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Not a lot has been said around here lately because there is not a lot to say! Things have just been trundling along. My health has been fairly steady, no great ups or downs. Nothing overly exciting has been happening. We have been able to spend a lot of time with friends, old and new, which has been really lovely. One thing that has happened since I've poorly is that I have felt fairly friendless, a combination of me not being able to do so much and friends not knowing what I can do and so not worrying with me (well that's what it felt like) so to be able to do things with friends again is lovely. Can't remember if I said or not but my career as an Avon lady was fleeting - it definitely was not for me. It was hard to do on my own so the husband had to help a fair bit. One time I went out on my own delivering catalogues I had a fall, with a backpack full of catalogues and my hands full of them too. It wasn't nice. So we decided that it wasn't worthwhile. I need to start doing something more regular with my time, there is a possibility in the pipeline but one that I can't talk about here just now. Oh, we did have a little lesson in reaching for the attainable the other day. We were with friends and their nearly two year old was saying no to everything asked of her. When her mum asked her if she wanted 1 million pounds she looked at her mum, paused briefly and then said 'no'. Her mum then asked her if she wanted 5 pounds. Her reply - 'yes'. When she got down from the table after dinner she went and got her mum's purse and asked for her pennies. Knowing what is impossible and not reaching for it, and knowing what is possible and setting out to get that is a lesson that many with CFS need to learn as early in the journey as possible.