I haven't blogged in a while. I thought I would see how it feels. 

Came across a post I had forgotten about 'even when I am happy I am scared I am becoming ill'.

I am not happy, but I am not ill either. 

Somewhere between green, amber, and red I suppose. Aren't we all, most of the time. 

That's all for now.

My shortest blog ever, so short it could of probably been a tweet :-)


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