Every now and then ...

Something good happens.

I’m not saying any more here, it hasn’t all gone through yet but things are looking hopeful for at least one small victory in the great scheme of things.

Every now and then ...

Something good happens.

I’m not saying any more here, it hasn’t all gone through yet but things are looking hopeful for at least one small victory in the great scheme of things.

My Typical lazy day

Today I decided that I’d have a no pressure day where I didn’t have to have any pressure at all and just chill out.

So, in a relaxing way I got up at 7am and then had to tell Zoey to get out of bed and got moaned out for my efforts. Then I chatted to my Dad (that was OK). Then I took Daisy to school followed soon after getting back by taking Deej to the doctor to get his feet sorted. Home again just before dad left at 9:45

I got a call and then an email from CSCI, I was right. He said from the information I have given him that the home would potentially be breaking CSCI rules by not allowing Jermaine to have a webcam and gave me reference to the rules relating to that. Any connection between a webcam and a CCTV device depends on usage and location and neither of those apply as it is not being used as a security device and as his place is self contained, no other service users are involved so it isn’t a civil liberties issue. That may be good news but I suspect the home is still going to object.

I had to deal with an incident between Deej and Zoey whereby Deej offered some help to Zoey and she told him to ‘fuck off and mind your own business!” That took my available relax time before Robin got here.

I did get a sleep this afternoon as I was feeling rough and wanted to not sleep through the Mikado this evening. On waking me Deej said that Jermaine was unconscious and being taken to hospital, it didn’t look good. Even so I took the decision that I had promised Robin so I was going to go out. I sat through the entire first half quite numb. To be honest, had I had nothing to worry about I may have done that anyway as the chorus was not exactly making an effort and I could barely understand a work of it. During the interval I called the Coach House and was told that Jermaine was home again and whilst not very well was ‘safe’ and had a urine infection. That was a hell of a relief.

The trouble is, one of these days I may make the wrong call and have to live with the fact that I was doing something else whilst my son lay dying. I don’t know how I’d cope with that if it happened.

My Typical lazy day

Today I decided that I’d have a no pressure day where I didn’t have to have any pressure at all and just chill out.

So, in a relaxing way I got up at 7am and then had to tell Zoey to get out of bed and got moaned out for my efforts. Then I chatted to my Dad (that was OK). Then I took Daisy to school followed soon after getting back by taking Deej to the doctor to get his feet sorted. Home again just before dad left at 9:45

I got a call and then an email from CSCI, I was right. He said from the information I have given him that the home would potentially be breaking CSCI rules by not allowing Jermaine to have a webcam and gave me reference to the rules relating to that. Any connection between a webcam and a CCTV device depends on usage and location and neither of those apply as it is not being used as a security device and as his place is self contained, no other service users are involved so it isn’t a civil liberties issue. That may be good news but I suspect the home is still going to object.

I had to deal with an incident between Deej and Zoey whereby Deej offered some help to Zoey and she told him to ‘fuck off and mind your own business!” That took my available relax time before Robin got here.

I did get a sleep this afternoon as I was feeling rough and wanted to not sleep through the Mikado this evening. On waking me Deej said that Jermaine was unconscious and being taken to hospital, it didn’t look good. Even so I took the decision that I had promised Robin so I was going to go out. I sat through the entire first half quite numb. To be honest, had I had nothing to worry about I may have done that anyway as the chorus was not exactly making an effort and I could barely understand a work of it. During the interval I called the Coach House and was told that Jermaine was home again and whilst not very well was ‘safe’ and had a urine infection. That was a hell of a relief.

The trouble is, one of these days I may make the wrong call and have to live with the fact that I was doing something else whilst my son lay dying. I don’t know how I’d cope with that if it happened.

Worst Day this year

Today didn’t bode well. I had this feeling that the meeting at the Coach House was about to be a dictation rather than a discussion.

From the outset the attitude of Ali, the new manager was aggressive. Even though the issue of the webcam was way down the agenda she wanted to be there right off. We had to get her to hold fire until we had discussed other issues first.

