What type of tea Tamo?

Assam

Dads are always tricky to buy for
Gift card to somewhere?

Can't think what for. I asked what he would like and he said an apron so now I'm trawling the internet trying to find a nice one. Maybe a personalised one?

A personalised one would be nice!

Afternoon everyone.

Oh no, Beckie has the grumps. Sorry you didn't get much sleep. I hope today is ok for you.

Personalised things are always appreciated.

Thanks!
It's getting a bit shouty out there again.

The nurse asked the drs if i can go home just for a day.
I need to feel like the outside world is still real and feel normal for a day.
They said they'd review it tomorrow. So it wasn't a straight no. Send good vibes!

How are you doing lindsay?

Afternoon all. I have been swimming today.

I'm sending you ALL the good vibes, Beckie. Do you think you'd be ok at home? I hate shouty, I wish they would shut up and I'm not even there! I can imagine it though.

Afternoon, Dawn. Did you enjoy your swim?

I'm struggling. Got some chocolate though.

Yes I enjoyed myself thanks Lindsay. The pool was very crowded for the first 20 minutes then nearly everyone got out. So although there was more people than last week I coped ok. Kids were a nightmare in the changing room however.

Thanks lindsay!
I'd be fine. I just need to get back for a bit, maybe see my friends and the boys of course.
I feel like a caged animal in here. Pacing the same room and corridors.

I hope the chocolate helps!
I think it's meant to make the serotonin do a thing

I found a nice apron and I checked with Mum that he'd like it :)

I'm glad you enjoyed your swim insig.

I hope you are well enough to have some home time Cacoethes.

What chocolate have you got osc?

Lovely! I hope he likes it!

Thank you :)

I'm glad you enjoyed your swim, Dawn. Kids are a nightmare anywhere I think!

I know how trapped and further crazy psych wards can make you feel Beckie. I do hope you can get some time off the ward and it works out well for you.

What is the apron like Tamo?

During my middle of the night snack spending one night I got a Happy Birthday huge slab of chocolate from Hotel Choclat (expensive) because I liked the one my brother got me for my birthday. This is one of the things I really need to stop doing.

I managed to get out for a walk!
I went out for the 'fresh air' break and when the others went back in, staff said we could go for a walk round the block. About 10 mins. It was really nice! Very tired now though.

Hotel chocolat is so good though
Could you delete amazon before you go to bed?

It's a William Morris print.

Hotel chocolat is nommy! Can you make it last so it doesn't feel as expensive?

I'm glad you got your walk.

Thanks!

What are you up to tamo?

Afternoon all.

I'm so pleased you got out for a walk finally, Beckie. Are you resting now.

Deleting Amazon is a good idea as long as I don't reinstall it in bed. I can be a bad girl at times! That's how those puzzle alarm things don't work for me, they go off and then I just delete the app instead of doing the puzzles to make them shut up!

I don't think I've seen any William Morris prints. I hope I can make the chocolate last but usually if I have any snacks in my house I eat them quickly.

Edited because Jen edited - How do we know when it's evening not afternoon? I keep forgetting I eat dinner early so it's still the afternoon.

My evening starts at 5pm.

Sorry for edit just felt I was moaning too much

I don't know with the evening afternoon thing. I think evening starts at 6pm for me. But I couldn't tell you why.

My Uncle has reproductions of William Morris wallpaper on the walls of his big fancy Victorian terrace house in London.

Happy just started evening then, Tamo!

Tamo have you seen the Inside the Factory episode on making crumpets? I watched it on Monday and I thought you might like to watch it too as I know how much you love crumpets. It's on iPlayer at the moment.

Moaning is allowed. Ooh you have an uncle with a fancy house. Are you in contact with him?

I decided to keep moaning to my RV/serious thread, it felt more appropriate.

I am. He travels a lot though and I haven't seen him and my aunt since before Covid, because of getting FND during Covid, I am only just getting to point I have energy to travel to my parents who live near London. Maybe next time I am at parents I can try and see him if he is in the country. They have visited nearly every country in the world and been to all seven continents!

To be fair they bought the house in the early eighties when it was rundown and had been converted into bedsits and they slowly restored it. But they finished the renovations before I was born so it's always been fancy to me!

