How do you feel today?

optimistic.

I’ve been under a tremendous amount of stress throughout the past few years. I have recently started to channel that anxious energy into bettering myself both physically and mentally. I just have to keep reminding myself that there are far more important things in life than work!

TYSVM, steve and bluewater . 

Dentist was actually a breeze. I did some yin yoga (I'm *not* a yoga person) beforehand and got into a natural trippin' state of relaxation. Then it was just a minor filling repair that didn't require anesthesia. 

In making small talk, it came to light that my dentist also has a child in a special school and had to sue the DOE!!! She said it's been four years since her kid got into the right school and only now can she talk about it without tearing up. And, since she's a POC with a son, I can only assume they were treated even more poorly than our family (POC and especially boys OC have it much worse). We traded notes on attorneys, calls from the school, etc. So helpful to know someone else GETS it. 

Child is on in-school pause tomorrow while we try to work through this amongst our their care team. Much better than a break at home. With autism, maintaining the routine is so important. Best possible outcome. 

Incredibly angry.
Vodafone (my ISP & cable provider), in their infinite "wisdom", decided, without any warning, to update their media box UI to something called OneTV.
The previous UI was brilliant. Easy to navigate, smart looking, intuitive. Oh, and it worked.
The new one looks as though a child designed it. It is painfully slow, Menu content sometimes disappears within seconds. There is no option to set a sleep timer ( I had the previous UI set to shut down after 2 hours of no activity) , no way to switch back to previous channel with one button & it now insists on you setting up a profile with the crappiest selection of avatars I have ever seen. They make the generic collection of Max avatars look amazing.
Utter bollox basically.

Incredibly unstable and worried.

My Dad had a fall on Wednesday and has been in hospital since.  Cracked pubic bone in 2 places and he cannot walk.  

I couldnt visit as I have an incredibly upset stomach and don't want to be too far from the bathroom.  Also don't want to pass on any illnesses if I have a bug.

My Mum said he seems a little brighter today but I am not going to get my hopes high for a while yet. One swallow does not make a summer as they say.

Brightest thing today has been the music (getting on sorting bits in my room) - lots of old John Peel shows found on You Tube and they are being a musical education.

Thank you - he has had problems with his hip and knees for about 3 years now and has hardly been out. The so called pain injection thing he had done 2 weeks ago hasnt worked.  Think he wanted to prove he was independent still so went out alone while my mum was at the hairdressers.  She got home to find him gone, then the ambulance crew phoned.  

I can get his frustration as he was such a lively man up until 3-4 years ago and was once a pro cyclist.

I hate to see how much he's changed because of his lack of mobility. It's heartbreaking.

Thank you for your kind words 💜x