I should point out that Ali is the manager of Phyllis who runs the Coach House.

Both of them seem to have decided that everything which went on before they took over is in the past and should be left there. They are doing this with some very serious issues which remain unresolved.

Today was mainly about this webcam though …. Ali came right out and said that because she’d had complaints from staff members (Nick) about the underhanded use of the webcam (?) she decided to check things out where they stood legally, whether they had to accept my imposition! She said she wanted to get everything ‘above board’ again and couldn’t understand why I said I considered that statement ‘insulting’.

She informed me that CSCI had totally banned CCTV cameras from residents rooms (?) and that they considered a webcam to be a CCTV camera. It appears from the tone of the email they sent in reply to her that she’d given the impression I was plastering these webcams all over the flat and expecting them to work under constant monitor. They went into human rights violations toward staff members and all sorts!

Later she told me she’d spoken to their IT department and they’d told her that the system was near certain to be the victim of unscheduled use from someone online (unknown). She did apparently forget to mention firewalls and MSN but then, that’s because where computers are concerned, she is as thick as two short ones. Then again, all those involved in this situation know sod all about computers. Those staff members that do understand them don’t have issues. Essentially she said I could not leave today without taking Jermaine’s new PC with me!

Effectively it was like me being in a room with three blind people telling them how amazing the view is and having them argue back that I could not be relied upon to give them an accurate assessment!

The conclusion to that element (5 hours later) was to get Ali to agree to ask the right questions to the IT team and get them to suggest some suitable security measures to prevent hacking which I would implement. I have zero confidence that she will do any such thing or even has the ability to ask any such question with clarity. I did suggest she allow me to talk to the IT team with her there and she refused citing that it was an internal company matter! The PC remains there disconnected from the internet (£16 pm) until the matter is resolved.

I was going through the paperwork for Jermaine and happened upon an incident report from last September which had not been mentioned to anyone. Apparently Simeon had entered Jermaine’s room when no carers were about. When the carers returned Jermaine had been stripped from the waist down and Simeon walked out from the room. There was no speculation as to what Simeon had done in there but it seemed bizarre to me that such an incident would go unreported to the next of kin. Again this was treated as something which happened before they joined so best leave it in the past.

The issue of Lewis going into the room was initially fobbed off as him just being friendly and him and Jermaine being quite like pals who seemed to get along well together. I pushed it and asked if they had any evidence that Jermaine had made a decision to be with Lewis or whether he had just happened in his room because they have a policy of leaving Lewis’s door open. Phyllis admitted it was quite likely that was what had happened and conceded it was also possible that the two guys actually just barely tolerated each other. Knowing how Lewis pinch’s I asked what she thought Jermaine may do if Lewis were to pinch him and Phyllis said he’d probably lash out. I then speculated what the reaction of Lewis’s family would be to that and whether she really felt that it would stand up to a risk assessment, she agreed it possibly couldn’t. When confronted with what steps were being taken to stop Lewis entering Jermaine’s room Ali informed me that they already had that one sorted and it doesn’t happen any more. I pointed out that it happened just a few days ago when I was there so clearly it is not as sorted as they’d like to think. Indeed, no lessons seem to have been learned from the incident with Simeon and they refused point blank to even consider suitable locks on the doors.

So, a lot of effort was put in to todays meeting and hardly anything came out of it, certainly little I can twist around to being positive.

I have to confess I feel more dejected now than I have felt for an awful long time. I am attempting to remain objective and focused but it isn’t happening, I am just in panic and scared bunny mode.

To make matters yet worse I think the gearbox on my car is about to die. Each time it changes down into 3rd gear there is a lurch and clonk and that just can’t be good and at a time when I am least able to afford a major bill, it’ll just mean not using the car for a few months which, as it happens, is probably the reality even if I could afford the repair 🙁

Worst Day this year

Today didn’t bode well. I had this feeling that the meeting at the Coach House was about to be a dictation rather than a discussion.

From the outset the attitude of Ali, the new manager was aggressive. Even though the issue of the webcam was way down the agenda she wanted to be there right off. We had to get her to hold fire until we had discussed other issues first.

