I am so tired of watching the news. Watching how the other people live...

Nights are getting lighter already. The beauty of the sky tonight is free...

Prices are increasing at speed. Everything is costing more...

I don't know how I feel about this, I'm torn between gratitude and shame. I have lovely neighbours and in recent weeks they've taken to bring by their bags of food they aren't able to use in time, or food they've no space for...

My daughters school has sent letters home about a skiing trip next year. It’s £1280...

News and media in a frenzy over Boris Johnson and the party he thought was a work meeting at no 10. Meanwhile in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon relaxes rules for football crowds but theatres still on reduced seating due to the 1 meter apart rule...

I woke up this morning cold in my bed as the winter is really starting to set in now. It is starting to look like the current government is not going to provide any extra help for struggling families with help towards the rising cost of food and utilty bills which is going to cause extreme hardship for many people already find it hard to survive...

I haven’t filled my diary for a while, I just haven’t been in the best place mentally or physically. My disability worsens with the winter and so does my mental health, this wasn’t helped this year with the added worry of Christmas after the removal of the UC uplift, the massive increase in energy costs and increase in food costs it’s been almost unbearable...

The news says Boris Johnson attended a large party at lockdown. At the time we were only allowed to meet 1 person outside ...

I'm old enough to remember that one wage coming into the family household paid all the bills and food. ...

Will it ever get better? Will those who did wrong ever get their visit from Karma?

All my life, it was drummed into me to stick in at school, pass exams and you will get that job that pays well. Nobody told me, my mother would die young...

News today in The Scotsman is that Boris Johnson is saying no more lateral flows will be made and we will have to learn to live with Covid. I hope this is true and it isn't a long wait...

We escaped covid over Christmas but my daughter tested positive the day she was meant to go back to school. Just hoping my husband doesn’t get it because he would have to take time off work...

January always seems to last a year. We’re only a week into it and it feels like months...

The local supermarket has donated bread and cakes to the foodbank. No fruit or vegetables...

Oh my - I am so so cold. I refuse to out the hearing on when the kids are in school to save energy but it’s literally so so cold in my house...

Week from absolute hell. The gas and electric costs going up just before Christmas, the weather deteriorating here where I live - lots of snow and ice, the children starting back to school with no sense of security as to whether or not they are staying in school, my daughter's 13th on Monday and new changes to arise then - it’s all been a bit of a January 2022 nightmare...

Giving myself a half hearted kick up the backside to work through my To Do list emailing the agencies involved with my daughter's welfare and paying bills...

It has been a manic few weeks, I felt like it took so long but yet looking back I feel like I can't recall what we got up to. Had a calm quiet Christmas at home, some toys, some food, some games and lots of cuddles...

What happens to children who are brought up in poverty? The damage lasts....

Today Relaxarion of self isolating rules came down from 10 to 7 days. Again the UK Gov changing the narrative...

Well I'm not gonna lie I actually can't wait till the kids are back in school the decorations are taken down and Christmas is done with. I actually hate the stress and pressure with comes with xmas...

Today has been a really rough day - as was yesterday. Covid caught up with me just after Christmas and I was quite unwell for a week - my husband had to take unpaid time off work to look after me...

Happy New year to you all. Is this going to be a new year with new problems and difficulties ? As far as Covid is concerned I just don't know what information to believe any more, it seems like the government is set on herd immunity but what happens when new variants arrive that may be more serious? Then there is the rising cost of living...

The Conservatives teaching children that studying and hard work gets you nowhere but deceit, corruption and lies do

Mind is in overdrive. Too much caffeine...

Brexit caused workers from overseas to leave their jobs in the NHS. Now the NHS is short staffed...

Please Boris, disappear with the other corrupt elite preferably to a Jurrasic Park type island. ...

Weather is changeable every day. Yesterday it was 13°C TODAY IT 3°C I've been drinking lots of hot coffee and tea to stay warm and now I'm shaking with too much caffeine...

My anxiety is worsened by knowing our home is not permanent. Moved 8 times in 9 years from private lets...

The renewal for my PIP and ESA benefits are due. My stomach is in knots with anxiety about this...

