool.

off to try a mega hot chocolate.

do you get any support for yourself ciq? any sign of that carer's assessment ever taking place?

am trying to identify key behaviours of the Mentally Normal that I could emulate over Christmas, although we (#3 and me) are with friends who know us and have a good threshold for eccentricity I think I should try relearning how to use cutlery instead of eating with my fingers like Gollum crossed with a monkey

That massively sucks CiQ

Are we honoured to have seen The Omelette?

that is the basic 295 calorie omelette :)

he is made of a squirt or four of olive oil, 2 medium eggs, frozen spinach and 50g of apetina light feta cubes

probably looks disgusting but get very excited about him most days