I should point out that Ali is the manager of Phyllis who runs the Coach House.

Both of them seem to have decided that everything which went on before they took over is in the past and should be left there. They are doing this with some very serious issues which remain unresolved.

Today was mainly about this webcam though …. Ali came right out and said that because she’d had complaints from staff members (Nick) about the underhanded use of the webcam (?) she decided to check things out where they stood legally, whether they had to accept my imposition! She said she wanted to get everything ‘above board’ again and couldn’t understand why I said I considered that statement ‘insulting’.

She informed me that CSCI had totally banned CCTV cameras from residents rooms (?) and that they considered a webcam to be a CCTV camera. It appears from the tone of the email they sent in reply to her that she’d given the impression I was plastering these webcams all over the flat and expecting them to work under constant monitor. They went into human rights violations toward staff members and all sorts!

Later she told me she’d spoken to their IT department and they’d told her that the system was near certain to be the victim of unscheduled use from someone online (unknown). She did apparently forget to mention firewalls and MSN but then, that’s because where computers are concerned, she is as thick as two short ones. Then again, all those involved in this situation know sod all about computers. Those staff members that do understand them don’t have issues. Essentially she said I could not leave today without taking Jermaine’s new PC with me!

Effectively it was like me being in a room with three blind people telling them how amazing the view is and having them argue back that I could not be relied upon to give them an accurate assessment!

The conclusion to that element (5 hours later) was to get Ali to agree to ask the right questions to the IT team and get them to suggest some suitable security measures to prevent hacking which I would implement. I have zero confidence that she will do any such thing or even has the ability to ask any such question with clarity. I did suggest she allow me to talk to the IT team with her there and she refused citing that it was an internal company matter! The PC remains there disconnected from the internet (£16 pm) until the matter is resolved.

I was going through the paperwork for Jermaine and happened upon an incident report from last September which had not been mentioned to anyone. Apparently Simeon had entered Jermaine’s room when no carers were about. When the carers returned Jermaine had been stripped from the waist down and Simeon walked out from the room. There was no speculation as to what Simeon had done in there but it seemed bizarre to me that such an incident would go unreported to the next of kin. Again this was treated as something which happened before they joined so best leave it in the past.

The issue of Lewis going into the room was initially fobbed off as him just being friendly and him and Jermaine being quite like pals who seemed to get along well together. I pushed it and asked if they had any evidence that Jermaine had made a decision to be with Lewis or whether he had just happened in his room because they have a policy of leaving Lewis’s door open. Phyllis admitted it was quite likely that was what had happened and conceded it was also possible that the two guys actually just barely tolerated each other. Knowing how Lewis pinch’s I asked what she thought Jermaine may do if Lewis were to pinch him and Phyllis said he’d probably lash out. I then speculated what the reaction of Lewis’s family would be to that and whether she really felt that it would stand up to a risk assessment, she agreed it possibly couldn’t. When confronted with what steps were being taken to stop Lewis entering Jermaine’s room Ali informed me that they already had that one sorted and it doesn’t happen any more. I pointed out that it happened just a few days ago when I was there so clearly it is not as sorted as they’d like to think. Indeed, no lessons seem to have been learned from the incident with Simeon and they refused point blank to even consider suitable locks on the doors.

So, a lot of effort was put in to todays meeting and hardly anything came out of it, certainly little I can twist around to being positive.

I have to confess I feel more dejected now than I have felt for an awful long time. I am attempting to remain objective and focused but it isn’t happening, I am just in panic and scared bunny mode.

To make matters yet worse I think the gearbox on my car is about to die. Each time it changes down into 3rd gear there is a lurch and clonk and that just can’t be good and at a time when I am least able to afford a major bill, it’ll just mean not using the car for a few months which, as it happens, is probably the reality even if I could afford the repair 🙁

Please, try some common sense!

