Sorry for going AWOL. I needed a bit of time for various things, including the passing of one of my beloved cats. Her death on top of lockdown blues, on top of the already present depression, was just a bit too much. It’s still tough but I’m doing much better.
Glad to see everyone is doing ok 
Hi Sen! I was wondering how you are. I’m glad you’ve posted. I"m sorry to hear about your tough times.
I’m glad you’re doing much better now.
I’m okay at my end. 
Awww so sorry to hear that. I had noticed you were quiet and knew you would resurface when you can. Same old same old here.
Last day of a few days off and my first day at the desk too. I’ve been good Had a day out for a fish and chips in Deal which was nice. Lots of walks locally. Itching to get back in the sea (my wife has been sea swimming but I’ve not had the chance for various reasons).
Today is a ‘working’ day. I have a few things to get done so back to work.
Take care all
Kev
Hi all!
How is everyone doing?
How is everyone dealing with the easing of UK restrictions?
Quite honestly no change here for us. There are a few places we go as we know those places do a good job to control numbers etc. Other than that we’re doing OK. Still working form home and no sign of going back yet and that I’m OK with for now.
I’ve not been doing much differently from what I was been doing before. I have been going into the office a couple of times a week though. That helps my morale.
I guess we’ll see what happens by September.
Same old same old here. Went on a lovely holiday recently that helped clear my head and centre me. I spent a fair bit of time just floating in the cool sea then napping. Bliss!
My current focus is sorting out or garden so there’s some toddler friendly areas, plus some grown up space given over to nature. Perhaps even an outdoor shrine for the land spirits.
I also have the epag days and Wed Ronpet coming up. I’ve decided to be in line with the House of Netjer this year, so I don’t feel like I’m celebrating alone. I’m very excited because last years festival was enlightening for me. I think Sutekh also visited recently. It was an intense experience that is still sticking with me weeks later. I might write/blog about it one day.
It sounds like you’re doing great at the moment! Your garden plans sound fab 
I’d be interested to know more about the results of your work! The Netjeru keep going on about me creating a sacred space & mini temple in the garden, although I probably can’t do anything for a while yet. It’s funny that you mentioned your garden! One of those weird ‘coincidences’.
No idea how or when I’ll do mine, but I’m sure I’ll know at the right time.
I’ve also got a UK holiday coming up. Maybe that’ll do me some good!
Me again! I felt compelled to update because husband and I went out on a date night for the first time in THREE YEARS! We went to see a musical in London and stayed at a swanky hotel. Now we’re back to the usual plod and getting ready to do our winter shutdown (a bit like spring cleaning but in the autumn 
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Hope everyone is safe, coping and jabbed!
That’s great! It’s good to be out and about again! We’re double jabbed.
Feeling happier about the Covid-19 situation these days.
I’m double jabbed, but I have health conditions such that I am at higher risk if I catch covid (both of death and of severe issues with long covid). My local area is also one of the worst in the UK for cases right now. But they’re holding some kind of big festival down the road and I don’t think it’s the last one this month either. My family are trying to encourage me to go out and it’s like lol, really? Not a chance. Especially not with the blasé attitude so many people have right now (f.ex events where people were asked to take the PCR in advance, people didn’t and turned up covid positive). It has been hard.
I’m feeling positive about my spiritual life though. I’ve taken a couple of hard knocks on that front due to disability, my health basically shutting off paths I was walking. But I’m slowly readjusting and finding new things I can do. I’ve started offering the KO divination method of Fedw on the festival days of the Gods I can divine for (Wepwawet and Hethert-Amenti), and am working on solidifying my bond with the Akhu as they have indicated I may also be able to offer Fedw on their behalf. I’ve been working on a spreadsheet of incense thoughts, from the scents I pick up to what Gods I think they might suit. I seem to have finally figured out who exactly the Sekhmet in my life is (Sekhmet-Nut, possibly “as-Nebetuu”), and it has been like turning a key in a lock, suddenly so much more of a connection is pouring in. And in non-Kemetic work, I’m still plugging away working slowly on Seidr, and I’ve started doing Heathen ritual again.
I also realised that if I manage to move house (I currently live 1st floor), power wheelchair rental might mean I can go to offline events again! Which has made me feel quite positive.
I’m so sorry to hear about your health. I have M.E and endometriosis so I sympathise.
It’s awesome to hear about your work with incense. I’ve been trying to “assign” each Netjer a scent (my sense of smell is pretty good) so that I can have a clearer sense who is visiting. My go-to incense seems to be sandalwood. As soon as I smell that, I am transported to my shrine and I relax
We’re double jabbed too. It got pushed up by a couple of weeks, which was convenient for us. I still worry I could catch it as I dont have a great immune system. I’ve had three colds in the last month.
Big mood. I suspect ME/CFS and/or Fibro but Covid hit shortly after I started the process of “why the hell am I so tired?” at the doctor so I’m still caught in “is it sleep apnea tho” hell even though it’s obviously not that. Also suspect endo, I attacked that with a Mirena + minipill a long time ago so it’s usually not too bad, but I’m thinking of asking for a hysto anyway as progesterone is bad for my joints. I can’t wait for the health system to stat to recover so I can talk to my doctor more freely.
I have a sandalwood incense on order that I hear is quite good! A Baieido one, Byakudan Kobunboku. I’m really looking forward to trying it, especially as the other fancy wood, aloeswood, doesn’t seem to be up my alley. There’s another popular sandalwood stick I really want to try (Minorien Fu-in Sandalwood), everyone raves about it, but in the UK you typically have to order it from abroad so I’m holding off on that for a bit.
My spreadsheet’s scent notes are rather basic atm as my vocabulary isn’t trained (I can often smell differences I can’t describe yet, and my vocab is a bit beginner-y in that it uses a lot of comparisons and imagery). It also isn’t oodles long yet as I’ve not long started doing it, but I am still working on it (actually have a couple of things due in that order with the sandalwood) and am happy to message the link to you if you wanted to have a look. Would prefer to message just b/c at the moment it’s set to anyone with the link can view and my life is easier if I can keep it set that way 
How is everyone doing?
So this is the first Autumn/winter where we may be lockdown free since the start of the pandemic…
I’m still out and about and glad I’ve been able to have the vaccines.
I’m slightly concerned about young children because they can’t have the vaccines and it’s still school as usual.
Plodding along. I seem to have caught every cough and cold going so have been ill for about a month now. I also messed my back up by picking up little one. Ambulance had to come out to give me gas and air. Draaaamaaa! does jazz hands
Oh, and the cherry on the cake is that I need to be checked out for Crohns disease or whatever has been bugging me. I swear, sometimes it feels like I am cursed.
On a more positive note, I have been enjoying spending time with partner and little one. She dressed up as Elsa for Halloween and handed out treats to people.
It’s good to hear from you Sen.
At least if you are diagnosed with crohns, you’ll know what’s going on… Horrid as that is. I hope your health stuff gets sorted.
We had a phase where it felt like common cold after cold… But we’ve been okay for a few weeks now.
Our kids also enjoyed Halloween. We went to a Halloween parade, which was great. I’m looking forward to Christmas, but spending too much already!
No change here. Still working from home, no hint of office return. Youngest brought COVID home from school soon after return from summer which sucked.
There has been talk of us going back to the office part-time, but they have mentioned that before and nothing happened.
That’s really rubbish about your child catching Covid-19.
It was inevitable with how things were going. He got it, then I did and it sucked. The other two were fine however. At least while being double jabbed I didn’t need hospital.