This post is an update on our move, while simultaneously trying not to talk about the move. Stick with me. I recently read somewhere that the average person moves 11.7 times in their life. That’s a US census thing. Some thoughts: What’s ‘average’? What’s the .7? I suck at numbers, but by my finger counting, this will be my 18th move, and I’m going to share some more moving statistics throughout this post. I’m not being smug. I’m not above…
It was like a wheelchair slalom course to get to my writing space today. I dodged that packing box over there, went around that Lego, and drove over that random, lone shoe. Ever since I wrote on looking for a house when you’re a wheelchair user, I’ve been waiting to share my tips on moving house when you’re a wheelchair user. Real talk, I’ve moved around a lot. As a family, we’ve lived in two houses in The Frosty North.…
I should start by saying I wanted to open with a title to create suspense, but Neil said if I put ‘announcement’ in there it would sound like something else. And nothing doing. Which is unfair on many levels. So the title does what it says: We’re moving back to Edinburgh! Regular readers will know that we moved from Edinburgh to the country four years ago. My postnatal anxiety was still a thing, and I honestly thought the fresh air…
Well, my husband. Hi. I’ve had to spend some time this month writing about the physical side of my disability. I usually don’t focus on what I can’t do, and I usually don’t care. But I feel like I’ve been justifying my life and the help I need and now I’m actually exhausted. Maybe that’s because I wake up and feel I haven’t slept. Maybe that’s because I couldn’t get out of bed this morning. No, literally. There was my…
So, in my last post, I kinda-sorta-maybe pledged five posts a week this week. Yeah, not so much. For a few reasons: Mustard Sandwiches Isla is off school for two weeks, and she’s in the ‘let’s eat mustard sandwiches’ stage of development. She was very proud of herself when she made her own sandwich on Monday. I kinda freaked out when the only thing she put in there was mustard. I was convinced she’d rip her stomach up and get…
