#NFYounger
February 23, 2026 at 1:57 PM
#OneLittleVictory
#NFYounger has passed 2 more of his school-leaving exams. Czech and computer hardware orals. 😃
May 21, 2026 at 9:23 AM
#NFWHealth
#OneLittleVictory
Not a victory as such, but very nice.
My ex-M-in-L sent #NFYounger back with a jar of wild strawberries from her own plot. ♥️
June 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
#NFWHealth
#OneLittleVictory
NFYounger visited, which was brilliant. Only another 5 days before he starts full-time work.
He's finished reading his Czech novel, now on Polish, and then the English book I got him.
So proud of him.

Chemo side effects: maybe diarrhoea, but that's all.
June 25, 2026 at 3:07 PM
#NFWHealth
#OneLittleVictory x 1,000
#NFYounger has finished his school-leaving exams and passed everything with flying colours.
I just told him he was a fucking genius. 🤣
May 21, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Morning, mate. So pleased you're enjoying yourself with #NFYounger and the gig sounds fun. Have the best time! 😊
May 29, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Everyone's still on holiday, so it'll be a rest day for me - as little activity as possible.
#NFYounger sent me a video of him receiving his school-leaving certificate, and I'm so proud I could explode. That'll be one to cherish.

All the very best to you all for a fine Friday! 😃
June 5, 2026 at 8:44 AM
#NFWHealth
#OneLittleVictory
#NFYounger is coming today for a week. Big boost to my mental health.

And *for the first time* I haven't had to change a leaking colostomy bag first thing in the morning.

One Little Oops
Totally fucked my glucose sensor. What a cunting idiot I am! They're expensive!
May 28, 2026 at 8:41 AM
#NFYounger is arriving at 12ish, for a whole week! We damn well will celebrate his finishing school on such a high note. And lots to talk about regarding his future, and the history of the British side of his family.
Really looking forward to it.

Best wishes to all for a fine day.
May 28, 2026 at 8:01 AM
So. First blast of chemo today. They've warned me it will probably be horrible, which was kind of them. 😵‍💫
At least it's a nice sunny day for it.
NFYounger is supposed to be coming this afternoon - I hope I will be in any kind of fit state to receive him!

Best wishes to all for a lovely day.
June 25, 2026 at 5:40 AM
#NFWHealth
#OneLittleVictory
NFYounger has started reading the English novel, well, Scottish novel, I gave him. He said so far it looks interesting.
I'll take that as a win.

Iain Banks' The Bridge, by the way. Stupendously good novel.
September 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
#NFWHealth
#OneLittleVictory
Big one. Managed to speak to both the boys yesterday. All's good with NFElder. Apart from school. Well yeah, but he is 21. NFYounger was actually out with friends - happens raz na ruski miesiąc, as they say here - stocking up for a sleepover.
September 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Got 2, maybe 3 visitors today, so that'll be fun. I'll spend the morning resting so I have the energy for them.
Got a piece of excellent news yesterday - in his school-leaving exams, #NFYounger scored 90% in Czech and 98% in English. Ninety chuffing eight percent! THAT'S my boy! *beams*
SML Brooklyn Guy: Yeah, That's My Boy!
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May 16, 2026 at 7:21 AM
#NFWHealth
#OneLittleVictory
OK. Aaaaaaaand breathe.
This evening it's just me and Marmite. Oh, and Rush. 🤣#NFYounger has gone off to see his babcia for a couple of days. I send her my warmest regards and wishes. Lovely woman.
It's been a *very* busy 4 days, so a rest will do me a lot of good.
May 31, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Wotcher. Not spending any of it today - just reading and music and lying down. #NFYounger is coming tomorrow for a week now he's finished school, so I'll need all that oomph for him.
Sounds like not to hectic a day for you - that's good.
May 27, 2026 at 8:18 AM
#NFWHealth
Well, that's it. Polski Lev is on his way back to his squat. And I'm very very sad to have had so little time with him.

I think he's a lot more like me than NFYounger is, but he has a ton more confidence and that will get him places.

So, so, so proud. 😊
August 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM
A quiet day for me today. Rothko print has arrived. Hoping #NFYounger will hang it when he gets back from his Babcia tomorrow's evening.

Best wishes to you all for a very fine afternoon and evening.
June 1, 2026 at 11:49 AM
And NFYounger said, after finishing IT school, that his classmates didn't know shit about what computers do and how, which is appalling after 3 years.
July 6, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Just said goodbye to #NFYounger. Hopefully I'll see him again in a couple of weeks. Lovely present from my ex-M-inL y'day. And LOOK at THIS. The youngster hung my 2 remaining prints.
We'll see what the onkolog has to say.

Best wishes to you all for a happy midweek.
June 3, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Having a great time chatting with #NFYounger. Such a lovely guy.
My first print has arrived - the Witkacy portrait - so he's going to hang that in a bit.
Then we've got a gig this evening - King Ayisoba from Ghana - very excited about that.
Hope you all have a fantastic Friday! 😃
May 29, 2026 at 7:15 AM
#NFWHealth
#OneLittleVictory
#NFYounger hung my other 2 prints last night. It all makes my room so much more mine. Endless kudos to him. Just for being a brilliant kid.

Off to the onkolog in an hour. There's no denying I'm *very* nervous. Feels like the closing stages of… well, of me.
June 3, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Have a lovely week with NFYounger!
May 28, 2026 at 9:20 AM
HIIIIII to #NFYounger! have the best time!
May 28, 2026 at 8:32 AM
That's wonderful. Because my ex and I separated *the day NFYounger was born* (her idea, not mine), I've never been able to spend as much time with the kids as I would've liked.
It's a bit of luck that we all get on as well as we do.
May 31, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Just remembered. When NFYounger was about 3, he was a huge fan of the film Cars, to the extent that in one of our Skype calls together, he recounted the whole plot. It took about 20 minutes. And people say this generation are mindless swiping zombies. It's unreal.
August 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM