It’s a wonderful day here in Royston – if a little windy. I forgot to mention yesterday that I was able to get my prescription for the 10mg Citalopram, and started off them last night.

I also forgot to mention (given that I was shattered on the day in question) that 30th April was our 13 month anniversary, and C had to point it out to me that evening. I still count these things, but once it’s over a year, the time seems to fly by even faster.

I’ve been thinking quite a bit over the last day and a bit. It’s kind of like a repeat of how things were in 2001-2 in my life now. Then, I finished a job I’d enjoyed (aside from the management), ended up in hospital, got suicidal, new year, anti-depressants, spring and summer has some good times and some bad times. Then, in the autumn, things got really good really quickly, and I was able to build on stability in preparing to transition (which then happened in 2004). This time around, it’s almost the same, except I wasn’t suicidal. The hospital visit (this time) was very much pre-planned, and there was a positive outcome to it (rather than me getting out worse because no reason for it was found, so blame it on stress etc.) So where am I going with this? It’s because while things at the moment include some things that have to be done (i.e. moving out of my flat in Dundee, C losing weight, surgery and the rest), the really good times will (hopefully!) be coming later in the year. I can wait, calm and try and avoid stressing too much over the coming weeks. We’ve got a fair bit planned for this month, and we shall see how things pan out.

There is also my new location. Having been around the area for a bit now, it’s a large kind of step change, a bit like when I moved to London in 1999. Lots of new people and friends to see, lots of new shops, new areas and places to discover. As regular readers know, I’d like stability in my life, but I also like to do what I can, while I can. Regulars also know that I don’t just sugar-coat problems, or pretend that they do not exist, but I am genuinely happy with life at the moment. OK I’m tired or upset on occasions, and that isn’t going to pull me down too much. I want to enjoy the good times too. While they come intermittently at the moment, I am confident that I can build on things over the coming weeks and months, really settle down with C, support the conclusion of her transition, and then be there together for whatever next year throws at us. Things will straighten out, and I am looking forward to it already.

I don’t have that many tags, but I have gone through, and updated and added to them. I am editing the posts from 1st May onwards (and I intend to update the April ones too later), so bear in mind the new tags will not appear in older posts.

New Tags
Jokes – specifically for jokes (meme will now specifically be for passed on games and lists etc.)
Animals – for cats, dogs, snakes, pets, etc. – pics or real
Giggles – Funny/weird/silly/painful stories found in the media
Web – For stuff relating to my websites, diaries, forums etc.
Videos – For embedded or linked-to vids
Movies – Stuff we’ve watched, or would like to
Kitchen – for news of my cooking and culinary adventures
Bashes – One-day bus/train trip, Explorers, DayRiders, Rover, Travelcard adventures etc.
Gadgets – for news of our computers, and other electronic items
Cudddlies – For news of the collection of soft toys
Clothing – Some times I find something that I want to show off…
Geeks – Geek(ette) stuff
Anoraks – Similar to geek(ette) but usually to public transport i.e. number crunching, typos in timetables
Media – something from the press
Forward It – please forward this to your friends!
Feelings – how I feel at the moment of entry
Publicity – transport publicity i.e. timetables, maps
Tickets – transport tickets, including special offers

Updated Tags
Caroline – self-explanatory
English transport – for stuff outside London, Herts or Cambs
Family – for my family, or Caroline’s family stuff
Friends – for my friends, C’s friends, friends of friends
Genetics – for HD and related stuff
Herts-Cambs Transport – for stuff related to transport in Hertfordshire (where I live) or Cambridgeshire (where I work). Does not include Peterborough or other connected  areas.
London Transport – for stuff related to London transport – buses, overground trains, underground trains, plus others
Long distance – Usually for cross-border (Scotland to England) stuff
Medical – my or C’s medical stuff
Meme – memes
Music – music
PFH/Ormiston Stuff – Prisons, Helpline, work stuff
Quiet Day – for the days when there is nothing worth writing about
Scottish Transport – for buses and trains north of the boundary
Shopping – self-explanatory
Surgery
Transition
(Transport, Travel Info, Work should have been removed)