Well it’s been quite a while since my last blog post, this year has been A LOT, but I am hoping things are finally starting to settle down and I can get back to writing more and sorting through the drafts I made last year (and maybe even the year before) and never got around to editing and posting!
So…the reason I’ve been so quiet is because for the first 6 months of this year I was dealing with a horrible living situation involving anti-social behaviour which culminated in me having to find somewhere else to live. And in June, thanks to my brilliant housing officer, I did.
In July I made the move from city centre life to that of village life (albeit a large village) and a lovely, slightly bigger flat. It needs some adaptations doing to make it more accessible and suited to my needs but it has the potential and is liveable while I wait for those to be done.
The change from city centre life to that of village life has taken some getting used to, especially the almost complete silence at night! Having grown up in the city I’m used to hearing constant traffic noise, sirens and here there is almost none! On top of that for the six plus months prior to moving there had been shouting and music until the early hours most nights, so almost complete silence was a BIG change.
But I am LOVING it!! I’m sleeping better and with quieter roads around here I’ve even been able to take Dolly out for a walk on my own in my wheelchair, and wheel myself to the local shops on my own! The first time I’ve ever managed to go out in my wheelchair completely independently. I feel like I’m finally manage to make the most of life with the energy I have available.
Living further away from my parents has brought its challenges, but it’s also forced me to be more independent, which can only really be a good thing. They still come daily to help me out and we’ve organised carers in the evenings to help with my pyjamas and compression socks, and make sure I’ve had some tea so my parents can have their evenings back. They’ve already had to come to my rescue and stay with me for almost two weeks when I put my hip out at the end of November, catching a nerve and ended up needed help doing pretty much everything. (That was also when we realised just how much adaptation is needed to my bathroom as I needed help getting on and off the toilet and its position in the bathroom made that incredibly difficult!).
Anyway this post is basically to say I am still here, and hoping to get back to blogging more regularly (Yes I know I’ve said that before!) now that things are settling down and my flat is feeling more organised and like home. That’s not to say I don’t have big plans to put my stamp on the place and make it more my own. Plus get more suitable furniture for this place as what suited my old flat doesn’t fit quite as well in this one. But they’re going to be done bit by bit and I’m hoping next year will be much less dramatic than this one so I can pace myself better! 2025 was definitely much more unexpected in more ways than one, but I’m ending the year much happier than how it started. And that’s what matters.
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