Stuff and other stuff
Sep. 12th, 2016 01:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenayThis whole thing where I promised to post to Imzy daily hasn't really worked...but it has got me posting to Dreamwidth more regularly (and cross-posted to Imzy when I remember). So, er, yay? Well, it's improving my rate of posting *somewhere*, at least.
I was reading some old posts here, and I realised how much I miss having that record of what I was doing and feeling. My posting petered out almost completely around 2014 (AKA The Year I Was Sad), so I have very little written down about that period. It makes me sad, because reading those old entries reminded me of happy times and places that I'd almost forgotten about. Turns out, DW/LJ weren't just about community for me - they were a way of recording my experiences for posterity. The silly every day stuff as well as the big memories. That's why I need to get back into the habit of writing here, even if I'm getting my fill of community-love on Imzy. I need that record of who I was, what I did, and how I felt.
And so...
This whole iPhone-having thing is still rather neat and lovely. I can reply to messages when I'm out of the house! And look up tide-times when we're trying to make last-minute beach plans! And catch up on Twitter while I'm waiting for a doctor's appointment! It's all very cool :-)
Dad has been visiting for the last few days, and I can tell how much the move to Canada had been weighing on his mind, because he's still in an excellent mood several months after deciding not to do it. The last couple of visits he made here, he was in such a terrible mood that I was frankly glad to see the back of him. I wasn't entirely sure Mum would go back to England at the end of her visit last year, thanks to his behaviour.
He's been a delight this trip. Fun, funny, happy to go out and do stuff or veg around the house as we please, no black silences and refusals to make decisions about even minor things like what to eat. For the last two or three years, he wouldn't go on any little trips with Mum, so his visits were three weeks of gloomy hanging out at the house, but today they're off for a few days driving and visiting and he's really happy to do it.
I can also see the difference in Mum - she's enjoying her time with him, which she really hasn't been over the last couple of years. They're going to have a great time away together. Even though she was upset and angry when he unilaterally decided they weren't moving, I think it's actually going to be good for them in the long-run. If he'd continued being a miserable git for much longer, I don't know what would have happened. Now the weight's gone and he's back to being the Dad I used to know.
Although, as much as I'm enjoying having him around this time, I am looking forward to having the house to myself for a few days :-)
I was reading some old posts here, and I realised how much I miss having that record of what I was doing and feeling. My posting petered out almost completely around 2014 (AKA The Year I Was Sad), so I have very little written down about that period. It makes me sad, because reading those old entries reminded me of happy times and places that I'd almost forgotten about. Turns out, DW/LJ weren't just about community for me - they were a way of recording my experiences for posterity. The silly every day stuff as well as the big memories. That's why I need to get back into the habit of writing here, even if I'm getting my fill of community-love on Imzy. I need that record of who I was, what I did, and how I felt.
And so...
This whole iPhone-having thing is still rather neat and lovely. I can reply to messages when I'm out of the house! And look up tide-times when we're trying to make last-minute beach plans! And catch up on Twitter while I'm waiting for a doctor's appointment! It's all very cool :-)
Dad has been visiting for the last few days, and I can tell how much the move to Canada had been weighing on his mind, because he's still in an excellent mood several months after deciding not to do it. The last couple of visits he made here, he was in such a terrible mood that I was frankly glad to see the back of him. I wasn't entirely sure Mum would go back to England at the end of her visit last year, thanks to his behaviour.
He's been a delight this trip. Fun, funny, happy to go out and do stuff or veg around the house as we please, no black silences and refusals to make decisions about even minor things like what to eat. For the last two or three years, he wouldn't go on any little trips with Mum, so his visits were three weeks of gloomy hanging out at the house, but today they're off for a few days driving and visiting and he's really happy to do it.
I can also see the difference in Mum - she's enjoying her time with him, which she really hasn't been over the last couple of years. They're going to have a great time away together. Even though she was upset and angry when he unilaterally decided they weren't moving, I think it's actually going to be good for them in the long-run. If he'd continued being a miserable git for much longer, I don't know what would have happened. Now the weight's gone and he's back to being the Dad I used to know.
Although, as much as I'm enjoying having him around this time, I am looking forward to having the house to myself for a few days :-)
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Date: 2016-09-13 05:14 pm (UTC)How do you like Imzy? I'm having a hard time keeping track of people, but I don't go on it very much.
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Date: 2016-09-13 06:16 pm (UTC)And hey, at least I'm remembering to blog somewhere a bit more :-)