Helen
@allmycircus.bsky.social
cats, occasional tennis, cats, books, cats, stationery, wrestling, and let’s face it, more cats. same panic, different disco. eat the rich.
We’re handing the keys back to the rental place on Tuesday evening and after spending most of yesterday cleaning it, I’m sad again. I’m very glad I don’t live with the housemate anymore but that house had so much space and working windows and my bathroom was huge. And it was so clean 😭
November 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
We’re handing the keys back to the rental place on Tuesday evening and after spending most of yesterday cleaning it, I’m sad again. I’m very glad I don’t live with the housemate anymore but that house had so much space and working windows and my bathroom was huge. And it was so clean 😭
My mother’s been here since Wednesday and is about to leave and the only thing I feel capable of today is playing Pokemon ZA and disassociating because it has Been Days of Relentless Talking.
November 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My mother’s been here since Wednesday and is about to leave and the only thing I feel capable of today is playing Pokemon ZA and disassociating because it has Been Days of Relentless Talking.
Nova’s come back (after hours of me calling him and once going out to try grabbing him off the neighbour’s fence before he leapt off to chase another cat), clearly having just got his entire ass handed to him in a fight. No collar again, scratched ear, grazed and bleeding thumb beans, loose fur 🙃
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Nova’s come back (after hours of me calling him and once going out to try grabbing him off the neighbour’s fence before he leapt off to chase another cat), clearly having just got his entire ass handed to him in a fight. No collar again, scratched ear, grazed and bleeding thumb beans, loose fur 🙃
Back to the old rental house to sort out whatever the housemate has 'cleaned'. 🙃
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Back to the old rental house to sort out whatever the housemate has 'cleaned'. 🙃
So much damp around the window in the second bedroom. 🙃 I'm hoping it's just condensation so a dehumidifier, anti-mould paint, and (eventually) new windows will fix it but ugh. Why.
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
So much damp around the window in the second bedroom. 🙃 I'm hoping it's just condensation so a dehumidifier, anti-mould paint, and (eventually) new windows will fix it but ugh. Why.
AO3 is 16. 😭 That makes me feel old and also so pleased it’s still around.
#AO3 is turning 16! Look back with us on some of what we accomplished this year, and participate in our anniversary fanwork prompt! Learn more at otw-news.org/yckt835x #AO3Celebrates16
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
AO3 is 16. 😭 That makes me feel old and also so pleased it’s still around.
My brain is so confused by Andy Roddick’s podcast name being on the vegetables my mum bought at the Co-Op.
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My brain is so confused by Andy Roddick’s podcast name being on the vegetables my mum bought at the Co-Op.
Also we did pottery painting again and I did a Christmas bauble decoration this time because it won't matter if the glaze crates immediately like it did on the bowl I did last time, because this doesn't hold food. Also it was so fun. I hope it fires okay. 🤞
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Also we did pottery painting again and I did a Christmas bauble decoration this time because it won't matter if the glaze crates immediately like it did on the bowl I did last time, because this doesn't hold food. Also it was so fun. I hope it fires okay. 🤞
L loved her Christmas tree decoration (got to do the fun moment where she pulled it put the wrapping, went 'Aw this looks like [her kid]' and I could go 'It is, I made him for you!' and I got the genuinely startled reaction which means it didn't look too embarrassingly homemade. 😅)
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
L loved her Christmas tree decoration (got to do the fun moment where she pulled it put the wrapping, went 'Aw this looks like [her kid]' and I could go 'It is, I made him for you!' and I got the genuinely startled reaction which means it didn't look too embarrassingly homemade. 😅)
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
My mother is trimming the overgrown plants in the front while I work and all I can hear is her chatting to all my neighbours. 😅
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My mother is trimming the overgrown plants in the front while I work and all I can hear is her chatting to all my neighbours. 😅
I layered thick paper tape over the crappy old trickle vent which helped a bit. I’ve never we been annoyed about mandatory trickle vents before because they seemed like a good idea but that’s when I lived somewhere very quiet 😑
The window guy told me acoustic trickle vents are £175 each but I just found one online for £42.99 so he might be taking the piss. Regardless I am losing my mind because I can’t sleep with background noise and even though the M6 is an estate, a road, and a large field away, the noise. never. stops.
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I layered thick paper tape over the crappy old trickle vent which helped a bit. I’ve never we been annoyed about mandatory trickle vents before because they seemed like a good idea but that’s when I lived somewhere very quiet 😑
The constant M6 noise in this house is driving me crazy and just fyi I hate each and every person driving on it right now. IT’S HALF ASS CRACK OF MIDNIGHT WHY ARE YOU DRIVING.