I wouldn't have the patience to renovate a house. Just give me a boring modern fully functioning one! I'm not interested in travelling either really. Do you like travelling, if it doesn't negatively impact on you? Is there anywhere you'd really like to go if you could?

I used to love travelling. Went to a load of places as a teenager with the scouts: Germany, Northern Italy, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Finland and Canada. Did Portugal and Majorca as a kid with family but we mostly stayed in UK. Oh and Rome with my parents as a teenager.

Travelled a lot less as I have got older though not because if not wanting to but because of time and expense and effort of organising. Since then I have been to Germany once, Austria many times as my brother lives there, back to Rome to show it to my partner and that's about it. Apart from a few UK holidays (2 in Cornwall, 1 in Scotland near Loch Awe).

My dream destinations if my health wasn't an issue would be Iceland, New Zealand and Japan. I would also love to go to Italy for a fourth time, I speak a little Italian and there is so much to explore. But for now at least travel isn't viable.

Where is Beckie?! I need to have words.

Hopefully Beckie is just asleep and nothing serious happened.

If travel was easier I would love to visit Italy.

If I could i would like to visit Italy and Iceland. Sadly my travelling is restricted to the UK.

I watch travel vlogs as escapism. I can't travel right now but watching others travel helps me imagine what visiting somewhere would be like.

*is summoned*
Albeit a little late!
Np, where you at?

Oh there you are!

I just wanted to explain that if you felt a wobble in the force this morning, then it was coming from me because I was sending massive frustrated vibes your way. I keep getting really badly earwormed by Dumb Ways to Die, especially this morning while I was trying to organise three people and couldn't play other music to drown it out and it was so loud and oh god I'm having flashbacks........

Ahahahaha!!!
This pleases me more than it should
And tbh, i genuinely did feel like the vibes were off this morning!

I thought it might please you! Which kinda pleases me too but I'm trying to be mad at you.

I also just hummed it while going to the toilet. Thought you should know.

'Eating two week old unrefrigerated pie....'

Noooooo

But I'm too exhausted from a hard day's earworming to send bad vibes to you too =P

This is hilarious to me XD

dumb ways to diiiieee

:crying:

Your conversation with Beckie gave me the earworm too so it seemed only fair to share XD

Dumb ways to die reminds me of the horrible histories segment Stupid Deaths. It had a theme song that went 'Stupid Deaths, stupid deaths, they're funny cos they're true. Stupid Deaths, stupid deaths, hope next time it's not you!'

I LOVED stupid deaths.
OG horrible histories was awesome

I've been to rome, venice and milan.
Beautiful country and lovely people!

Have you seen ghosts Beckie? It's a comedy series about a house full of ghosts from different eras by the original horrible histories cast. I am only partway through season three but I have really enjoyed it.

It rings a bell but don't think I've watched it!

Venice is lovely, as are neighbouring bits Murano and Burano. You have to go on boats literally everywhere. They have boat ambulances!
You can't really spend more than a few days though, it is very small!

Ghosts is on iPlayer if you wish to continue to use the TV license that sneakily come out of your bank account!

I spent 48 hours camping on the Lido just outside Venice and then about 12 hours in Venice but I didn't really sightsee much so I'd like to go back. As someone who can't swim no roads only canals did make me a bit nervous! Also the Venetian dialect is very different to the 'standard' Italian I was taught at GCSE. Most of that holiday was spent in the dolomite mountains. Rome is amazing I have been there twice and would happily go again so much history! I haven't been to Naple but my partner visited a friend who lived out there and said there is marble everywhere as there are marble quarries in the surrounding areas.

I watched a tiny bit of Ghosts and couldn't get into it. I had just watched What We Do In The Shadows and liked that so maybe I didn't give Ghosts enough of a chance because I was sad about finishing the other show.

It occasionally is a bit much for me cringe wise but I do find it very funny. I would say it gets better after an episode or two.

The payment came back out so i haven't paid it. But yolo
I'll pay it on friday

Marble quarries sound quite cool!

YOLO. The ward probably has a TV license anyway so technically it's not illegal.

My brother would agree with you he is a geologist

Hi all