Notes and links from 29 Sept

Lavander goes through phases of digging and we’re happy to encourage it. Then we fill in the hole so she can start over again. Psychotherapy day today, alongside a need to rest, so mostly pottering in the garden. Sister came over to borrow something from the shed so we had a brief catch-up. I mentioned my therapy had moved onto some quite specific family stuff and she reacted in a way I couldn’t quite pin down, so I guess a chat is on the horizon! A friend with Long-Covid emailed about my CFS crashes, wondering if it might be better if I never crashed at all. I think it would! But then I wouldn’t do anything, and the process I’m following is to slowly try and find that point where I can function but not crash. This is not as easy as it might be because I’m not very good at monitoring. In fact in many ways I’m a terrible CFS patient. When I’m fatigued I make bad decisions which make me feel worse, and when I’m restored I want to seize the moment and finally get something done, which is…