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Last night I got to leave my bedroom to see an actual person. Okay I live with my husband and it hadn’t been that long since I left the house, but somehow not seeing my friends for weeks made me feel like I’d been in hibernation. Last night P and I  went to one of our favourite cafe/restaurant/bars, a place name Milgi and my tummy is still full. I am yet to find a single person who has been to Milgi and not loved it. The place is a treasure trove of art, creativity, and interior design genius. I always forget quite how much I love the place, and how happy being there makes me. I was annoyed with myself for forgetting to take my digital camera. I wish I could have taken some photos of my favourite parts of the place. Instead I was stuck with my phone camera, and since I am still using my iPhone 3GS I don’t have a flash. Oh well guess it means I’ll have to go back soon, eh?

Aside from the pretty interior and lovely atmosphere, Milgi has some of the best food I have ever tasted. The restaurant is completely vegetarian, something P and I would have turned our noses up a couple of years ago. I wouldn’t have imagined P loving bean burgers when we first met. The place has changed the way we look at vegetarian meals though. Last night I tucked into one of their legendary nut roasts, and for pudding cinnamon doughnuts with chocolate dipping sauce and cream. All made on the premises.

Enough about my love of food though and more about the person we had dinner with. I’ve mentioned M a couple of times on here, but probably not enough considering she is one of our best friends. She’s the sort of person who you always makes you laugh until your sides hurt. The night as a whole then was definitely worth braving the snow for (which Edith, my mobility scooter, handled wonderfully by the way) and the whole day it has taken me to recover. The night refreshed me a little so I feel a bit more motivated to get on with some university work, that’s a story for another post.

Love Katie x

 

Mobility Waterproof Scooter Storage Cover


 November has very much been an emotional and physical rollacoaster. I feel very lucky to have a fantastic husband and some great friends who were willing to patiently ride it with me.

Regular readers will know that I participated in National Novel Writing Month last month, I am sure you will all be pleased to hear that I completed my novel! I am very proud of my accomplishment, it makes me realise how much I can achieve with my writing with the right amount of dedication. I am very thankful to my friends who sent me messages of encouragement and to my husband who put my laptop in front of me even when I resisted.

It was very difficult for me to write 50,000 words in such a short space of time. ..

This is as far as I have got in writing an update blog post. I am seriously struggling with motivation at the moment. My body is exhausted and every time I do something I have to stay in bed for days on end to recover. That doesn’t exactly inspire me to go places or work hard.

I have so much to be thankful for, the last two weeks in particular have been jam packed with treats, presents and wonderful events, and yet I do not want to get out of bed. I should be on top of the world right now. I don’t know completely whether it’s my body or my depression. I certainly struggle when I do get out of bed, not just struggled, I have to really fight to get up but I’m not doing anything while I’m in bed either. My pain levels are really bad and I’m not sleeping much, but I don’t feel like I want to look after myself at all, I would happily hide away from the world. Perhaps there isn’t one problem, it’s most likely to be a combination of both depression and sickness. Usually I would fight these kinds of emotions and thoughts by throwing myself into social events and university work, but my physical illness is holding me back. What is clear is that I need to push past my physical problems if I want to stay on track with my university course.

Even though I barely began my ‘catch up’ post I wanted to put it up to show you where I am right now. A bit lost and struggling to work on anything, least of all my university work, which I am desperately behind with. I will continue to attempt to force myself out of this though, I know that God is close, and will bring me through this deep valley.

Love Katie x

 



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