Hello all,

Well I have well and truly lost my sanity! I have made some very large life decisions since my last post, So I feel it best to tell you.

Stress is not good for you. I have discovered that when you are a certain age for me +30 and I'm not giving anymore away, you start to have strange things happen to you like the sweating phase. Oh my dear days.....they are horrendous, and I've been well informed by my doctor that they are not the M word, but in fact stress related. Well...If that's whats to come and it can chuffing stay in the future. If it is stress then I need to find a way of not being so stressed. So....I came up with a list of things I can do to simplify my life:

1. Get rid of the husband.
2. Sell a child that claims to be my daughter.
3. Ignore all member of my immediate family - in fact any relation whatsoever.
4. Have a foot massage everyday.
5. Claim benefits and or work from home.
6. Start a brewery.

Working logically through the above list - I can not get rid of the husband. Several reasons, mainly the fact that number 4 would be impossible to fulfill unless I pay for it - something I would need a job and or benefits as discussed in number 5. Despite his being a man, he is my soul mate so number 1 might not be an option.

As for number 2, as much as I love my beautiful daughter, having an 8 year old going on 18 is hard work. When us parents decided to become parents or in our case thrown in at the deep end, we vow to keep this person safe and secure and to teach them the ways of the world. Saying that its one of the hardest most stressful jobs i have ever experienced. Everyday is a curve ball, you just don't know what is going to happen next. This in itself makes the stress levels high, so number 2 on my list i really can not do anything about. In fact nor do i want to, I love her.

So that leaves number 3.
If only life was as easy as getting rid of the family. Is there a switch someone can invent that turns family on and off? Don't get me wrong I do love my family but man do they do your head in at times. Mum is now one step closer to getting a diagnosis of some sort. The neurologist has confirmed that there is definitely something wrong with her brain, but its not the posterior part its the top of her head, so he spoke about different types of Alzheimer's but wouldn't put a label on it just yet. So, we have to go for a PAT scan and more physiological tests to see what part of the brain has been affected. We've also been fr her ESA Assessment to see what group they put her in - The working group or the none working group. It's only been six months since we have applied so hopefully things will start moving in the right direction. I don't think I will be getting rid of certain parts of my family that easily, in fact it may get worse over time, so i think I just might opt for the holidays without family!
 - Booked two weeks in Cornwall! Cottage by the sea with some nice clean and quiet fresh air!

Number 6.
Haven't a clue even to where to start so might just starting going to bargain booze and doing some market research.