I can’t believe the stupidity of CSCI (Inspectors of Care Homes)

My son is mentally handicapped and lives in a self contained flat which is part of a building with 4 flats in it run by the adjacent care home. We have just been told that we cannot speak to him any more on MSN using his webcam because as far as CSCI is concerned it is a recording device akin to a CCTV camera. If I can’t get this stupid piece of logic overturned it means he has to have his PC removed because the webcam is part of it built in.

The care home is understandably following directions from CSCI but even so, what the fuck is wrong with using some common sense in these cases?

What is it about bizzy body agency types that makes them think that common sense plays no part in the care of the disabled?

But then, the government is no better!

In 1996 the Tories introduced some law that means that those who are paid for their care home by the NHS are deemed to be in hospital and, as it is presumed that all those in hospital are by definition, in beds, they don’t have a need to access the community! That then follows that if they can’t access the community then they won’t need their disability benefit specifically to access the community (mobility component of DLA)

So, on 29th I have to go to a Tribunal hearing to attempt to show that whilst on paper they have a point, in this reality what they are saying makes no sense at all! My son does need to get out, he accesses the community often with his carers. Where he lives is nothing like a hospital. He received no inpatient care, there are no registered nursing staff or anything which would be reasonably described as a hospital, the other 2 people living there are funded by the local authority and keep their DLA!

I am just so really frustrated by it all.

Called CSCI and they seem totally confused. Apparently only high up managers can work out the rules for ‘recording equipment’ within care homes which suggests to me from each previous situation like this, that they actually have no idea and are making it up as they go along with no computer knowledge at all so that inbuilt fear there is from technophobes of anything more than a toaster!

We have a meeting tomorrow at the care home in Corby which now looks like it is just going to be a meeting about a meeting.

Please, try some common sense!

I can’t believe the stupidity of CSCI (Inspectors of Care Homes)

My son is mentally handicapped and lives in a self contained flat which is part of a building with 4 flats in it run by the adjacent care home. We have just been told that we cannot speak to him any more on MSN using his webcam because as far as CSCI is concerned it is a recording device akin to a CCTV camera. If I can’t get this stupid piece of logic overturned it means he has to have his PC removed because the webcam is part of it built in.

The care home is understandably following directions from CSCI but even so, what the fuck is wrong with using some common sense in these cases?

What is it about bizzy body agency types that makes them think that common sense plays no part in the care of the disabled?

But then, the government is no better!

In 1996 the Tories introduced some law that means that those who are paid for their care home by the NHS are deemed to be in hospital and, as it is presumed that all those in hospital are by definition, in beds, they don’t have a need to access the community! That then follows that if they can’t access the community then they won’t need their disability benefit specifically to access the community (mobility component of DLA)

So, on 29th I have to go to a Tribunal hearing to attempt to show that whilst on paper they have a point, in this reality what they are saying makes no sense at all! My son does need to get out, he accesses the community often with his carers. Where he lives is nothing like a hospital. He received no inpatient care, there are no registered nursing staff or anything which would be reasonably described as a hospital, the other 2 people living there are funded by the local authority and keep their DLA!

I am just so really frustrated by it all.

Called CSCI and they seem totally confused. Apparently only high up managers can work out the rules for ‘recording equipment’ within care homes which suggests to me from each previous situation like this, that they actually have no idea and are making it up as they go along with no computer knowledge at all so that inbuilt fear there is from technophobes of anything more than a toaster!

We have a meeting tomorrow at the care home in Corby which now looks like it is just going to be a meeting about a meeting.

Another with no title

I got a little angry earlier, indeed, really rather upset as it happens!

Since Jermaine has been in Corby I have considered I have had a good relationship with the carers there as though we were working together to make sure Jermaine had the best possible level of care.

Just in the last month or so I have had reason to doubt this was the case. They had become secretive in the way they have dealt with me. In particular after the attack by Simeon the atmosphere has felt less than it was.

They seem to have had real issues over the computer. I have asked several times if there was a problem as it never seems to be turned on. At least, MSN Messenger never seems to be running. Every time I have asked I have been told the PC was on and they had no idea why he did not appear to be online. I found out today they have been lying to me. It was explained to me from Lucy over at the PCT what has been happening behind my back.

