Hey you guys…I know I was meant to do a November THREAD. Probably a December one, too.

But the thing is, I’m in need of a break. The Ferals (aka my children) have already been on school holidays for a while and I have been getting over a lovely post viral infection after having COVID again. Weirdly, the secondary infection was much worse than the spicy one, but with the same result: I need to recharge.

It’s time for me to spend some time with my parents, in particular. My amazing mother’s birthday falls just before Christmas, then we have the Main Event on the 25th, and this year that will be followed by my parents’ Golden Wedding Anniversary. 50 YEARS! That’s genuinely inspirational, though I will admit have ordered them a rather unconventional present to celebrate…not that The Professor will have much clue what is going on. He’s now largely non-verbal, but still hanging on to those things that we all take for granted in daily life that provide us with something truly inestimable: dignity. Long may he be able to put (most) of his own clothes on.

So I’m stepping away from my little patch of cyberspace for a time. My peeps are home and my parentals are not so very far away, and I’m needed in the here and now rather than roaming the wilds of the interwebs.

However you celebrate the festive season, I wish you well. I hope 2023 has been kind to you and that 2024 will be truly spectacular — in all the right ways.

Mind yourselves,

BJx

PS I’m leaving you with a random scattering of possible excuses for my taking a break — even though I am fully aware if you make excuses you’ll make nothing else — because that’s exactly what I’m gonna be doing: nothing…

PPS 150 points to anyone (I presume they will be a Ravenclaw) who knows exactly what Cillian is saying and how it applies to my Ferals right now…