It’s December. I have just returned from 5 days up in the mountains with family. I have just invited family to stay with me for 3 or 4 days. Then I will spend Christmas day with family. I love them dearly, but this time of year sucks my very limited social energy up like a huge black hole of suckiness. Thank you to those who popped a question on my Asks page: you are my saviours from paralysed silence! ___ Hullo! [...]