A new tic has established itself over the last few days. It’s not a real word, which as I’ve explained before, is unusual.

It sounds expressive though, and it ought to have a specific meaning, but I’ve ticced it in loads of contexts:

– when the bin bag split: “Bosca, Bosca Bosca!”…

Yesterday I was interviewed on As It Happens, a daily Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio show. It was aired in the early evening and at my request all my tics, which included some swearing, were left in because I felt it was important that my disability was heard uncensored.…

I’ve written before about how Laura’s complained that she doesn’t have a good tic name. Her married surname is Wareing and on her hen do my tics re-named her soon-to-be sister-in-law, “Two arms Wareing.” Her family still call her “Two arms,” and I have to admit to a touch of pride when I hear it used.…

Today didn’t go according to plan.

Thankfully, sixty-three years ago Sir William Beveridge’s plan for a national health service became a reality, and it was his NHS that came to my rescue today.

On my way to work, accompanied by Leftwing Idiot, I hurt my leg badly when it suddenly ticced at the bottom of the stairs.…

I’ve still not had a response to my letter to Transport for London. It’s been over two weeks since I wrote to complain about how I was treated by a member of the Underground staff at Old Street station.

Time to write again.

I was at a cash point this evening and a mother and her two children came and stood behind me in the queue. They were all chatting happily about where to go for an after school snack.

Both the children looked at me with curiosity.…

I have a new eye-rolling tic. Laura thinks it looks similar to the eye movements associated with people who have visual impairments. She’s named this new tic after the former Home Secretary. She calls it, “Blunkett Eyes.”

I’ve been at my parents’ for Mothers’ Day and my Gran was there too. I’ve always been very close to her and she looked after me when I was younger. I haven’t seen her recently and I was worried that the current intensity of my tics would shock her, but she seemed unworried and was pleased to see me.…

For the last couple of weeks my phone’s been playing up, I met Leftwing Idiot in town earlier and together we went to the Apple store to get it sorted out. Ruth had to do the same thing a couple of weeks ago and had a long, unpleasant wait.…

As part of my Habit Reversal Therapy (HRT) I’ve got a set of exercises to practice many times every day. My therapist suggested doing them at times when my tics are bad, and even doing things that I know make them worse.…