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Ianto knew he was pushing it lately, his blood sugar levels warning him that he needed to stop being so damned energetic so today he was going to do what he promised Jack he would do, now and then.

A non day.

Ianto was still not totally sure how these things worked but he did remember the Lake House days… missed that Lake house actually but was also glad they had it waiting there for when the pandemic eased and they could start to travel again. Today he was making a wish list. Again... silly really. I did think it a good idea to practice what you preach though and he had told the kids to do these so if he had one too it might help them visualize what it means.

Not that Santa or anyone else could give him some of the wishes, but it was also important show that that sometimes you need to dream big. And so he wrote down some things he knew were just pie in the sky.

A gourmet meal in a French restaurant.

Learn a new language.

Yeah, I know. He knew so many and it was something he did not need but he also knew the kids might see it and add that to their own list once they had thought about why you might want to do that. Ianto was always one to lead by example. And he might be able to teach them the language they chose, find a connection.

Learn to fly.

That one… that one made him smile as he wrote it knowing Fen would be pleased to see it, the little red headed demon spawns might like that one too, Ianto knew Fen was watching his children for any signs of future pilots.

Then he sat back and looked at it. Normal things like to read a book in a single day… totally doable as he has done before… then some easy things like sew the torn trousers that had been waiting for three months by the mending basket. Things like that.

Whew. Tired just thinking about it really but now he had done it, about twenty tings on there he might or might not get done, he knew why he had done it.

That Black Dog was circling.

He was creating some busyness for himself. Purpose. The kids all busy, little Shay stolen away like a precious gem… and I guess that it true… Ianto was creating time wasters.

Ianto recognized it for what it truly was in the end and sighed.

Maybe he needed a zoom call with his own doctor to talk through this cabin fever he had been ignoring.

Time to heal thyself.