Apparently someone or several someone(s) have taken it upon themselves to seriously object to the PC. They have reported back to line management that I have insisted his webcam is on 24/7. Rather than contact me for verification about this the management contacted CSCI (the inspectors) to clarify the legal situation. They have made it sound like we have installed 24/7 CCTV in Jermaine’s room and, unsurprisingly the inspectors have said that totally cannot happen and breaks care rules. Voyage (the new name for Milbury care) have then told Lucy that Jermaine is not allowed to have a webcam and if we get him a PC with a built in webcam they will not turn it on! Obviously this is utter bollocks as clearly Jermaine and the staff there still retain control over any webcam use but this is not the point. What upsets me is the destruction of the trust between us. I now feel that I have to question other elements of what I am being told as I am now aware that they will tell me lies when it suits them to do so. The meeting next week is going to end up being anything but what I would have liked it to be.

In the meantime, I have to set up his new PC when it arrives and have already started that process. It would be rather stupid if this becomes an ongoing dispute.

I have also learned that my fears re Lewis were well founded. He is bothering Jermaine by making a noise outside his room and coming in when he wants to. Carers are leaving Jermaine to attend to Lewis. It’s as though they simply will not learn from the past and insist on allowing the same things to happen over and over again. true, I don’t suspect Lewis would do the sort of damage that Simeon caused but that is not the point. Jermaine has a right to his safety zone and his privacy.

So far there have been no reports of Jermaine going to the cinema, swimming or, indeed, any other social activity beyond McDonalds. That was not the plan when he moved in and 5 months later they should have got used to him enough to allow these things to happen.

I am of the opinion that I need to make way more visits but at 16mpg my car is not exactly cheap to run. My only real option is to take the money from Jermaine’s account to pay for the fuel because, to all intents and purposes, these would not be social visits but more to check up on the level of care he is receiving and maybe to take him out more often.

Someone recently said I lead the life of Riley as I do on benefits for no apparent reason, well Mr I live in Spain now because of all the money I have earned, sod you, this is darned hard graft and I don’t get paid a penny from the state for looking after my son any more. I have two meetings for his benefit this month, both of those require a lot of research and problem solving … Life of Riley indeed!

On an unrelated note … motorbikes are just things, people come first, enough said

On yet another unrelated note, we only have one pot of money, we can’t spend it twice.

On an even more unrelated note, the number in the event of a fire is 999, I am and shall always be available as the ‘second’ point of contact.

I have done several good deeds in the past week, it cost me very little to do it, I thank you.

We have a friend who is about to join the army. I think he is wrong doing so now. He still doesn’t really know who he is and seems to be doing it because of how it makes his family feel. I wish he’d give it a year or so.

Illness is all around me, is it just a matter of time for me?

Another with no title

I got a little angry earlier, indeed, really rather upset as it happens!

Since Jermaine has been in Corby I have considered I have had a good relationship with the carers there as though we were working together to make sure Jermaine had the best possible level of care.

Just in the last month or so I have had reason to doubt this was the case. They had become secretive in the way they have dealt with me. In particular after the attack by Simeon the atmosphere has felt less than it was.

They seem to have had real issues over the computer. I have asked several times if there was a problem as it never seems to be turned on. At least, MSN Messenger never seems to be running. Every time I have asked I have been told the PC was on and they had no idea why he did not appear to be online. I found out today they have been lying to me. It was explained to me from Lucy over at the PCT what has been happening behind my back.

Apparently someone or several someone(s) have taken it upon themselves to seriously object to the PC. They have reported back to line management that I have insisted his webcam is on 24/7. Rather than contact me for verification about this the management contacted CSCI (the inspectors) to clarify the legal situation. They have made it sound like we have installed 24/7 CCTV in Jermaine’s room and, unsurprisingly the inspectors have said that totally cannot happen and breaks care rules. Voyage (the new name for Milbury care) have then told Lucy that Jermaine is not allowed to have a webcam and if we get him a PC with a built in webcam they will not turn it on! Obviously this is utter bollocks as clearly Jermaine and the staff there still retain control over any webcam use but this is not the point. What upsets me is the destruction of the trust between us. I now feel that I have to question other elements of what I am being told as I am now aware that they will tell me lies when it suits them to do so. The meeting next week is going to end up being anything but what I would have liked it to be.

