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What will your life be like in three years? Daily writing Prompt

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Well, I know what will definitely be as it is resilient to any forms of medication, is my Chronic Widespread Pain Syndrome, (CFS) or Fibromyalgia. I have had it for nearly 15 years and I have an idea that in three years it will still be with me.

On a happier note, I hope that my journey which started today with my newly contracted Editor will be blooming, and the book in which she is reading will have been published and I might be in the midst of writing/finishing off its follow up! Who knows?!

I have had to wait to feel comfortable in asking for help. I am now 52, I have no children and I do not work. Everything I do is it snails pace due to my CFS, and I always feel apologetic for my lack of oomph! I used to be a bit of a burning the candle at both ends sort of person, and was always busy busy busy, so now I am the complete opposite! It’s embarrassing! I am also a bit of perfectionist which does not bode well in critical arenas! I have learnt to have a slightly thicker skin and just to live and let live. Take one day at a time etc etc. Being ill has certainly helped with the old ego. You can’t have a big ego if you crap yourself when you’re stressed!

Ooops! Is that what I said! Yup, one of the disadvantages of the illness is that stress is literally a pain in the arse, and that’s not going anyway either!

I am hoping to celebrate 20 years with my partner in 3 years time. This is the longest I have been with anybody, except my Parents and my Siblings! Or the rest of the family!

I am also hoping that all of the family are still in good health. That my 2 dogs are still alive, although they will be doddery. That my friends are still with me and healthy.

On another note, I really hope that the World has not collapsed in on itself: no WWIII, pray that Trump doesn’t get in, hope beyond hope that the Labour Party realises that taxing the poor is a really bad idea! That things always get worse before they get better apparently – I thought that this only applied to colds and the flu! (Labours way of promising that things will get better).

And, that the people of the USA realise that Science is a necessary and worthy issue to read about, along with the detriments that they are causing to the Earth. I have friends who live in the USA, and they tell me that most Americans do not believe Science, and that Global Warming is not a real issue. I am speechless!

Lessons from Budget Decisions in Education

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Just a lighthearted look at today’s budget, recalling the concrete steps up to the Porta-cabins.

Daily writing prompt
What’s something you believe everyone should know.
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My ears pricked up when the lady who told us our news for the next tax year – I forget her name – but she said “X amount for schools so that your children aren’t schooled in porta-cabins!!” Hmmm. I was schooled in a porta-cabins from Infants through to Seniors and why? Because of the Labour Government! The socialists of the 1970’s!! Remember them? The 3 day week – or the dark ages as I used to call them, was actually 1974, so the Conservatives, with the Miners strike over pay, there wasn’t enough coal or electricity!

Sir Anthony Eden Conservative 1955 to 1957

Harold McMillain Conservative 1957 to 1963

Sir Alec Douglas Home Conservative 1963 to 1964

Harold Wilson Labour 1964 to 1970

Sir Edward Heath Conservative 1970 to 1974

Harold Wilson Labour 1974 to 1976

James Callaghan Labour 1976 to 1979

Baroness Thatcher Conservative 1979 to 1990

John Major 1990 to 1997

Why did I need to list all these? To represent the time log when different things happened. Thatcher allowed people to buy their own council houses which was a fantastic idea, but we have since then never had enough houses to go around. You could blame Thatcher, or the growing populace on that one!And then you get onto my favourite argument about “Too many people!”

Any thoughts? Did you have a freezing cold classroom in a Porta-cabin in the 1970s/80s/90s?

If I knew what a bark meant

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Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could understand our pets’ language?

I’ve had many cats in the past and nearly got to understanding them, they have far more facial nuances that dogs do. Dogs tend to scrunch up their noses, do the sad eyes, “Have I done something wrong” look, and snuggle down down with you for affection. Rejection wise, although I have never had a dog do this, you have to treat them badly, is the tail hunched down between their legs. That is a sign of utter fear.If I ever see a dog like that, and I have – I wanted to beat the living daylights out of the owner! I always wonder they have done, probably nothing.

If you look on the internet the silly dog pictures tend be be of them wearing comical jumpers/hats/shoes/Deely Boppers/head through curtains/upside down if huge dog trying to be small! There’s also the one ear up, one ear down.

Cats on the other hand do not need props. Perhaps on occasion they have a massive German Shepherd cuddling them as a kitten, but on the main cats are themselves. Googled eyed, flat out on a desk, legs stretched out forwards and backwards. Upside down fluff ball, which way is their head/tail? Knocking items off shelves, ok it’s a prop, sitting in a box even if the cat is a Maine Coon and the box is a tissue box!

Anyway. Yes, if I knew what my dogs are trying to tell me I’d be much happier. They are both getting on a bit and as I write this one of them has started limping again. She always has this problem in her right leg, and despite us getting them checked out at least once per year – vaccinations – the vet says they are in good health. The dog has a bionic leg already. I give them green-lipped mussel multivitamins everyday with glucosamine, an ingredient used by humans for arthritis.

But there is that thing they do to try and hide pain. In the wild, any sign of pain and you are left behind by the pack. You are no use to them lame.

We rescued them, and will continue to rescue them up until their dying days.

Lizzie Ross 28th January 2024.

Bloganuary writing prompt
If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be?
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