- Me and my beautiful boy testing out a travelling wrap
You know that feeling where you feel like you’re going round and round in circles and it’s never going to stop? I’ve felt that way for a while, and now it finally seems to be slowing down and I feel a bit less dizzy!
I have finally started getting therapy after nearly 2 years on the waiting list, and I really like the person who I have been given, which is a huge moving point for me as I have had such a rubbish experience with the mental health team where I live, with, at one point, 5 complaints going through at the same time about different parts of it. To say it has been hell to get here is an understatement, and I am so, so thankful to finally be getting help with my anxiety issues. I’ve also made some amazing friends this year, who make me feel almost normal again and help me to feel more confident in going out and about, whilst not completely on my own yet, without my partner, which is a massive step forward, and hopefully will mean that soon I will finally be able to go walks on my own like I used to and do things like go clothes shopping, something I used to take for granted, something I’m now thankful for when I get the opportunity to do it.
I have also just started hosting babywearing meets (with help) which I have worked on for the last year, opening up the Facebook group last October and putting together a sling a library, with the help of kind donations from various companies and the National Childbirth Trust (NCT). And I am doing some volunteer work that I can do from home at my pace, which is amazing and really helps to make me feel more independent, and not something I could have seen myself doing this time last year.
A few months ago I applied for an Open University course in business, it’s only an introductory course but it will get my brain firing on all cylinders again (…hopefully…) and I’ll get some UCAS points to go with it, and will hopefully do a level 2 OU course next year! I start it in November and I can’t wait! The books arrived a few days ago, and as it’s completely online I can do it at my pace. I’m really excited but really nervous as I haven’t studied in over 3 years, but hopefully I should get into the swing of it fairly quickly, and have already started doing some of the taster exercises in the books.
They say bad things happen in 3s…..but does that apply to good things too?