In the meantime, I have to set up his new PC when it arrives and have already started that process. It would be rather stupid if this becomes an ongoing dispute.

I have also learned that my fears re Lewis were well founded. He is bothering Jermaine by making a noise outside his room and coming in when he wants to. Carers are leaving Jermaine to attend to Lewis. It’s as though they simply will not learn from the past and insist on allowing the same things to happen over and over again. true, I don’t suspect Lewis would do the sort of damage that Simeon caused but that is not the point. Jermaine has a right to his safety zone and his privacy.

So far there have been no reports of Jermaine going to the cinema, swimming or, indeed, any other social activity beyond McDonalds. That was not the plan when he moved in and 5 months later they should have got used to him enough to allow these things to happen.

I am of the opinion that I need to make way more visits but at 16mpg my car is not exactly cheap to run. My only real option is to take the money from Jermaine’s account to pay for the fuel because, to all intents and purposes, these would not be social visits but more to check up on the level of care he is receiving and maybe to take him out more often.

Someone recently said I lead the life of Riley as I do on benefits for no apparent reason, well Mr I live in Spain now because of all the money I have earned, sod you, this is darned hard graft and I don’t get paid a penny from the state for looking after my son any more. I have two meetings for his benefit this month, both of those require a lot of research and problem solving … Life of Riley indeed!

On an unrelated note … motorbikes are just things, people come first, enough said

On yet another unrelated note, we only have one pot of money, we can’t spend it twice.

On an even more unrelated note, the number in the event of a fire is 999, I am and shall always be available as the ‘second’ point of contact.

I have done several good deeds in the past week, it cost me very little to do it, I thank you.

We have a friend who is about to join the army. I think he is wrong doing so now. He still doesn’t really know who he is and seems to be doing it because of how it makes his family feel. I wish he’d give it a year or so.

Illness is all around me, is it just a matter of time for me?

Freecycling

Yes, the internet based gift it away place.

I have had a few things which I have been getting rid of on there and it does seem to mainly work.

The biggest problem is the amount of responses to popular items. I had one item go within minutes of it appearing and collected within the hour and a further 20+ email asking for it to which I replied with an apology.

It does get rid of the old junk but boy can it be intrusive.

The woman who eventually had my old laptop was OK, lived local but then I got lumbered with a fair bit of after sales support advising her how to set it up. Then there was another woman who came around with her son and was deciding on the doorstep whether she wanted it or not after I had already told loads of people it had gone! She did take it but why did she not realise that once you have agreed to take something, unless it is significantly not as described, you take it?

There is a guy due here within an hour or so to take several other items but I already have someone else lined up if he is a no show.

I am glad they have gone to ‘good’ homes but I am also just as convinced it is a pain up the backside and people just seem to want a lot for nothing from it. There are far more ‘wanted’ posts that there are ‘offered’. Some of the things asked for are crazy! “My daughter has just moved into her new flat, can someone give me everything I need, including carpets, to kit it out for her?” Yeah, right!

On a different note, I think we have decided that we are going to get the Sony Vaio for Jermaine. It will ensure that it is impossible to turn on his TV without turning on his computer. The screen is slightly smaller but only just and even then, it is bigger than the original TV which the room came with. We are thinking that maybe Matt would like the TV that Jermaine currently has and we’d have Matt’s current TV for our games room. That means we have a spare TV but I am thinking that maybe Daisy may have room for that in her spare room?

Anyway, pondering at this stage.

I am assuming that what I have is allergy lead but then, on second thoughts, I have other symptoms as well and cannot stop feeling so very tired despite having slept for hours and hours. I have got some fresh air hoping that’d help but it hasn’t. Probably just the time of year when everyone is feeling a little low and vulnerable.

