Solstice Musings

My monthly round up round up is a little earlier than normal, because Christmas itself is so busy and I want to focus on that in a different post.

Sunday 21st December, sees the Winter Solstice, when the days reach their shortest. So it seems appropriate to time my post to coincide with it.

I find that the Winter Solstice is a very spiritual time for me. I feel a connection to the world and nature. I enjoy the cold and the clear nights when the beautiful stars are filling the heavens. I love to look at the night sky, and the stars are wonderful at this time of year, with the beautiful Pleides star cluster and the wonderful constellation of Orion dominating the Southern sky. And there are four planets on view this Winter. The very bright Jupiter, and then Saturn are easy to see, and a pair of binoculars will reveal Uranus and Neptune. I feel a sense of renewal and optimism for the coming year. I like to burn a small Yule Log to celebrate the occasion and to herald in the start of Christmas. 

So what's been happening this December. Well it's been a mixed bag. I was still struggling with a hoarse voice and a cough at the start of the month, but it's slowly improving. I have had a couple of fibromyalgia flare ups, but nothing too bad.

The Christmas decorations are up and it's looking lovely and festive at the moment. I love putting the decorations up, although I definitely don't enjoy having to climb up into the loft to bring them down. But once they are up I begin to get excited for Christmas. 

My Christmas presents for Deeanna this year, are a new wig, which is a long white style with dark roots, which I'm going to use for cosplay next year. And I've bought some Liz Earle Cleanse And Polish which I love to use to clean my face in the morning and refresh my skin.

On the dressing front it's been a bittersweet experience for me so far this month. I have only had one opportunity to dress so far this month. And it was a wonderful time but it was blighted by an unfortunate event. 

For various different reasons, my visit to my friend, Veronica Page, kept being postponed, so it was actually just over a year since we had met up, which is way too long. She's my best friend and I have really missed her. So I was really happy when we finally had a firm date in the diary and all of the stars were aligned, and my visit could take place. 

All my preparation for the visit went well and I headed to Veronica's house full of anticipation for a lovely day with my friends. We had decided to dress in Christmas sparkles in the morning and leather in the afternoon. 

I arrived just after 10am and we were soon sat chatting away. Veronica and her wife, Mrs Page both looked very lovely in their outfits. We spent a lovely morning chatting and taking photos.

 Soon it was time for lunch, and Mrs Page had prepared a lovely cold buffet for us to enjoy. It had been a really lovely morning and lunch. We had just finished lunch and were about to go and dress in our outfits for the afternoon, when my mobile phone rang. Instantly I sensed that my day at Veronica's was going to be coming to a premature end. 

Sure enough it was my Wife on the phone, who had somehow managed to have a fall. It's unusual for her to have a fall where she did, and she has been fairly stable in the last few weeks and had assured me that I would be ok to leave her at home while I went out for the day. But sadly it wasn't the case. 

We had discussed bringing in respite carers to cover for when I need a caring free day doing my own thing, but my Wife was burying her head in the sand and insisting things were ok as they are. Now she knows that they aren't and we need to make different arrangements when I'm going out. Not going out and doing my own thing is not an option. That would literally kill me. So this event has been a wake up call for us both. 

I was very down about my curtailed visit to my friends, but hopefully we can make up for it next year, in a way that is worry free for me and my Wife. 

At least we had a lovely morning together and a lovely lunch. So that's what I'm taking comfort from.

I had hoped to have another short dressing session before Christmas. If I can manage something on Monday or Tuesday, then I will, but I'm not counting on it, with all of the preparations for Christmas taking place. If that doesn't happen then I will possibly have an opportunity during that period that has become known as Twixtmas. The week between Christmas and New Year. 

So that's my December so far. I'll be making a short Christmas post later this week, so watch out for that. 

Lots of love 

Deeanna 💋💋💋