Your Favourite Redheads, Returning soon to a starship/base near you!

Ruth Sigurdsdottir · December 14, 2021, 07:06:36 AM

Hi y'all!

A long time ago in a galaxy... oops sorry, wrong sci-fi franchise!!

News of my demise is overra.... oh damn still....

Anyhow, thought I'd best give you an update...The shorter version ain't too short but bear with me.

First up - I was talking to the player of Kyle Briggs, since most of you know he's a close personal friend of many years standing from way back when we were both in our respective military forces, and as such, and with the lack of organisation I had until fairly recently, I'd lost his postal address and wanted to send a card for the year end festivities.... well I find out there had been some changes and that I had missed you all.

So... had a quick chat with Tekin Nevir who indicated that I would be welcome back any time (not that I really had any doubt)... and thus I'm planning to do just that, although I don't yet know in what capacity or anything until I've had more discussion with Tekin and Ian.

Those of you thinking 'but didn't she leave for health reasons?' - Yes, and to an extent those health reasons are still relevant, so don't expect miracles. However, my MacDobby (a nickname I gave Angel aka Ta Li aka my 'brother' since he has a Scottish surname and has turned into my house elf LOL... don't worry, he's a free elf, I gave him clothes for his b'day!) has been staying with me while he's trying to secure a house for rental in Hartlepool (the town I live in) so he's been doing 90% of my household chores, running into town for me, picking up prescriptions, making sure I eat and drink regularly and so on, even when he gets his own place he'll be here at least every other day so I can safely know that the chores will be done and I don't have to worry about them piling up - so the stress side of fretting about my place becoming a pigsty is now off my shoulders, I don't get depressed over the fact that I'm too ill to run a vacuum cleaner over the floor, or that there is a mountain (not just a pile... a veritable MOUNTAIN) of laundry to be done and I will always have painkillers with a maximum of a 48hr wait - literally as long as it take for a repeat prescription to be put into my doctors, processed and picked up from the pharmacy.

So.... my body has had a chance to start healing, I'm not dealing with compounded PEM (Post Exertional Malaise - most people think of them at 'Fibro Flare') bouts - I still get them, I still WILL get them in future, but my body is at least having a chance to rest. In the last month since he came up, I've mostly been sat under a blanket doing knitting and crochet, watching Netflix/Amazon Prime and being waited on hand and foot.

My intention is that I not only manage to get back to Shadowfleet but I make in roads on my novel writing too and have more time for my crafts. He's perfectly happy with this since he gets pressies for his nieces and nephews made and I only charge him for the materials if I don't have them in stock.

I ask that if I have an off day - which will still happen - you don't think I'm lying about my health and throw me out of the nearest airlock!!

Hope to be writing with you very soon!

Best Wishes for whatever you celebrate this year end even if it's just eating lots of nice foodstuffs!!

HUGS

Pol aka Ruth/Hrafn/Luby