I woke up to a lovely delivery in the post from my friend of many years Louise. She had said to expect something as it wouldn't say on it anywhere who it was from. I knew as soon as I opened it that this was the gift she was referring to.
It did bring a tear to my ear when I saw it as it was just perfec with the dog breads etc. I will make sure that is on my tree every year to remember my baby girl.
After Emma's visit on Sunday she has linked me up with a guy called Matt who does a postcast about mental health. She thinks it would be great for me to be on it and promote The Tavern and how it can help people not feel so alone. I've mentioned a few times that winter is a difficult time for a lot of people and I relly want to get teh word out there to more people so they don't have to suffer in silence. The more people that can be part of The Virtual Tavern hopefully the bigger our supportive communty can grow to help more people. We had a zoom for about an hour chatting in general and the conversation flowed easily as we both shared our sruggles with depression and anxiety.
We have scheduled in an interview for the 21st December on Matt's podcast down in the midlands. He said it's better to do the podcast in the same room rather than remotely as you get a better interaction and it's also possible to film it all. It think it's so important to keep mental health in the spotlight and let people know it's okay to not always be okay.
Partway through the zoom the doorbell rang and it was Hayley who had another bauble for me, bless her. Great minds think alike. I felt rude as I couldn't invite her in for a brew as I was mid-zoom, but I think she needed to dash anyway. Another thoughtful gift from one of my lovely friends.
I am so lucky with the people I have in my life and lots of them have been a part of it for many years. As well as my close circle I have lots and lots of friends that go back all theway to school, work, Oldham Theatre Workshop etc. I can honestly say I don't there anybody that I have fallen out with (with the exception of one person) that I would never speak to again. I never reslly fall out with people to that extent, I might have cross words now and hen but I can't stand to drag things out and always try to fix things as soon as possible. If somebody, however, shows themselves to be intrinsicly nasy and I know they are not a nice person then I have no problem completely cutting them out of my life and never speaking to hem again. Fortunately I am usually quite a good judge of character so rarely allow those kind of people into my life. Some people are good at hiding their true self so it's invenitable one may slp through now and hen. But even then I believe these horrible humans sare sent to teach us a bigger lesson. As long as you learn from the enounter then it hasn't been a completely wasted experience.
I finished writing out my Christmas cards and getting them in the post. I just have a couple that I need to get online so it's easier for posting them long distance.
Watched 'The Traitors" again on BBC iplayer and it is so gripping they always leave you on a cliffhanger. Some reality TV shows are just about gorgeous people getting their 15 minutes of fame with their shirts off. This is more about manipulation and deceit (I know someone who would have been great on this show).
Still re-watching "Happy Valley" too on iplayer and I forgot just how good it was. Season 1 in particular is pretty brutal and really has you on the edge of your seat. If you haven't seen it already I highly recommend catching up before Season 3 sarts in the new year.
I've got the first of two funerals tomorrow and not looking forward to it. It's quite sad that the only time we tend to see our extended family now is weddings and funerals.
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