Everything Is Better With Dragons
Book blogger, Autistic, Probably a Dragon
What am I, a field?
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(This analogy will make sense later.)
I was lying around in bed the other day, feeling exhausted because I’d had a busy few days – human interaction is draining – and also feeling guilty because I wasn’t doing anything productive.
Suffragette: an insulting diminutive coined in 1905 by the Daily Mail for women involved in the suffrage movement. Adopted by the WSPU as a badge of honour.
I went to see the new film about the Suffragettes on Thursday afternoon with my oldest friend. I really enjoyed the film, it was inspiring.
[There will be spoilers in this post, skip the first few paragraphs if you don’t want to know what happens. You have been warned, don’t complain.]
Or more precisely, the angry rhetoric some people spout makes me giggle. Plus, positive stuff about Halloween.
Continue reading “Halloween makes me giggle”
It’s not a great photograph, but this is the view from my window this morning. I’ve been watching the trees slowly change for the last week or so. It astonishes me how quickly it happens.
You’ll get eaten alive by insects.
Three bites in one half hour stroll round the woods. It’s itchy as hell.
I like the woods, they’re practically on my doorstep and I remember when they were planted.
Continue reading “If you go down to the woods today…”
Since I got my arrears payment on Monday I’ve been treating myself to all those things I’ve gone without for most of this year. I had a Chinese takeaway on Wednesday, and made it last til Thursday, because I can’t eat that much any more and I’ve got into the habit of making two meals out if one if I can.
I’ve also bought myself some DVDs, mostly secondhand (I finally got to see the first two series of Vikings!) but today I splashed out and got The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies [Edit 30/09/2015: they sent the wrong film! I already have Desolation of Smaug, thanks Amazon, I wanted Battle of Five Armies when it’s released in November!] and Thor: The Dark World [Edit 30/09/2015: it didn’t arrive with everything else. Tomorrow maybe?] new from amazon. I also bought three Tolkien books I wanted – The Story of Kalervo, The Monsters, The Critics and Other Essays, and Finn and Hengest. The first is a new release, and will go lovely next to ‘Beowulf‘ on my Tolkien shelf – they have similar dust jacket designs. The other two have been around a while but I’ve never had the chance to get them. They will be here at the end of the week and I shall surface from my Tolkien immersion eventually.
But that’s it, there will be no more money being spent. I want to keep a months rent and bill money in my savings just in case of an emergency, and I don’t want to touch my ESA until next month’s rent is paid. I’m so used to having to eke out my income to cover my bills and rent that I’m scared to use any of it now that I have a bit more coming in even though, theoretically I know I have enough for the bills, food and the odd treat.
And I’ve been found not fit for work. What’s more, they’ve put me in the support group, so I shouldn’t get hassled by the job center. Seven months after my initial application, and I’ve finally got my answer, it’s such a relief to know now instead of being in limbo. The constant trips to the doctors have been exhausting, I’ll only need to go when my condition worsens from now on, or for unrelated problems. I got the first notification, from the job center actually, rather than the official ESA notification letter, last Saturday. I’ve been waiting to make sure everything was confirmed before I passed on the news.
Continue reading “Work Capability Assessment: The Results Are In”
Every now and then I reduce the time I spend online, for my own good. This is one of those times; usually I suspend my Facebook account and take the Twitter app off my phone, but WordPress is going too this time.Continue reading “Disappearing for a while.”
I’ve lived on my own for a whole year now; it has not been an easy year but I like having my own space.
Continue reading “Year One”
It’s gone from freezing to boiling overnight!
It was chilly when I got up for breakfast just before nine, which was expected. Then I went back to bed for more sleep and got up just before midday. By which time it was rather warm. I was quite confused as to what to wear.
Everything Is Better With Dragons 
