I was thinking about the last post I wrote and I was thinking about the times when we think we need to push our bodies, but our bodies simply CAN’T take it, so they fight back.

I will admit that I don’t know about you, but, during COVID and now, in particular, I basically let myself go and didn’t take care of myself. Do you take care of yourself?

I have dealt with many children and missing toys and there has been some level of upset depending on how attached the child is to the toy that is lost.

As I wrote to you already, you knew I had been to hospital for a procedure which turned into an absolute NIGHTMARE of a time that I still have not fully recovered from.

I know I haven’t written much this week but I went into hospital to have a procedure done and was allergic to some medication I was given.

Do you know what really pisses me off? People that tell you they know what you are or what you are feeling. Because they DON’T!

Do you ever get disappointed with something? I am sure you do, because it is the same for all of us. The reason I ask is because today I was.

Do you remember some of the childhood arguments? For me, it was often based around food or drinks. But for others, they were about other things.

As most people that are disabled, I have been in and out of hospitals most of my life. But even saying that or even knowing what they are going to do, doesn’t make the journey any easier.

I can’t tell you HOW MANY times I heard this when I was smaller/younger. It used to really annoy me because I knew I could do certain things and it would be alright.

This wasn’t originally what I thought it was going to be. Actually that happens quite a lot. And it isn’t really a problem because what I write in the end is often much better than the original idea.

I don’t remember if I have told you I am quite musical. Since coming to Scotland I haven’t played any music.

There is a series of documentaries that Kevin and I had discovered called “Home” and the one today was about a home in Mexico. And there was actually quite a number of people that lived in this studio.

I was watching Landscape Artist of the Year and Monica Poppham doing the commission painting of Renewable Energy and Orkney Islands.

Today I was very impressed with Johnathan. He had a small cut on the base of the nail on his middle left finger. It was a bit sore but it was, as usual, the blood that was the main issue.

I don’t know if I’ve told you, but I have had problems with my vision on and off for many years. Some glasses I have been given work for me and some have not!

One of the things you will notice with a child on the spectrum is the amount of determination they have to do something they want to do. The converse is also true.

When I think of the Great Unknown, it always takes me back to the world of pre, during and post Tudor times.

Do you know, I was glad I wrote about spring the other day? I had basically ignored the fact before that. Having said that, obviously, I knew it was and that Johnathan was in school in the spring term.

Friendship can be a difficult thing to negotiate, especially post-Covid, because we have been used to just being in our homes and now we have had to return to work.