Once again, it's been a long time since my last post announcing the reincarnation of my Steemit Interface. In the aftermath of that post, I fixed some stuff, improved some stuff and added new stuff but it was so long ago now that I can't remember what I did. I've also started working on adding communities which has started well before being put on hold for Christmas festivities. Hopefully it won't be too long before I can share it with you all!

I won't repeat my feelings about Christmas having covered the topic last year, other than to say it feels like it becomes increasingly stressful with each year that passes. I've had time to keep an eye on my notifications, despite having not replied to anybody... I do notice and appreciate them all.

To @event-horizon who said:

I wonder what he's upto, it's not the same without him here. He sets the mood of the chain.

Thank you - although over Christmas, my life is not my own so you definitely won't want me setting the mood!

My mood's not improved into the New Year... yet. Money's becoming more of a problem with our mortgage increasing by 50% on 1st January and car insurance nearly doubling because of the high number of uninsured drivers. Which seems somewhat ironic to me - the cost of car insurance doubling because people can't afford to insure their cars. This, on top of the trebling of energy bills and doubling of food prices.

In addition to the financial strain, the-mrs-gorilla and I can't go a day without screaming wildly at our kids... which probably says more about us than them.

Don't touch that...

DON'T touch that...

DON'T TOUCH THAT...

Oh for fuck sake... I wish you'd listen.

It's a New Year... a chance to start afresh so let's see what we can do...

I don't feel like I've said much. I've been sat here for a little while and all that I can think of writing about is moaning about things (mostly the kids). Which has reminded me of a little anecdote which I'll finish with... which pretty much sums up my daily life at the moment...

On 26th November, it was the-5yo-gorilla's school Christmas Fayre which the-mrs-gorilla decided to volunteer to help with. It was very nice of her to volunteer but now on her 3rd extension for her overdue assignment (she's studying for an MA), it was a poor decision.

As we were about to help tidy up, I sat the-2yo-gorilla down to watch The Snowman on a small TV that had been set up on a chair in the corner. It was a nice idea to set this up (it was in the queue for Santa's grotto) although putting it on a swivel chair wasn't the smartest move. It didn't take long for the-2yo-gorilla to start spinning the chair around... with TV plugged into the wall socket.

I tried to get his attention...

"STOP!"

I shout in his direction, uncaring about who else might be in the room.

The entire room stops and looks at me. Half a dozen children with a few parents... wondering where the danger might be. The entire room that is, apart from one 2 year old boy. Intent upon spinning the swivel chair with a TV on it, the shouting parent merely background noise to his daily life.

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