If we allow to be walked over, then we allow out children to be treated the same....

Bring them down. Let them struggle as they force the working class ...

The UK Gov underestimate the intelligence of society. Brexit caused staff to be cut from the NHS...

Resilience was the buzz word of 2021. School staff told Additional Support Needs pupils to be resilient when bullied by peers...

The Covid saga continues....

What will the Consevatives have in store for us this year?

New Years Day 2022. I have a migraine had it from yesterday...

It's New Years Eve & I woke up to my worst nightmare. Due to an incoming payment delay at my bank, the payment of Child Tax Credit & next week's Carers' Allowance weren't paid in time so I was unable to meet my payment obligations & I defaulted - this potentially has the knock on effect of affecting my credit worthiness...

It's New Year's Eve and I've woken up to one of my worst nightmares. I expected to find that my child tax credits and carers allowance had been paid...

So there it is. Christmas is over...

My sleeping pattern is all over the place. It's that awkward week between Xmas and New Year...

So as the new year approaches it’s still a whirlwind of craziness and unsettlement - will the world shut down again? Will schools return? Will the Omicron variant really be as destructive as the media suggest? Will life ever return to normal again? Has our view of abnormal events now become the norm? It’s so difficult for those questions to be answered...

How are they counting the number of omicron cases out of a positive test result or are they only including people in hospitals? I don't bloody know no more...

These bloody fear mongering news reports and the new variants are getting on my nerves. How do they know omricon rates are going up when they are not testing for certain variants, they are testing for covid...

Christmas plans were thwarted. Two members of my family from the other household are down with Omicron...

Feeling unwell has me thinking what will happen when the NHS is sold off. I can't afford my child or myself to be unwell...

Unwell again. Earache...

Christmas was very quiet for the two of us again this year, at least we got through without covid symptoms and it has not been overly cold. I am very concerned about the school return in the new year as covid cases for my local area are over double the national average and rising fast...

Thank goodness Christmas is over. I couldn't do anything right in my daughter's eyes...

Today is Boxing day. My child is spending a few days with her dad...

I had my booster yesterday and am feeling a bit rubbish today. Hopefully the side effects will pass but it's really affecting my suspected fibromyalgia...

Another cold snap in the weather. Temperature is minus 9 tonight...

No doctor or nurse has spoken up yet

For a variant of a virus that is spreading fast but much less deaths from it, why the panic? Why the threat of lockdown again?

I seem to be in a state of perplexed perpetual panic of late. The fear a steady buzzing in my heart n brains that follows me like a cloud, no, a swarm of locusts...

I'm still struggling as daughter not back into education in nearly 3 years. Bottom of pile of priorities of the Conservatives...

School is out. It makes no difference to us...

There is only myself and my younger daughter at home who is 15 and is autistic. It will be a quiet day in our house...

Christmas is nearly here now, It will be another quiet one for us living on a very limited income. We will however make the most of what we do have and my daughter can take a break from her school work...

Well the kids are now finishing school just as temperatures start to dip and the rising cost of fuel and electricity. Lovely...

Migraine headache had me awake most of the night. My body is tired...

It’s supposed to be my graduation ceremony in January. We heard today that it has been cancelled...

Wealthy politicians treat the working class less than an animal

Today has been a hard day, many of the Christmas events we had planned for the children have now been cancelled, and the prospect of stricter measures or another lockdown seem imminent...

Just another week closer to Christmas and worried sick about the rising costs of gas and electric and worried about being cold over Christmas. I’m dreading the children being off as it’s so expensive now to heat the house...

I have always been one to ask questions, why and how do situations arise. The greed of the affluent minority is destroying the world and blaming ( gas lighting) everyone else...

Compassion in care and education has dwindled. Now the NHS is being run into the ground...

It's a man's world run by mostly male politicians who decide your worth as a woman....

Thought I would share on the diary my thoughts after last night's Big Ideas meeting. This was supposed to be the last one ever - but there was a great announcement that there is funding for these to continue in to 2023! Everybody was so pleased and relieved with this news...

Isn't it strange how the wealthier of society believe and stick by Tory rules despite the inconsistencies, lies, different rules. Until they themselves are affected where it hurts (in their bank accts) they float along while the rest of society struggles...