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The constant M6 noise in this house is driving me crazy and just fyi I hate each and every person driving on it right now. IT’S HALF ASS CRACK OF MIDNIGHT WHY ARE YOU DRIVING.
Quoted £4700 for new windows. 🙃 I might skip the bathroom one which seems mostly fine and save myself £956 off that, but I need at least two, ideally four doing, so probably at least £3744. Sigh. I liked being able to afford food.
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Quoted £4700 for new windows. 🙃 I might skip the bathroom one which seems mostly fine and save myself £956 off that, but I need at least two, ideally four doing, so probably at least £3744. Sigh. I liked being able to afford food.
Just went to pull the weeds from the drain along the side of the house and found the whole thing is solid with thick mud. Clearly never ever been cleaned. I am. Annoyed at the previous owners. To put it politely.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Just went to pull the weeds from the drain along the side of the house and found the whole thing is solid with thick mud. Clearly never ever been cleaned. I am. Annoyed at the previous owners. To put it politely.
I need to sleep in a cat-free room for a couple of nights. Last night I woke up with Nova wedged against my back and Padmé wedged against my feet on the other side so I literally couldn't move. I used to only have Nova every so often in the old house and it let me catch up on good sleep. Argh.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I need to sleep in a cat-free room for a couple of nights. Last night I woke up with Nova wedged against my back and Padmé wedged against my feet on the other side so I literally couldn't move. I used to only have Nova every so often in the old house and it let me catch up on good sleep. Argh.
I didn’t know what to get L for her birthday so I’ve attempted to needle felt a Christmas tree decoration of her kid and her dog.
I. I can’t decide if it’s charming or an abomination that means she’ll never speak to me again.
I. I can’t decide if it’s charming or an abomination that means she’ll never speak to me again.
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I didn’t know what to get L for her birthday so I’ve attempted to needle felt a Christmas tree decoration of her kid and her dog.
I. I can’t decide if it’s charming or an abomination that means she’ll never speak to me again.
I. I can’t decide if it’s charming or an abomination that means she’ll never speak to me again.
I've been putting off connecting to my Hive hub for weeks because I kept getting broken links from the Help pages & I couldn't be bothered calling them & just now when I went FINE, I'll CALL THEM, in the process of resetting my Hive password I found clear instructions on moving into a home with Hive
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I've been putting off connecting to my Hive hub for weeks because I kept getting broken links from the Help pages & I couldn't be bothered calling them & just now when I went FINE, I'll CALL THEM, in the process of resetting my Hive password I found clear instructions on moving into a home with Hive
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The countdown has started! #gavlebocken #gavle
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The countdown has started! #gavlebocken #gavle
My friend J just got back from Japan and got me a bunch of cool stuff, including a Pokemon blind box that turned out to be Charizard (I love Charizard). 😭❤️ I've been so rubbish at gifts this year with the house move, I need to be better in 2026.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My friend J just got back from Japan and got me a bunch of cool stuff, including a Pokemon blind box that turned out to be Charizard (I love Charizard). 😭❤️ I've been so rubbish at gifts this year with the house move, I need to be better in 2026.
I'm not surprised at Labour being awful to average people at this point but I'm particularly annoyed about this rumoured pensions tax hike because in the NHS we have to pay a set high amount (I'm paying 9.8%) and we can't change that, so it's incredibly expensive & we don't even accumulate that much
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I'm not surprised at Labour being awful to average people at this point but I'm particularly annoyed about this rumoured pensions tax hike because in the NHS we have to pay a set high amount (I'm paying 9.8%) and we can't change that, so it's incredibly expensive & we don't even accumulate that much
Opening my email to a ‘can you join this meeting’ non-request for a meeting series I’ve already turned down and which joining will actually actively get in the way of me doing the things they want me to do. Why does no one just send an email. 🙃
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Opening my email to a ‘can you join this meeting’ non-request for a meeting series I’ve already turned down and which joining will actually actively get in the way of me doing the things they want me to do. Why does no one just send an email. 🙃
I was just watching the opening of #wweRaw to see the Cena reaction but it looks like he's maybe about to win the IC title right now so I guess I'm watching this whole match. 🙃
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I was just watching the opening of #wweRaw to see the Cena reaction but it looks like he's maybe about to win the IC title right now so I guess I'm watching this whole match. 🙃
The stick on tiles have really grown on me. There's one set that are ever so slightly out of alignment and naturally it's the one directly at eye level when I'm washing up but it feels so much more like a kitchen and not a lab space now.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The stick on tiles have really grown on me. There's one set that are ever so slightly out of alignment and naturally it's the one directly at eye level when I'm washing up but it feels so much more like a kitchen and not a lab space now.
