Back to Cooking.

Hello from a wet and cold Hertfordshire. Maybe winter is coming back-I do hope not!

Well, another week starts. Back to full strength now and that does of course mean cooking once again. Have a rib of beef in the oven and some fine rioja-heaven. Of course normally being terribly British I would do this on a Sunday but I went for a curry with my parents yesterday so felt I had to make up for it today.

Actually I feel quite good for the beginning of the week. Lots to do but so far so good. Didn't realise that this week is Eating Disorder Awareness Week. That was something that was new to me when I took up my job 3 1/2 years ago. But I've certainly learned since, particularly this year.

If you are reading this it might seem ironic that I open my post with food then go on to talk about eating disorders. As you will gather it has never been an issue to me although when I was at my worst, and that lasted many years, I had little appetite and my weight dropped. But risperidone put paid to that.

But more to point, although it is not an issue for me, I do like to note that eating disorders are serious mental health difficulties and there are many out there who battle day to day against these conditions.

So if you have an interest, have a looks at what is out there this week. There is an interesting blog on the Mind website about eating disorders in men, http://www.mind.org.uk/ .

I Heard a Voice.

PS My book is now also on sale at the Waterstones and WHSmith websites.

A Most Unexpected Day.

Hail and salutations!

So what news? I guess the biggest news is that I am back in the land of the living. Having struggled with headaches, exhaustion, and whole range of other symptoms for most of the past 3 weeks, I emerged back to life this week. Lesson learned, it is far harder to recover from concussion ages 41 than it is ages 21!

I returned to work this week full time. Some trepidation but much to my surprise my energy has returned. But it was challenging week to come back to. Last night I mused to a degree on why I have a job in the first place. And on paper, today looked rather scary.

So from 10 am until 4 pm I worked non stop. Most unexpectedly it went fantastically well! A day of surprises. I learned a long time ago that if you work in mental health, no day is ever as it seems. And today that proved right.

I drove home listening to the late great genius who was Bob Marley, mood elevated for the first time in while and looking forward to the rest of the day.

Tomorrow is all change. I'm headed to the seaside although at this time of the year that can be pretty bleak. Will see my mum and dad, catch up with friends and hopefully forget about the world. Happy days for me if not for some others in the troubled world of today.

No food news today, just heating stuff up, but I will mark my return to normality next week by going once again on my culinary adventures!

I Heard a Voice.

Knock knock, Who's There?

Blogging is a strangely fickle business. Since discovering the stats on here is has been really strange watching trends change. Audiences wax and wane for no apparent reason, and areas of the world where people are accessing this blog change very quickly. At the moment, no one seems to be out there.

I suppose I ought to speculate as to why that is. Perhaps my lack of recent blogs has led to a drop off. Maybe I have nothing interesting to say. Is my writing poor? Or is it that people just think I'm full of shit? Maybe all of those but I do know that I can't control whatever people do so I try hard not to worry about that. (that only works sometimes!).

So what has been going on in my world? Most significantly I have more or less stopped cooking in the last couple of weeks. I'm only working part time and really don't have the energy to do much else. Strange the ways of minor head injuries.

But fatigue apart, I am recovering. My mood was affected quite badly for a couple of days but on the whole it has remained relatively stable if a little lower than before.

Very much hope I can get back into this when my energy returns. In the meantime, I'm off for a curry!

Take care.

I Heard a Voice.

I'm Still Alive!

Has it really been that long since I last posted on here? Well actually it has. But I am still alive and thought it was about time for an update.

So what has been happening since then? Work has been exceedingly hectic but have had to take a step back from that. Had an accident at work last Tuesday so haven't been back since. Nothing serious or causing lasting damage but might take a while to get over it. Saw a Doctor yesterday who told me I have post concussion syndrome-so tell me somehting I don't know! Nothing can be done but time.

Much more importantly though, my book finally came out! It took almost 9 years to the day since I started writing. Have been reading all week but sadly have been somewhat disappointed, I did not do a very good job on the editing! I just hope the whole thing holds together despite the flaws.

In the unlikely event anyone wants to buy it it just went on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pillar-Impotence-Mark-Edgar/dp/1849913951/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1296915585&sr=1-2

Plan to take it very easy for the rest of the weekend. Superbowl tomorrow but certainly won't be staying up for all of it if I continue to feel like this. Might have to take out shares in the makers of paracetamol!

I Heard a Voice.