Fiona Wood

Hi there!

My name is Fiona or Fi as I'm most commonly known to my friends and family.
I was a 1970's baby so you don't have to be too much of a mathematician to work out how old I am. I am married with two children of 20 and 14 and we have a lovely dog called Trevor! This is him looking so angelic, and he is most of the time unless he senses a stranger is going to madly attack us of which he then turns in to his alto ego of the beast from hell and barks at all whom enter his territory. Can be useful at times but does become a problem when trying to explain to the parent of a crying 2 year old that Trevor is actually afraid of the child which is why he is barking at him or her. Sounds lame I know, but as the saying goes, "the best form of defence is attack!" And Trevor, has definitely got this skill down to a tee!

So, now for the bit where I tell you why I'm writing a blog. I want to obviously come across as incredibly witty, clever and articulate here, but the truth is I'm a bit bored. I do have a chronic illness called fibromyalgia, ( this is where I get serious), and because of the fatigue and pain I have on a daily basis it has unfortunately reduced my level of activity some what. Currently, my day consists of getting up between 9 and 10 am, having breakfast followed by a shower. I'm then out for a half an hour walk with the dog and I then proceed to find a good coffee shop where I can recover and read the newspaper on my iPad. I then head home to have lunch and to rest up for the afternoon before I then attempt to 'do a job' around the house and make dinner.

Phew! What a tiring day you mock! It does sound pretty pathetic but for the moment that's about the level I can manage. Sad isn't it? So, you see, I do become pretty bored with the same routine so much so that sometimes I think my life resembles the film Groundhog Day. But then, whether you have a chronic illness or not, I'm sure for most of us some part of our lives has been like that film.

Right, moving on before either of us wants to reach for the paracetamol bottle!

So you see, I wanted 'to do' something other than watch tv or check my Facebook page every hour! Knowing that I can't really ignore my illness but wanting to not focus on it all day, I thought that maybe writing a blog where I could share my observations on life and try to bring a bit of humour into it, might actually help me!
So, here I go.......

Enjoy!