So today marks 3 years since the diagnosis.

You’ve been with me on the bumpy ride so you know what’s been happening. If you don’t you’ll need to start at the beginning. Then carry on through the new bits.

So back to now…….dum dum dummmmmm.

It isn’t really that dramatic, but hey, I can be as dramatic as I want to be. So yeah still plodding along with the sock, honestly though I haven’t really been working on it. I haven’t really done much tangling either. The only thing tangling wise I’ve done is a bit more on my board. I’ve done some shading on it today but that’s it.

Card making and stamping has been a bit more active. I made one card:

It doesn’t look too bad. I need to work on getting the mats and layers straight but that will come with time and practice.I think the stamping and colouring looks pretty good too.

I have been playing with another type of card. It’s called a star card:

I was only playing and figuring it out so it wasn’t for a particular reason so it wasn’t a birthday card or something like that. But now I know what I’m doing with it it will be something to add to the crafty arsenal.

I’ve been out a couple of times with mum and dad. Went with mum into Bury to go to Boots for the drugs and to get a couple of other bits. Me mum, dad and Zoe had a trip out to the park yesterday. That was interesting partly because I had no idea what to expect other than to be pushed round in my chair.

Were there going to be loads of people? Is everyone going to be wearing masks? Are people going to keep their distance?

Well, there were loads of people, that makes me uncomfortable in general. But, it looked like most people were following the distancing rules, which is good and came as a bit of a pleasant surprise. Of course though I had my trusty wet wipes and hand gel at the ready.

It was great to see Zoe enjoying herself. Jumping in and out of the river, swimming, chasing sticks and at one point collecting stones from the river bed and bringing the out onto the side. I think she gets the rock thing from me and my crystals.

Yes I went out and I can’t say I was comfortable. I felt pretty on edge most of the time and as always hated that someone could come up behind me. I think I have become slightly agoraphobic. Well if that’s the case it’s just something else to add to the list.

I did have a bit of a breakdown the other day though. I was having a doom and gloom what if session. Where no matter what I thought about it went on and on to the worst possible outcome. So I could be thinking about something simple like going to the fridge to get a can of coke and it would end up where we had a full on home invasion where mum and dad get stabbed.

When these sessions start it can take some doing to get out of that spiral but no matter how scared I am of talking about it at the time it’s the best way to break the cycle.

The next few days are going to be interesting though. The foster person we have with us at the moment has to stay home from school because someone somewhere has tested positive for COVID. I’m not quite sure how it works but the person that tested positive had already been away from school for about a week. So the chances are very slim but if anyone else had been ill they would know by now. Anyway now everyone has to stay at home for another week. Now though a whole online school thing has been set up for them with lessons and stuff like that. So being the good boy that I am I’ve set up a profile for them on my laptop and moved all my tangling and crafting bits out of the way so school work can be done.

So that’s all, stay safe.

Love and light.