Freecycling

Yes, the internet based gift it away place.

I have had a few things which I have been getting rid of on there and it does seem to mainly work.

The biggest problem is the amount of responses to popular items. I had one item go within minutes of it appearing and collected within the hour and a further 20+ email asking for it to which I replied with an apology.

It does get rid of the old junk but boy can it be intrusive.

The woman who eventually had my old laptop was OK, lived local but then I got lumbered with a fair bit of after sales support advising her how to set it up. Then there was another woman who came around with her son and was deciding on the doorstep whether she wanted it or not after I had already told loads of people it had gone! She did take it but why did she not realise that once you have agreed to take something, unless it is significantly not as described, you take it?

There is a guy due here within an hour or so to take several other items but I already have someone else lined up if he is a no show.

I am glad they have gone to ‘good’ homes but I am also just as convinced it is a pain up the backside and people just seem to want a lot for nothing from it. There are far more ‘wanted’ posts that there are ‘offered’. Some of the things asked for are crazy! “My daughter has just moved into her new flat, can someone give me everything I need, including carpets, to kit it out for her?” Yeah, right!

On a different note, I think we have decided that we are going to get the Sony Vaio for Jermaine. It will ensure that it is impossible to turn on his TV without turning on his computer. The screen is slightly smaller but only just and even then, it is bigger than the original TV which the room came with. We are thinking that maybe Matt would like the TV that Jermaine currently has and we’d have Matt’s current TV for our games room. That means we have a spare TV but I am thinking that maybe Daisy may have room for that in her spare room?

Anyway, pondering at this stage.

I am assuming that what I have is allergy lead but then, on second thoughts, I have other symptoms as well and cannot stop feeling so very tired despite having slept for hours and hours. I have got some fresh air hoping that’d help but it hasn’t. Probably just the time of year when everyone is feeling a little low and vulnerable.

Sumary of 2007

Erm … nah, didn’t do anything …next!

OK, there were some significant happenings in 2007

Apart from a couple of trips to Calais, one with Deej & Robin and the other with Deej & the girls I also had three holidays in 2007. In January I sunned myself in Gran Canaria paid for by Matt (eventually). I then went to Gran Canaria again in July wit the whole family and friends but not Matt as he was broke (again). In November Deej and me went to Disney Resort Paris which was almost funded by Tesco vouchers.

In July I finally managed to get Jermaine moved to his wonderful new flat in Corby from the hell hole he was in before. In October I managed to get Zoey some additional life skill education.

2007 was the year of automotive madness for me. A time to lose a small fortune on the sale of my Citroen but to gain at a huge discount my Chrysler.

In June I watched Acorn Antiques in Milton Keynes with Deej and Nick.

In September the kittens Jack and Freddie joined us but in the beginning of December, Matt left

My health has been reasonably good with the growth on my ear resolving itself probably because I got a doctors appointment to get it removed!

Having checked through my diary there was not really much beyond that of significance.

Sumary of 2007

Erm … nah, didn’t do anything …next!

OK, there were some significant happenings in 2007

Apart from a couple of trips to Calais, one with Deej & Robin and the other with Deej & the girls I also had three holidays in 2007. In January I sunned myself in Gran Canaria paid for by Matt (eventually). I then went to Gran Canaria again in July wit the whole family and friends but not Matt as he was broke (again). In November Deej and me went to Disney Resort Paris which was almost funded by Tesco vouchers.

In July I finally managed to get Jermaine moved to his wonderful new flat in Corby from the hell hole he was in before. In October I managed to get Zoey some additional life skill education.

2007 was the year of automotive madness for me. A time to lose a small fortune on the sale of my Citroen but to gain at a huge discount my Chrysler.

In June I watched Acorn Antiques in Milton Keynes with Deej and Nick.

In September the kittens Jack and Freddie joined us but in the beginning of December, Matt left

My health has been reasonably good with the growth on my ear resolving itself probably because I got a doctors appointment to get it removed!

Having checked through my diary there was not really much beyond that of significance.