I just keep wondering how on earth I will cope if there is another lockdown. I just can’t imagine the toll it will take on us all...

Todays news of £500 million being invested into fraud of Universal Credit. How can anyone fraudulently claim UC? It was designed to link up all benefits and HMRC to deter fraud...

This time of year has me remembering Christmases gone by. I don't remember happy times...

Where do we go from here ?, the new strain of covid seems to be spreading at an alarming rate meaning there could possibly be much more stringent restrictions on the way which is going to pile even more pressure on families...

A big difference in my daughter's mood this December from last year. School staff have finally acknowledged her autsim diagnoses...

The outrage in the news about the Christmas 2020 Downing Street party has got so many people, including myself, furious. I can’t believe how many sacrifices we had to make to stay safe, while those in charge flouted rules in the most obnoxious way...

Christmas jumper day at school for a donation!! Why don’t the schools realise that there are families that are struggling to feed and keep their children warm and Christmas is around the corner which is another worry!! Buying Christmas jumpers that kids will wear twice at best is pointless, stressful and an extra worry...

So two weeks to go until Christmas and I have had my work's Christmas Party already - no ill effects either from viruses or social faux pas. I wore my mask on public transport, and getting to and from my table...

Boris Johnson denies the party happened. He diverts interest in investigations into the party at Downing St, by announcing birth if his daughter...

TV is a hullabaloo with the prime minister's aid, leaked video of her admitting the prime minister held a party last Christmas while everyone was banned from seeing their family and friends...

The tightening of restrictions has now been announced. Is this going to be the start of a slippery slope for many people...

A lady from the autism support group on social media messaged me to say her teen daughter took an overdose of paracetamol last weekend. She is safe and home despite numerous GP appts over last year, the wait for NHS CAMHS appts was not coming quick enough due to long waiting lists...

Anxiety today. Overwhelmed again...

I am feeling really good today (surprisingly!) because I’ve decided to help myself feel better by looking for volunteering roles. Even though the pandemic is not over, I would still like to have a social network of people and feel this is a good way to go about it...

Surprised to receive a cheque to the value of £25 in the post from my local council's Household Support Fund to go towards the increased cost of food, energy & water bills...

Restrictions due to new variant Omricon are introduced again where I live. More people to work from home...

Hi everyone hope everyone is doing well. I am feeling quite worried with many of my friends tested positive for COVID...

Like many others, Christmas is high on my agenda right now. My daughter is due to come home from university for Christmas...

I am really struggling with my budget atm. I have spend £40 on gas this week alone...

I'm feeling frustrated this week. Parents changing working hours etc and it all has an impact on my ability to earn and take in more kids...

So it is currently 2:30am, this is the 3rd time in 5 days that I love found myself sat on the sofa in the dark while the rest of the family is asleep. I love Xmas it’s my favourite time of year but this year feels different...

I am exhausted, how are we meant to deal with Christmas and general living when the £20 uplift has been taken away, the cost of energy has shot through the roof and the kids being at school/college has them in direct contact with other people which is leading to so many track and trace calls to be tested and the kids just generally catching EVERYTHING that is going around because it’s that time of year and then needing to be tested, it’s costing us a fortune in fuel getting too and from test centres...

OMG discrimination on all accounts I’m vaccinated but don’t drive and don’t have another form of ID and so I can’t get a Vaccination COVID passport and so I have to cancel my daughter's birthday because the hotel won’t accept my vaccination card or out of date ID or a negative test - I wonder what the whole point on all this is as I’m not the only one who doesn’t have ID and there’s loads who never updated their passports because who travels really during a pandemic? Not a lot of us...

What a weird week. There’s been protests and children getting yelled at if they are vaccinated and my opinion is ‘each to their own and everyone is entitled to do what they feel is best for their family’...

I didn't sign up to be a carer. Autism wasn't on the agenda when I got pregnant...

The great divide between wealthy and working class. Money is power ...

While the elite decide which alcoholic drink to have, there are human beings making decisions whether to buy food or put heating on....

I had to leave my job and become a full time carer. I am stigmatised and ostracised by school parents...