scifimike: (Pike)
Yesterday was a good day. It was a normal day. The first one of those I've had in a while. I didn't' feel like I had the weight of the world on my shoulders - and that felt good. It felt like any other day off work.

I slept well, although I did still have to take a sleeping pill but I woke up feeling refreshed. I remembered to eat, albeit it not especially healthily. I spent the day indulging in some of my favourite things - I played Super Mario, I watched Star Trek: Enterprise, I read, I listened to music. I enjoyed myself and didn't have a sense of guilt over it.

This evening has been spent with pizza, chicken wings, a couple of beers and I watched Star Wars - the original movie. 'A New Hope' as it's become known as, although to me, it's still just Star Wars. I always forget how damn much I love that movie. I know I love the movie, always have done, but sometimes I forget how fucking great it is.

I'm trying not to read too much into a good day. I know one good day doesn't mean I'm miraculously cured. I think it just means the treatment plan is working, my medication is working. It just means I've had a good day. I'm hoping it means I've got some more to come.

Resolutions

Aug. 3rd, 2019 08:51 pm
scifimike: (Thor)
Not quite New Year resolutions but... New Me plans. I have always been very fond of not only writing out plans, but making them step-by-step, tangible goals. I want to achieve A and I will do this by BCD, kind of thing. Following on from yesterday's post, the main thing I need to do is get back into work.

I am signed off through the rest of August, to be reassessed the last week. If my GP gives me the OK to return to work, I will contact my manager and arrange a meeting with him and our HR person. I will be proposing a phased return to work, starting with part time hours 3 days a week and see how we go from there. Obviously this is something that would need to be reviewed as I get back into the swing of things, and of course is dependent on them agreeing to the proposal.

Once I'm back in work, the next step would be building up my financial reserves to have a deposit to put down on either a flat or a house of my own. I suspect initially renting, rather than buying. Ideally a two bedroom place, near to work and my son's school.

Only then will I be in a stable position to counter the custody situation and petition for joint custody, rather than just seeing him at weekends.

There's smaller goals I'd like to achieve as well.
I've started and plan on finishing watching the whole Star Trek verse as per the Star Trek Chronology Project - hey, I'm a geek, remember?
Read 25 books
Get to grips with blogging and social media
Be open to trying new things

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My name is Mike, I'm a 48-year-old science-fiction fan from the wilds of Wolverhampton. Metalhead, bookworm, pagan, goth, geek; this blog is going to feature my daily ramblings, as well as new music and books I discover, and the trials and tribulations of fatherhood, divorce and discovering my sexuality.

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