It's been a busy couple of months - I am now a home-owner. Or rather, Hilary is - everything's in her name because me having no official income or credit history etc could have complicated things somewhat. Well, complicated things more. This house-buying/ moving thing has already seemed complicated enough ( Read more... )

I'm in a much better mood now it's spring again - it did snow again at the weekend but hopefully that's the last for a few months, heh. I was pretty cranky over winter, and did finally give in and agree to see a doctor. Shortly after, I was referred to a psychiatrist again, surprise surprise, diagnosed with bipolar again and put on five more ( Read more... )

Yeah, I know, it's been a while. I guess I'm reluctant to post when things aren't at their cheeriest - but lately that seems to mean I just don't post at all, heh ( Read more... )

Apologies for such a long delay in posting... again. Same reasons as last time - H and I both spent most of last month struggling with depressive moods, and I tend to struggle with correspondence when that's the case, heh ( Read more... )

March seems to have gone by pretty quickly - which may be a good thing, as it has been a little rough in places ( Read more... )

For the benefit of anyone who hasn't yet seen my Arctic Goth Chic, this is me after shoveling several feet of snow off the steps.


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I am suffering from cabin-fever, due to the weather conditions lately. Last week, we had a (brief) high temperature of minus 8 celsius (without windchill). Mostly, though, it was (with windchill) around minus 27 celsius. This earned itself a health warning, advising people not to go out for more than a few minutes at a time with any exposed skin or ( Read more... )

It has been a quiet week here. Quiet enough, even, to watch the steady growth of the icicles hanging from the gutter next door. (One has reached a length of about ten feet now - yes, it has been an exciting few days ( Read more... )

I am now married, and have been for almost a week. Sometimes it still doesn't seem real, heh. My wife is apparently feeling the same thing ( Read more... )

Eleven days ( Read more... )