Well the summer is finally over, no more hot nights and lots and lots of rain! The weather over the summer was much better than last year, not as consistently hot but some record breaking hot days. We went over to Scarborough for the hottest day, we'd tried a couple of days earlier but had to come home as the wheel wobble was just too much to drive all that way with. We got to see three hares and an owl on our diversion so not all bad.
Scarborough was lovely, we got there good and early. DD got to paddle in the sea something she's been wanting to do for ages. Unfortunately she no longer remembers because she can no longer form long term memories, or only with real difficulty. Still we had a good day with lots of ice cream and really good fish and chips before coming home to endure the heat.
DD got out to Brimham Rocks one morning, it was very beautiful but way too much for DD, she has probably come to the end of her ability to go out. She has been flaring pretty much all the time for months now. She is in constant pain and is tired all the time.
Her room has been totally rearranged. Her cat was taking up so much of her bed, even though she is very little cat, that DD decided she's get her own profiling bed rather than the one we got through the NHS and then she could have a small double bed. Lots of space for her to stretch out and still lots of room for Ruth. Well the bed company make good beds but their customer service staff are not good...really shocked by how very poor they are, I had to totally tear a strip off them to get them to deliver the bed in a timely way. Left to their own devises we'd have had to wait another week or so without a doubt.
DD also got rid of her bookcase and her wardrobe and now just has a chest of drawers, she doesn't ever go out so doesn't really need clothes. In the course of the remodel she also acquired a fridge and a hot chocolate machine. Ruth also got a massive wall mounted cat tree which she totally ignores...the fridge and hot chocolate machine are much more used.
DS1 finally got a job!!!! Not only a job but something he is really happy doing, the firm is a small furniture maker. less than 10 staff including the owners and him, who make bespoke furniture. They are obviously successful enough as they are needing a bigger workshop which is good news for DS1 as he'll not be out of a job when they go bust. The only slight downside is that its a half hour drive in good traffic and over an hour and a half by bus, but who cares. It's a proper job he is actually excited to have. He was getting worryingly depressed by the end of the summer when all his efforts looking for work were ignored. This company didn't care he had no work history they just saw someone who had an interest and the skills they needed and was happy to do anything. DD writes a storming CV. DS1 had sent off a speculative CV to a number of furniture making firms in Leeds and this one found the right company just as they were thinking they needed a trainee. Couldn't be happier, I keep having to remind myself its real!
DS1 is soooo much happier and looks better, he was getting puffy and just looked ill all the time. He is suffering with carpel tunnel as his hands get used to using tools all day long but he's happy to cope as he is enjoying his days and very happy to have a job and not feel a failure.
DS2 is now doing three days a week and Revive. He is ambivalent about this a veers between wanting a job and being scared about having to do three days. He also worries about independence and having to pay bills. He will calm down but his behaviour has been horrendous some days, actually concerning with DS2 claiming he can be as violent as he wants with no consequences because he needs to 'get rid of his aggression'. Fortunately he seems to be calming down and is being nicer.
My parents continue to be the same as always. DM is still showing no signs of doing the decent thing and dying. She got her birthday present today and as expected my DF loved it and DM just had to say something snidy. She is so predictable and so bitchy. Luckily I have the perfect excuse not to see her and she isn't up to coming to Leeds to see us so its a win win for me.
DD has a doctors appointment for her prescription review on Monday and she is not looking forward to it, hopefully it won't be too hard for her. Going to the doctors is physically hard but also emotionally exhausting as doctors are just dismissive and uncaring, not a great combination.
'D'P is still here, keep hoping he'll either die, yes I am that nasty, or he'll have an affair and leave. Or we win the lottery and can afford to leave, however it happens getting away from him would be good, he's just not a pleasant person to be around and is sooo self absorbed, I honestly don't think he has any idea how little respect any of us have for him or how much we enjoy it when he's away.
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